Call for Papers for 6th International Flann O'Brien Conference at Boston College (April 2022)

Posted by Paul Fagan on 2021-12-11

6th Flann O'Brien Society Conference in Boston Announced!
Call For Papers Open

Flannagain: In Far Amurikey

VI International Flann O'Brien Conference

Boston College, 6–10 April 2022

Call for Papers Deadline: 28 February

Keynotes: Kevin Barry│Maebh Long│Catherine Flynn│

Frank McNally│Fintan O'Toole

Call for Papers

The organisers are happy to receive …

Winners Announced! 2021 International Flann O'Brien Society Awards

Posted by Paul Fagan on 2021-11-13

Winners Announced!

Every two years, to coincide with the International Flann O’Brien Society conference, the Society awards official prizes to the best book-length publication and best essay-length publication on the writing, life, and reception of Brian O'Nolan published over a 2-year period.

        The 5th Society awards ceremony took place …

Online Book Event at Flann O'Brien Symposium: Katherine Ebury & Alannah Hopkin

Posted by Paul Fagan on 2021-07-16

You are invited to a free online author event as part of

110 Myles:

Flann O’Brien at a Distance

An online symposium on the 10th Anniversary of

The International Flann O'Brien Society

Monday 26 July

20.00–21.30 (Dublin Time) 

Modern Literature & the Death Penalty, 1890–1950

By Katherine Ebury …

Registration & Programme for "110 Myles: Flann O'Brien at a Distance" Online Symposium

Posted by Paul Fagan on 2021-07-15

110 Myles:
Flann O’Brien at a Distance

An online symposium on the 10th Anniversary of
The International Flann O'Brien Society

To register for conference and receive links for individual sessions, email flannobriendistance@gmail.com 

No registration fee, the symposium is free to attend

All times given are Dublin/Irish Standard Time …

DEADLINE EXTENSION! "110 Myles: Flann O'Brien at a Distance" Online Symposium

Posted by Paul Fagan on 2021-06-07

Thanks to all who submitted abstracts to 110 Myles: Flann O’Brien at a Distance, an online symposium on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the International Flann O'Brien Society!

Given the current circumstances, we are happy to announce a deadline extension until 25 June 2021.

Send talk or panel …

2021 International Flann O'Brien Awards Shortlists Announced!

Posted by Paul Fagan on 2021-06-07

Sincere thanks to all who voted in the 2021 International Flann O'Brien Awards. We are delighted to announce the shortlisted candidates below. Based on the public votes, there are 2 shortlisted nominees for Best Book 2019–20, and 7 shortlisted nominees for Best Article 2019–20.

The winners will …

Vote Now! Flann O'Brien Society Awards Now Open, Longlist Below

Posted by Paul Fagan on 2021-04-15

2021 International Flann O’Brien Society Awards 

The Father Kurt Fahrt, S.J. Memorial Prizes

Longlist and Nominations

Every two years, to coincide with the International Flann O’Brien Society conference, the Society awards two official prizes to the best book-length publication and best essay-length publication on the writing, life, and reception of …

Flann O'Brien & Lewis Carroll: ONLINE Lecture 1 April

Posted by The Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies on 2021-03-25

You are invited to join the 2021 Mylesday Lecture

Beating Time: Flann O'Brien in Wonderland

Dr Paul Fagan (Salzburg University)

Thursday 1 April 2021, 7pm (GMT)

Hosted by the Lewis Carroll Society

110 Myles: Flann O'Brien at a Distance: ONLINE SYMPOSIUM

Posted by The Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies on 2021-03-17

110 Myles:

Flann O’Brien at a Distance

An online symposium on the occasion of

the 10th Anniversary of the International Flann O'Brien Society

24–27 July 2021

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Nicholas Allen (University of Georgia)

‘Flann O'Brien at the Border: Readings, Forms, and Futures’

Julie Bates (Trinity College Dublin …

The Parish Review & New Flann O'Brien Book: ONLINE LAUNCH

Posted by The Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies on 2020-10-25

Join The Parish Review at a special Online Event...

ONLINE FLANN O'BRIEN BOOK & JOURNAL LAUNCH

Thursday 29 October, 18:00 Dublin Time

See the poster below for the great line-up of speakers!

Email viennacis.anglistik@univie.ac.at to receive the link

Changes to the Editorial Board

Posted by The Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies on 2020-10-16

Everyone at The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies would like to offer our sincere and heartfelt thanks to outgoing general editor Jennika Baines, who has been so pivotal to The Parish's Review's growth over the last years and in the journal's transition to the Open Library of …

'Bureaucratic Poetics: Brian O’Nolan and the Irish Civil Service' Online Workshop & Special Issue of The Parish Review

Posted by The Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies on 2020-09-01

Bureaucratic Poetics:

Brian O’Nolan & the Irish Civil Service

Online Workshop, November 26–27 2020

Keynote speakers

Dr Martin Maguire

author of
The Civil Service and the Revolution in Ireland, 1912–38:
‘Shaking the blood-stained hand of Mr Collins’
(Manchester University Press, 2008)

Dr Jonathan Patterson

author of
Villainy in France, 1463–1610: …