PVA Books

PVA is a publisher of art criticism and literature. We aim to create a forum for the publication of engaged, clear, and accessible writing.

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💥 Just landed! 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴, the third in our series of essay collection, has just arrived! Available in bookshops soon. Pre-order via our shiny new website: https://t.co/PZPr5wqnNr

Thanks 🙏🏼 to @artscouncil_ie and to Daly & Lyon for the fab design.

[Hugh Odling-Smee @smeeho7]

A really interesting, often moving set of essays on film and cinema published by @PaperVisualArt - captured the deeply personal connection that we have with film, with some very raw memory wrapped up in screens and circumstances.

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Image: Eva Richardson McCrea, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯/𝘕𝘢 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘓á, installation view, Project Arts Centre, 2025. Single-channel 4K video, sound, 01:06:34. Photo: Louis Haugh. Courtesy the artist and Project Arts Centre.

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🔊 New on the website: John Graham reviews Eva Richardson McCrea's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯 / 𝘕𝘢 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘓á at Project Arts Centre.

https://t.co/uGFuFvvBeJ

[Anne Cunningham @annecrecipes]

Reviews of Robert Seethaler's The Cafe With No Name, PVA's In the Good Seats, Carmel Harrington's The Stolen Child, Garrett Carr's The Stolen Child & Elaine Garvey's The Wardrobe Department in this wk's papers. @GillHessLtd @canongatebooks @Peterocmedia @ElaineEgan_ @headlinepg

[PVA Books @PaperVisualArt]

@annecrecipes @GillHessLtd @canongatebooks @Peterocmedia @ElaineEgan_ @headlinepg @picadorbooks Thanks, Anne 🙂

[Michael Magee @michaelmagee__]

wrote an essay about watching The Wizard of Oz in my bedroom when I was 6 and the connection between writing and dreams and how listening to Judy Garland singing 'somewhere over the rainbow' makes me want to cry

https://t.co/3N3iIz5VRI

[PVA Books @PaperVisualArt]

Delighted to see 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 featured in @hotpress's Best Books of 2024 alongside some other brilliant reads!🎉

Thanks @Pat_Carty!

https://t.co/dbCcsObBVl

[Pat Carty @Pat_Carty]

The books that floated my boat in 2024 as selected for the estimable @hotpress magazine. Read on, Macduff. https://t.co/qFnd3mxntf

[Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸 @missflannery]

Wrote a reflection on Luke Kelly’s head for the always stylish and smart @PaperVisualArt journal. You can order from https://t.co/8w7jIq2V9d or pick it up in Temple Bar Gallery at Dublin Art Book Fair until 01 Dec.

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Catch @kingofpain666 speaking to PVA editor @adrian_duncan_ at our #zeitgeistirland24 event this Tuesday!

🕐12–5 p.m.
📅Tuesday, 12 November
📍Kino Krokodil, Berlin

🎟️Register here: https://t.co/STw0TgjLFi

@ZeitgeistIrland @culture_ireland @irlembberlin

[PVA Books @PaperVisualArt]

Just a few tickets remaining for our @DublinBookFest event!

Catch @missflannery, @declanlong, and @WednesdayErskin in conversation with @TonyClaytonLea, with Gavin Corbett on the decks!

📅Thursday, 7 November
📍Dublin Liberties Distillery
🕕6.00 p.m.

https://t.co/n20zPQPuWE

[Tony Clayton-Lea @TonyClaytonLea]

Tomorrow!

Tickets (€10 - a snip!) are in short supply, so get 'em while you can.

As part of the @DublinBookFest, I'll be chatting with:
@missflannery
@declanlong
@WednesdayErskin

about their respective essays in 'You Spin Me Round' (@PaperVisualArt)

https://t.co/wFMqLp3X3U

[PVA Books @PaperVisualArt]

Image: @SerenaCaulfield, 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬, 2022. Oil on panel, 50 x 60 cm. Courtesy of Wexford Arts Centre. Photo: Lar O'Toole.

Thanks as always to the @artscouncil_ie for their support.

[PVA Books @PaperVisualArt]

👻New on the website: @SuzanneWalsh_'s chilling essay about communing with the spirits of Ballyhealy House.

'I took caution in preparations, not wanting to disturb anything unduly.'

Originally published in 𝘗𝘝𝘈 15, guest-edited by Emma Dwyer.

https://t.co/G0L1rzOdvD

[PVA Books @PaperVisualArt]

PVA Conversations: Berlin Edition is part of #zeitgeistirland24, an initiative of Culture Ireland and the Embassy of Ireland in Germany.

@ZeitgeistIrland @culture_ireland @irlembberlin

[PVA Books @PaperVisualArt]

🎉Please join us for an afternoon of conversations, talks, readings, and the launch of 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭, vol. 16 – the Berlin Edition!

🕐12–5 p.m.
📆Tuesday, 12 November
📍Kino Krokodil, Berlin

🎟️Tickets: https://t.co/STw0TgkjuQ

[PVA Books @PaperVisualArt]

Featuring PVA 16 contributors @adrian_duncan_, @kingofpain666, Daniel Seiffert, Sabrina Mandanici, Doireann O'Malley, Andy Fitz, @MarkJCurran, Rory Rowan, and @rebeccaodwyer.

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Don't miss out on our @DublinBookFest event!

Featuring 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 contributors @WednesdayErskin, @missflannery, and @declanlong in conversation with @TonyClaytonLea!

📅Thursday, 7 November
📍Dublin Liberties Distillery
⏱️18.00

https://t.co/n20zPQPuWE

[Tony Clayton-Lea @TonyClaytonLea]

Just over 2 weeks to this!

Features @missflannery @WednesdayErskin @declanlong having a chinwag with yours truly about music (and their essays in You Spin Me Round), while Gavin Corbett spins (yes!) relevant 'discs'.

@PaperVisualArt
@DublinBookFest

https://t.co/wFMqLp3X3U

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Image: Patricia Hurl, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭, 1987. Oil on canvas, 155 x 109 cm. Drogheda Municipal Art Collection. Photo: Jenny Callanan.

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🔊New on the website: @rebeccaodwyer reviews 𝘐𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤, the first major retrospective of the artist Patricia Hurl, on view at @imma, 10 February–21 May, 2023.

Rebecca's piece was originally published in 𝘗𝘝𝘈15, our ghost-themed issue!👻

https://t.co/e8zPDt3MW2

[Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸 @missflannery]

Thank you @PaperVisualArt for publishing my essay Where Old Ghosts Meet, a reflection on Vera Klute’s head of Luke Kelly on the Royal Canal at Sheriff St. I’ll be reading from the essay at The Artist and The City open mic @DCU @DublinBookFest at lunchtime on Wed 6th November 📚