“Think about Heathcliff who was brought from Liverpool and speaks a sort of gibberish,” said Elsie Michie, a professor of English at Louisiana State University. “The description of Heathcliff conforms almost exactly to the caricatures of the Irish.”

Who are the Founding Fathers and Mothers of American Culture? A brilliant BBC Front Row podcast exploring the key figures who shaped American literature, music, visual art and theatre. open.spotify.com/episode/5V7a... Producer: @elianeglaser.bsky.social #America250 #IrishAmerica250

"When F Scott Fitzgerald’s Christmas wish came true The Pat Hobby stories about a washed-up writer in Hollywood were written to make money fast — they are also the final flowering of Fitzgerald’s eccentric genius." www.ft.com/content/dfe8...

“I'd love to give Michael Collins a go ... if you reinvestigate his life and do a different film about it, I'd love to be involved.” - Paul Mescal Crowdfunding the Revolution (book) and My Generation (script) - Ready! The West Wing meets Peaky Blinders! youtube.com/shorts/i4W4p...

“I wanted to write a story that was a little bit like Conrad's Heart of Darkness, a little bit of Gatsby thrown in there and a few other books that I was thinking of.” Colum McCann talking with @winterlegs.bsky.social www.mtpr.org/podcast/the-...

Irish Times review of The Red Branch. I like ‘picaresque’, haven’t come across the word since 2nd year English. Big thanks to Brian and Elizabeth.

Shane Leslie invited F. Scott Fitzgerald to visit Bourke Cockran’s opulent estate, his first exposure to the great houses clustered on Long Island and the lavish lifestyles of their owners. Cockran was a mentor to Winston Churchill, Leslie’s first cousin. www.irishecho.com/2026/1/the-g...

Here’s your first look at Hannah Corneau recording 'Built to Last' from the Beautiful Little Fool concept album - streaming now on all platforms ✨ The world premiere production begins 15 January, starring David Hunter, Hannah Corneau, and Lauren Ward. Southwark Playhouse Borough | 15 Jan - 28 Feb

Our Last Chance to Talk ‘Gatsby’ - Cannonball hosted by Wesley Morris Gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/p...

'I re-read The Great Gatsby – among others – all the time, and every time I do, I’m amazed by how much the authors are layering in there, despite how short the books are.’ Susan Choi, author of Flashlight, Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l... #fscottfitzgerald

How F. Scott Fitzgerald fell in and out of love with Hollywood? Oh What a time podcast - Silent Films: From 17m 55' open.spotify.com/episode/0SJg... #gatsby100 #thegreatgatsby #fscottfitzgerald

Why the American dream and the tragedy of 'The Great Gatsby' still resonate today - The Colin McEnroe Show on @ctpublic.bsky.social ctpublic.org/show/the-col... #FScottFitzgerald #gatsby100

Auction of This Side of Paradise inscribed to his nurse: “Now you just go right to sleep.” ($10k-$15k). F. Scott Fitzgerald's literary time bomb woke America to a post-war generation refusing to be held back by Victorian values. @finebooks.bsky.social www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...

Hemingway once called F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘fragile Irish instead of tough Irish.’ Part of their frenemy relationship is explained in a story of a friendly boxing match in Paris told by @cameronhill.bsky.social from the Off The Ball show. www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

A link to my reply to Dominic Green’s diatribe against Ireland in @wsj.com. Thank you to the Journal for giving me this right of reply to refute the more egregious falsehoods in his error-strewn piece. www.wsj.com/opinion/dont...

The Great Gatsby Art Novel. "In this enriched edition, Gatsby is recast as both man and myth, dreamer, and symbol." - Bond & Grace. www.bondandgrace.com/the-great-ga...

"Fitzgerald’s hang-ups on account of his Irishness have been recently discussed by Patrick O’Sullivan Greene in a highly readable book ... a kind of private shame that has enabled him to make Gatsby so convincing a character" "Making It, Faking It" - Martin Tyrrell drb.ie/articles/mak...

Killarney author’s great work now in audiobook format! www.killarneytoday.com/killarney-au... Gatsby: Death of an Irishman - F. Scott Fitzgerald and His Search for Identity. Amazon: a.co/d/efQJ0kz Spotify: tinyurl.com/Gatsby-Death... #FScottFitzgerald #thegreatgatsby

Gatsby: Death of an Irishman – Now an Audiobook! F. Scott Fitzgerald and His Search for Identity. Amazon: a.co/d/efQJ0kz Spotify: tinyurl.com/Gatsby-Death... Audible: tinyurl.com/GatsbyDeatho... #America250 #IrishAmerica250 #FScottFitzgerald #thegreatgatsby

Never thought I would be on a billboard outside the Royal Dublin Society! It was enjoyable discussing with Gráinne Hurley the surprising connections between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Mary Lavin, and their relationships with @newyorker.com, prepared and moderated by @ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social. #DBF25

For the week that's in it, we're getting fiercely nostalgic about our President. Here is a photo of President Higgins with our author Patrick O'Sullivan Greene in the Áras and a copy of his book, 'Crowdfunding the Revolution.'

Great opportunity to understand America literary connectivity. Delighted to see former @irishstewpodcast.com guest @posg1.bsky.social featured. Patrick has written an exceptional book on #ScottFitzgerald and his conflicted Irish identity #Dublin #SpéirGhorm dublinbookfestival.com/event/great-...

Dublin Book Festival! Sunday, November 9, 1pm. Gráinne Hurley and Patrick O'Sullivan Greene in conversation with Irish Times journalist and author Ronan McGreevy. Great voices from Irish American history: Mary Lavin and F. Scott Fitzgerald dublinbookfestival.com/event/great-... #DBF25

“… Blaine goes to Princeton from a small town in the Midwest. Beneath the spires and gargoyles he finds lyric poetry and erudite friends. The novel instilled in me a romantic but earnest longing to get an old-school education.” - Shilo Brooks www.thefp.com/p/reading-sa...

[The] work blends history, biography and literary analysis, offering what he calls “a story of American identity as much as the American Dream.” Chrsity Hinko, Long Island Press. longislandpress.com/2025/09/29/g... #thegreatgatsby #fscottfitzgerald

Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | 100 Years Later, ‘Gatsby’ Still Reveals Lasting Lessons. kcstudio.org/100-years-la... @kcstudiomag.bsky.social

Easily my favorite story I've ever written. On Croke Park in Dublin, its place in Irish culture and history, the wonderful sport of hurling—and oh yeah, the NFL being played there this weekend. www.si.com/nfl/steelers...

During the centennial of The Great Gatsby, it is fitting that the Minnesota Vikings and the Pittsburgh Steelers clash in Croke Park in Week 4 of the NFL. F. Scott Fitzgerald, born in Saint Paul, MN, was a football fanatic. A 🧵 on Fitzgerald's love of American Football. #Steelers #Vikings

An F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby evening on BBC 4 from 21.30. A sandwich of interesting documentaries and a dodgy TV film from 2000 featuring Paul Rudd as Nick Carraway. Preceded by the classic 'Brief Encounter' film. www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p0...

An impressive lineup of events to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of The Great Gatsby at Meadowridge Library, MADISON, WI. www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/check-it-out... www.cityofmadison.com/news/2025-09...

Jake Gyllenhaal reading ‘The Great Gatsby' is revelatory, in particular his ability to bring out the desperate heat of the summer. “Hot!” said the conductor to familiar faces. “Some weather!… Hot!… Hot!… Hot!… Is it hot enough for you? Is it hot? Is it… ?” www.esquire.com/uk/culture/b...

Blades and Fades – Frank McNally on New York’s ‘Lads of Kilkenny’ and a Joycean Fenian in Paris

Podcast playlist for F. Scott Fitzgerald fans. 59 hours of audio that I used writing Gatsby: Death of an Irishman. open.spotify.com/playlist/3i0...

📣 New Episode - Hear Joe Kennedy III on Irish Stew! Learn about Northern Ireland's inspiring leadership, lessons for #USPolitics, and the Kennedy legacy in community service. 🎙️ www.irishstewpodcast.com/jk3 #IrishPodcast #Podcast #USPol #SpéirGhorm @joekennedyiii.bsky.social

'... if you love poetry, the language of [The Great] Gatsby is captivating. I still read the book every couple of years for the beauty of the language. It’s sublime. I’ve read everything he wrote, losing myself in his romantic, bittersweet dreamland.' tinyurl.com/55sp7c57

Éamon de Valera: Let's clear up the myths of his time in America! A 🧵 from "Revolution at the Waldorf: America and the Irish War of Independence". #devdoc #devalera #IrishHistory

For those interested in my new book on C.S. Lewis's Irish background, you can get 30% off if you use the discount code SNHSS30 on the Springer/Palgrave Macmillan site between now and 30 Sept. 2025. Here's the link: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

“The one thing that explains more than anything about me is the fact that I’m Irish. And, strangely enough, it is something that all the writers who have attempted to explain me and my work have overlooked. " - Eugene O’Neill Irish Times Article, 27 April 2016. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

View of The Great Gatsby from Down Under. Suzanne Hill on Weekend Nightlife discussing The Great Gatsby with Dr Alexander Howard, University of Sydney. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Tickets are now available for ‘Ireland and the American Revolution: 250th Anniversary Perspectives’. The conference will take place @tlrhub.bsky.social on the 9-10 October. For booking and more information use the link below. www.eventbrite.ie/e/ireland-an...

SUMMER READING LIST (not to late)! 'We are grateful to authors from Ireland who donate their books, their music performances and even screenings of their films.' - Princess Grace Irish Library, Monaco. www.pgil.mc/lectures/sum...

THE GREAT GATSBY (1949) with Alan Ladd on Blu-ray. 'What draws me most into the newly minted physical copy of The Great Gatsby is the audio commentary from author and film historian Paul Talbot.' - Cortlyn Kelly. www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/the_... @undertheradar.bsky.social

A.O. Scott, critic at large for the New York Times book review, discusses how and why The Great Gatsby became a staple of the American literary canon. The Great Gatsby' Turns 100, Old Sport (Classics Week) www.wnyc.org/story/the-gr... ‪@wnyc.org‬

Decoding the Iconic Cover of ‘The Great Gatsby’ - Katie White What does Spanish artist Francis Cugat's 'Celestial Eyes' tell us about the American classic? news.artnet.com/art-world/de...

Finding F. Scott Fitzgerald’s French Riviera - Mattie Kahn www.vogue.com/article/find...

"Gatsby at 100" at The Long Island Museum until October 19. "... items from private and public collections related to the book and to the Fitzgeralds’ lives, period clothing from the LIM’s collection, Jazz Age artwork, and well-developed vignettes." www.newsbreak.com/news-12-1587...

"A.O. Scott, a critic at large for The New York Times Book Review, tells the story of how an overlooked book by a 28-year-old author eventually became the great American novel" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/p... #gatsby100 #thegreatgatsby #fscottfitzgerald

Learn about Aengus in The Ancients podcast. "Ochone, He is gone from me the son of my mind, And he in his golden youth like Angus Oge, Angus of the bright birds, ..." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise. open.spotify.com/episode/31uY... Tristan Hughes #historyhit and Anthony Murphy.

'The Fitzgeralds: A Reading with Music' with Alec Baldwin and Melissa Errico, and an original score. "At the heart of this performance lies the extraordinary correspondence between F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald." Guild Hall, East Hampton, 16 August. www.guildhall.org/events/the-f...