2009
June 2009, Issue 234
Jessica Origliasso, one half of the sister act, The Veronicas, has had more than her fair share of gay tabloid scandal in Australia, where the band is huge. As they prepare to take on Europe, she shares the trauma with Ciara McGrattan.
Although Sarah Waters' latest offering has a post-World War II setting, it returns to supernatural themes explored in her second Victorian-set novel, Affinity. As Waters prepares to read at the Dublin Writers Festival, Denis Kehoe finds out why she loves a good haunting and what inspired her to write The Little Stranger.
Colm O'Gorman's memoir of sexual abuse at the hands of Father Sean Fortune and legally taking on the might of the Catholic Church may have the whiff of a misery memoir on its cover, but that's far from the case, as Brian Finnegan discovered in conversation with the author.
Echoing the universe of the mutant X Men, Robert Walker's comic book team of HIV positive superheroes not only battle evil, but also the widely held misconceptions about the virus. Ciara McGrattan meets the creator of O+Men and finds out why positive heroics are needed in the world of graphic novels.
Plus, Shirley settles a score with Glenda Gilson, Peter Tatchell talks gay marriage in Ireland and your complete guide to the forthcoming Pride Festivals in both Cork and Dublin.
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