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Luke Francis Beirne (born 21 September, 1995) is an Irish-Canadian writer. 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.

Beirne's first novel, Foxhunt, was a finalist for the 2022 Foreword INDIES 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 and was selected by CBC as one of the best books of Fall 2023.

Beirne's writing has been compared to authors such as Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, and John le Carre

Novels

Selected Journalism and Essays

  • "The Center of the Ring: On Writing About Boxing," 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.
  • "Garden of Earthly Bodies," Strange Horizons, 2022.
  • "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.
  • "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

  1. "A time of violence". November 28, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  2. Kitts Goguen, Colleen (August 4, 2023). "New book by local author". CBC News. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  3. ""Foxhunt" is a 2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist". www.forewordreviews.com. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  4. "The Writers' Federation of New Brunswick - Mrs. Dunster's Fiction Prize". wfnb.ca. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  5. "74 Works of Canadian Fiction to Read in Fall 2023". CBC News. September 6, 2023. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  6. Lavery, Simon (2023-11-28). "A time of violence: Luke Francis Beirne, Blacklion". Tredynas Days. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  7. "Blacklion by Luke Francis Beirne". www.ottawareviewofbooks.com. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  8. Lavery, Simon (2022-04-22). "Spies and misdemeanours: le Carré, Boyd, Hill, Beirne". Tredynas Days. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  9. Beirne, Luke (2023-01-27). "The Center of the Ring: On Writing About Boxing". CounterPunch.org. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  10. "Apocalypse Now | libcom.org". libcom.org. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  11. August 2022, Luke Beirne Issue: 8 (2022-08-12). "Garden of Earthly Bodies by Sally Oliver". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2024-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. "The Power and Rôle of the Idea: de Cleyre and Bourdieu in Conversation". The Commoner. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
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