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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…
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The County Measure – GALWAY
I’ll be on RTÉ Radio 1 on The County Measure, talking about colour in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, on 5th June – Bank Holiday Monday – between 11am and 12pm IST. The County Measure is a much-loved radio programme presented by writer and broadcaster Vincent Woods, who travels across Ireland exploring county identity in terms of…
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Switzerland, alcohol, autism, & me
I have a new essay ‘Cailín Deas, Cailín Dána’ published in Trasna today. The essay is about many things, including Switzerland, sibling loss, autism, giving up alcohol, Maria Edgeworth, and photographs…it’s a braided/hybrid piece, a mixumgatherum. You can read the essay here. Hope you enjoy it!
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NORA IN NEW YORK
I’m off to NYC next week for the last of my NORA events – it’s been a wild, action-packed two years. Anyone NY-based can catch me at one (or all!) of the following events – I’d love to see you. Register early! Thurs 8th Dec: On the 8th I’m at the Jefferson Library (where the…