NUALA O'CONNOR

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  • Roddy Doyle interview

    I’m interviewing Roddy Doyle, online at Politics and Prose in Washington, about short fiction. This event celebrates the USA publication day for Roddy’s book Life Without Children, which is a warm, funny, poignant collection of ten stories. Join us! 5pm USA, 10pm Ireland. More here.

  • ULYSSES 100 EVENTS

    I’m busy, naturally, as we get closer to the Ulysses 100 anniversary on 2.2.22, so here are a few of the events & things you can catch me at: 22nd January 2022 – I have a piece about the background to writing Ulysses – how life was for Nora and Joyce – in the Irish…

  • NORA IN NYT TOP 10

    I’m very pleased the New York Times names my novel NORA among the 10 best historical novels of 2021. ‘A lively fictional rendition of Nora Barnacle, the minimally educated, blue-collar woman who propped up one of literature’s most challenging highbrow writers.’ Huge thanks to Alida Becker. Lovely to be in there with personal faves Alison…

  • BURNING BOOKS PODCAST

    Ruth McKee of Books Ireland interviewed me for the Burning Books podcast and you can listen to it here or wherever you get your pods. We talk about tiny dolls, giving up alcohol, and what books I’d grab if my house was burning. More here.

  • NORA SHORTLISTED IRISH BOOK AWARDS

    I’m delighted that Seán Rocks and the Arena crew have nominated NORA in the RTÉ Audience Choice Award at the An Post Irish Book Awards. As a big Arena fan, this is such an honour. I’m also honoured that NORA is the only novel on the shortlist. You can vote here.

  • ONE DUBLIN ONE BOOK – NORA

    I’m genuinely delighted that NORA has been chosen as the One Dublin One Book for 2022. Big thanks to Dublin Libraries, Dublin City Council, and the stellar team at New Island. I’m looking forward to April and all the events we’ll hold to celebrate Nora Barnacle and James Joyce. More here.

  • NORA & OTHER EVENTS – LATE ’21

    I have several events coming up, many around my novel NORA, which was published here in Ireland in April with New Island Books, so I thought I’d do a preview/round-up list: 12th Sep, 9am GMT: SUNDAY MISCELLANY: I’ll be on RTÉ Radio 1 on Sunday morning with a radio essay about my relationship with my…

  • SAN FRAN BOOK REVIEW

    The San Francisco Book Review has given NORA a lovely tiny review. A snip: ‘a truly impressive work of biographical fiction, Nuala O’Connor pens a powerful and incisive account of the life of Nora Joyce, who despite being remembered as “Irish literature’s greatest muse” was really a far more complex, commanding, and intriguing individual than…

  • HEWITT SCHOOL INTERVIEW

    I will be talking about NORA, with Belfast writer Maureen Boyle, at the John Hewitt Summer School at the Marketplace Theatre, Armagh, 13:30 IST, Wednesday 28 July 2021. This event will stream too. More here.

  • SOLAS NUA EVENT W/ ALICE MILLER

    Next Monday 19th July, Alice Miller and I will have a conversation about Georgie Hyde-Lees, Nora Barnacle, Yeats, Joyce, and biofiction for Solas Nua. Sign up here: https://solasnua.org/events/pp-live-nuala-oconnor-alice-miller-conversation