Colm Tóibín

The Film

The Blackwater Lightship

Colm Toíbín's book has gone from book to film. It stars Angela Lansbury, Gina McKee, Sam Robards, Dianne Wiest, Keith McErlean and is directed by John Erman.

Aired on CBS. It'll will be available on DVD at Hallmark.

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Further Information on Colm Toibin

The Guardian
Author profile page.

The South
A homepage dedicated to the Irish author Colm Toibin and his work.

Buying Toíbín's Books

Amazon.com
The most commonly referenced, but not always the most extensive.

Amazon.co.uk
A greater selection than it's parent, depending on the book.

BarnesAndNoble.com
An extensive selection of Colm Toibin's books.

Booksirish.com
A good selection of Colm Toibin's books, a good place to source books only printed in Ireland. Shipping is very reasonable too.

Writers Resources

Aosdana
Aosdána is to honour those artists whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland.

Arts Council
Irish State's principal instrument of arts advisory body.

EIRData
A-Z Datasets provide comprehensive biographical & bibliographical information on 4,500 Irish writers & Journals.

Irish Writers Online
An extensive site focused on Irish writers, maintained by fellow writer Philip Casey.

Irish Writers' Centre
Established to promote and assist in the development of contemporary Irish writing.