Rick O'Shea

Right, here’s me fully preparing myself for the shots to come and it pains me to write this but, sadly, but I think I have to. Suicide Squad is a mess. The plot (such as it is) rambles all over the joint, Jared Leto is a loud, damp squib as The Joker (or maybe it’s just that he’s little more than a plot device) and, overall, it’s bitterly disappointing. There is, as with so many other big budget blockbusters in the last few years, nothing new to see here. It’s redeemed only by Margot Robbie being the best thing about […]

Just finished reading this. It’s out next month (he’s the guy that wrote the brilliant “Sapiens” that I reviewed earlier this year. Long story short (and review to follow later) but the last section of the book deals with “dataism” and his theorising that the immediate future of the human race leads towards us all becoming data processing nodes in an enormous, ever-expanding and ever-faster information exchange system. Data like tweets, FB statuses and likes, Instagram pics, Snapchats, articles you share, fitbit data, everything your smartphone does, your car’s chip information, essentially anything that involves data of any kind. I […]

So, this. My first ever event with the Irish Writer’s Centre all about promoting your book to a wider audience and part of a much larger day with Lia Mills, Bert Wright, Martin Doyle and more. You can sign up here: http://irishwriterscentre.ie/collections/all-courses/products/an-expert-s-guide-to-promoting-your-book-with-lia-mills-bert-wright-peter-o-connell-martin-doyle-rick-o-shea-and-barbara-feeney There are *checks the diary* already one more event in August, 3 in September, 5 in October and 1(!) in November to come that I can’t talk about as yet. Some book-related, some science, some poetry, some awards and some 2FM. That’s as well as this, of course. We’ll have the interview and then beers after. Sign up here: […]