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"riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs." from Finnegans Wake by James Joyce The green dome visible in the centre of my picture is that of Adam and Eve's church, Merchants' Quay, Dublin. The 'Eve and Adam's' of Joyce's quote above. Brian :-)

Went to see Hanna the other day. What a terrific movie! The young Irish actress, Saoirse Ronan, has incredible screen presence. If she's producing work of this quality at 17, the mind marvels at what she'll come up with as the years roll on. Incidentally, Cate Blanchett wasn't half bad either:-) Brian

http://www.communityvoice.ie/pages/CV161/CV161a04.htm Surprise, surprise, I'm blogging once more on the topic of Ether Books. The article linked here appears in the Community Voice newspaper (edition of May 2011) which comes out in Dublin 15 (a wonderful place of rainbows where I'm domiciled). I think the piece encapsulates things nicely. I hope my use of the word 'dystopian' is not too hifalutin. It's a pleasant feeling to appear in the local newspaper particularly when it's not a court report:-) Brian

YouTube - Brian Ahern Friends, For this my second post on bahern7 I'm sticking with the topic of Ether Books and my relationship with that gracious outfit. In that vein, herewith for your exclusive delectation, is a 32 second YouTube clip in which I expound (briefly, I'll grant you that) upon this keen interest of mine. As they say in some of the finest dining establishments on Earth: Enjoy! Brian

Ether Books launched at the London Book Fair in April 2010. They're a relatively new company and quite technological. Their whole premise is that, with roughly 70% of the world's citizens owning a mobile phone, the time is ripe to deliver short content (i.e. short stories) to a rapidly emerging smartphone market. As of now their free app is compatible with Apple's iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad, with plans to expand to the Android market i.e. smartphones operating on a Google designed platform later in 2011. The rise of smartphones along with the ever increasing popularity of e-book readers such as Amazon's Kindle does, indeed, seem to indicate that e-books and e-reading will be central to the future of literature. Naturally, I'm excited to be involved with such a pioneering company as Ether. In the thoroughly modern fashion, I first came across them on Twitter. I saw a link to their submissions page and decided to try my luck. I was a little daunted when I saw tha...