Luke Francis Beirne (born 21 September, 1995) is an Irish-Canadian writer.[1] Beirne was born in Ireland but moved to Canada at a young age. He now lives in Saint John, New Brunswick. He is the son of author Gerard Beirne and Dr. Eilish Cleary.[2]
Beirne's first novel, Foxhunt, was a finalist for the 2022 Foreword INDIES[3] award in General Fiction and chosen by The Miramichi Reader as one of the best novels of 2022. Blacklion was shortlisted for the NB Book Awards[4] and was selected by CBC as one of the best books of Fall 2023.[5]
Beirne's writing has been compared to authors such as Graham Greene,[6] Ernest Hemingway,[7] and John le Carre[8]
Novels
edit- Blacklion. Baraka Books, 2023. ISBN 9781927886250
- Foxhunt. Baraka Books, 2022. ISBN 9781771863315
Selected Journalism and Essays
edit- "The Center of the Ring: On Writing About Boxing,"[9] Counterpunch, 2023.
- "The Liberal Aversion to Conflict," Counterpunch, 2022.
- "Canons of the Cold War: The Weaponization of Literature," Counterpunch, 2022.
- "Apocalypse Now," Libcom.org, 2022.[10]
- "Garden of Earthly Bodies," Strange Horizons, 2022.[11]
- "Surrealism: A Radical Experiential Reality," The Commoner, 2022.
- "Canons of Cold War," Counterpunch, 2022.
- "Ireland's New Drive to Join NATO," Counterpunch, 2022.
- "The Power and Rôle of the Idea: de Cleyre and Bourdieu," The Commoner, 2022.[12]
- "The Stormont Election and Ireland," Counterpunch, 2022.
- "Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano Make History," Counterpunch, 2022.
- "The Canadian Spy Novelist Ordered to Reveal his Sources," CrimeReads, 2022.
- "Echoes of Cold War II," NB Media Co-op, 2022.
- "Against Imperialism II," Counterpunch, 2022.
- "Against Imperialism," Counterpunch, 2022.
- "Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki," Strange Horizons, 2022.
- "Echoes of Cold War," NB Media Co-op, 2022.
- "The War in Afghanistan and Canadian Media Propaganda," Counterpunch, 2022.
- "In the Eyes of the Jackal," The Fight City, 2022.
References
edit- ^ "A time of violence". November 28, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ^ Kitts Goguen, Colleen (August 4, 2023). "New book by local author". CBC News. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ ""Foxhunt" is a 2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist". www.forewordreviews.com. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ "The Writers' Federation of New Brunswick - Mrs. Dunster's Fiction Prize". wfnb.ca. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ "74 Works of Canadian Fiction to Read in Fall 2023". CBC News. September 6, 2023. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Lavery, Simon (2023-11-28). "A time of violence: Luke Francis Beirne, Blacklion". Tredynas Days. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ "Blacklion by Luke Francis Beirne". www.ottawareviewofbooks.com. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ Lavery, Simon (2022-04-22). "Spies and misdemeanours: le Carré, Boyd, Hill, Beirne". Tredynas Days. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ Beirne, Luke (2023-01-27). "The Center of the Ring: On Writing About Boxing". CounterPunch.org. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ "Apocalypse Now | libcom.org". libcom.org. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ August 2022, Luke Beirne Issue: 8 (2022-08-12). "Garden of Earthly Bodies by Sally Oliver". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "The Power and Rôle of the Idea: de Cleyre and Bourdieu in Conversation". The Commoner. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2024-09-06.