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The new Bridgestone Irish Food Guide, released every two and a half years, is just out and includes a glowing review of Knockranny House Hotel. Author John McKenna said that the book contains “all the good stuff and only the good stuff”, and also advised that Mayo is the most improved county in the country. When the last issue of the food guide came out Mayo only had nine pages – this year there are 15.

The new Bridgestone Irish Food Guide, released every two and a half years, is just out and includes a glowing review of Knockranny House Hotel. Author John McKenna said that the book contains “all the good stuff and only the good stuff”, and also advised that Mayo is the most improved county in the country. When the last issue of the food guide came out Mayo only had nine pages – this year there are 15.

IT IS said that everyone has at least one novel in them. The challenge is to sit down and write it from start to finish - but what skills do you need to learn to help you get your story on paper?

TRANSLATIONS OF the French poet, Colette Wittorski, by the Galway based poet, author, and critic Fred Johnston, have just been published by Lapwing Poetry, Belfast.

THE OVER The Edge readings will celebrate its seventh birthday on Thursday January 21 with a reading by the poet David Wheatley in the Galway City Library.

The Booker Prize nominated Galway author Gerard Donovan is among those set to receive the NUI, Galway Alumni Award at a gala banquet in March.

Knockranny House Hotel will host a very special event for food and wine lovers with an evening of tutored tastings by a selection of international wine producers on Saturday January 30. The event will include walk-around tastings, masterclasses, blind tastings, and a winemakers’ dinner with a specially designed menu from Connaught’s best chef Seamus Commons as awarded by Food & Wine magazine.