Dublin Archives - Helen Walsh

Matera – Arrival, Departure, Arrival (or why leadership matters).

By Helen WalshPosted on January 5, 2024Posted in LetterboxTagged Dublin, helen walsh, travel, writing life

The stunning opening scenes of the 2021 James Bond film, No Time to Die, were shot in Matera, which I recently visited. Matera is located in the Italian province of Basilicata, a smidge over the border from Puglia (but formerly part of it). It’s either the third oldest city in the world, after Aleppo and Jericho and/or the oldest continually habituated city in the world, depending on who’s telling the story. Either way, it’s no spring chicken, […]

Home Again, Dorothy.

By Helen WalshPosted on October 17, 2022Posted in LetterboxTagged Canada, Cork, Dublin, Home, Italy, Lesvos, Newfoundland, pull focus, Shadow Life, Thanksgiving, travel

Ultimately, I believe home is found in comfort and familiarity. Today, I celebrate all my ancestors who came before, the generations that will come after, and most importantly, the loved ones who walk beside me in this life.

Want To Join Me In Dublin’s Fair City?

By Helen WalshPosted on June 24, 2022Posted in LetterboxTagged city, discovery, Dublin, events, Film Festival, helen walsh, Hodges Figgis, Ireland, publishing, pull focus, thrillers, travel

The Dublin book launch of Pull Focus, postponed last fall due to Ireland’s strict Covid lockdowns, has been rescheduled for July 12th. I’m entirely delighted. As readers of this newsletter know, I hold dual Canadian and Irish citizenship, and have spent a lot of time in Ireland over the years, visiting friends and family (and my father’s grave, who’s buried in his hometown of Mallow alongside my grandparents). I also partially wrote Pull Focus during two residencies at the Tyrone Guthrie at Annaghmakerrig, […]

Pull Focus Irish Launch: 12 July 2022, 6-7:30pm

By Helen WalshPosted on June 22, 2022Posted in EventsTagged book launch, city, Dublin, events, Fiction, Film, Film Festival, helen walsh, Hodges Figgis, Ireland, publishing, pull focus, thrillers, travel

Please join us to celebrate the Irish launch of Pull Focus, 12 July 2022, 6-7:30pm, Hodges Figgis, 56-58 Dawson Street, Dublin 2.