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Recent Articles from Three Monkeys Online Magazine

• The Nuclear Option - Declan Lynch and The Rooms

  Alcohol as a literary theme is an enduring one, despite the frowns of the politically correct. Irish journalist/novelist Declan Lynch places the 'demon drink' firmly, and unrepentantly at the centre of his debut novel The Rooms. In interview with Brendan Coffey he explains why...

  
  
• As clear as mirror glass. John Banville in interview

  John Banville's latest novel, The Sea presents Max Morden, a recently widowed man, who returns to a sea-side resort to turn over fragments of his life. Banville discusses the work with Three Monkeys Online, alongside the wider topics of death, comedy, and book reviewing!

  
  
• Chronicling Catastrophes - an interview with Åsne Seierstad, journalist and author of The Bookseller of Kabul

  From her first assignments in Russia and Chechnya, Åsne Seierstad has chronicled some of the world's most dangerous conflicts, and has concentrated on the lives behind the fighting. She spoke to Berit Haugen Keyes about her bestselling book The Bookseller of Kabul, the conflicts she has seen, and her current and future projects.

  
  
• Make it official? The Gaelic language in Europe.

  As the European Union prepares to expand the number of member states, and consequently the number of official languages, Irish language enthusiasts fight to preserve Europe's second oldest language.

  
  
• The substance remains - The Irish vote on the Lisbon Treaty

  The Irish are the only nation that will get a chance to vote directly to ratify or reject the Lisbon Treaty. In 2005, in the aftermath of its rejection, Robert Looby wrote an article for Three Monkeys on the European Constitution. He revists the fine print, albeit under the different title of a treaty, and finds the substance remains the same.