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PRESS – SEABORNE
We’ve had lots of great press for SEABORNE thanks to Peter O’Connell. I was here in the Irish Daily Mail talking about my love of mavericks, like Anne Bonny. There was last Saturday’s Irish Times Magazine interview with Niamh Donnelly. And last week’s wonderful Sunday Independent review by Lorraine Courtney: And today a fab review…
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GALWAY BOOK LAUNCH & ARENA INTERVIEW
We launched Seaborne in style at the Druid Mick Lally Theatre in Galway on Tuesday. Huge thanks to launcher Edel Coffey, my gorgeous editor Aoife K. Walsh, Marketing & Publicity Manager at New Island Des Doyle, all who came out to set sail with Anne, and to Manuela Moser and all the Cúirt team. And…
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SEABORNE PUBLICATION DAY
It’s publication day for SEABORNE and I am giddy 🙂 The novel is available in all Irish book shops and from my publisher New Island. Kennys offer free national postage, buy here. If you want to buy in the UK, go to Waterstone’s, or Blackwell’s, or, if you prefer, Amazon. I got some sweet cards…
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KENNYS READING VIDEO – SEABORNE
My first ever reading from ‘Seaborne’, in Kennys Book Shop, Galway.
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KENNYS SIGNING – SEABORNE
I signed 100 copies of Seaborne at Kennys Book Shop yesterday afternoon; and the visitors’ book! I also did my first ever reading from the novel, filmed by Dean Kelly for the Kennys YouTube channel (will link when it’s ready). It’s always a pleasure to visit this historical, storied place, teetering with books and stunning…
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LAUNCHES – SEABORNE
We’re having Galway and Dublin launches for SEABORNE. 23rd April and 1st May respectively. Edel Coffey will do the honours in Galway and Mia Gallagher in Dublin. The Cúirt launch in Galway is sold out, but it might be worth trying for a cancellation ticket. See here. For the Dublin launch on the 1st of…
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First Review – Seaborne
The first review of #Seaborne is in, from Mairéad Hearne at Swirl and Thread: ‘Seaborne is a superb novel, bursting with a buzzing vitality and sensuality. O’Connor has captured a time and place with an outstanding clarity. A powerful and remarkable portrayal … an exuberant and passionate novel…’ Delighted with that. Read more here.
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SEABORNE (and other) EVENTS 2024
April’s here and SEABORNE hits the shelves on the 19th, so I’m gearing up for events in Ireland and elsewhere. Hope to meet some of ye along the way. You can pre-order the novel here. SEABORNE EVENTS: 19th April Publication day, SEABORNE 23rd April, 7.30pm Launch event, Cúirt Mick Lally Theatre, Galway 1st May Launch…
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ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT
New Island Books Acquires Nuala O’Connor’s Sensational New Novel, SEABORNE, publishing April 2024. New Island Books (Dublin) is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Nuala O’Connor’s new novel, SEABORNE. Aoife K. Walsh, commissioning editor at New Island, acquired English -language, Ireland, UK and Commonwealth rights from Gráinne Fox at United Talent Agency (New York). SEABORNE…
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FIBROMYALGIA ESSAY – HEAL
I have a short essay in HEAL (Humanism Evolving through Arts and Literature) about what it’s like to have fibromyalgia. HEAL is a medical narratives journal from the Dept of Medicine at Florida State University, edited by Tana Jean Welch and Liz Ruelke. ‘Fibromyalgia is a joyless, ever-present, prismic garment, complex and invisible.’ Download the…