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WEST CORK LITERARY FESTIVAL
Join me, Connie Palmen, and Martina Devlin on Monday 5th July at West Cork Literary Festival, for a discussion about bio-fiction and historical fiction. Think Joyce/Barnacle & Hughes/Plath. More here.
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INTERVIEW – EXAMINER
Sue Leonard – ghostwriter and journalist – interviewed me for the Irish Examiner about NORA, writing, and life in general. You can read the result of our enjoyable chat here.
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NORA on the BOOK SHOW
The Book Show, hosted by Rick O’Shea, featured NORA in its historical fiction segment. Big thanks to Breda Brown for highlighting NORA. You can listen here. (The hist fic section starts around 10:15, but Louise Nealon, on first, is also worth a listen.)
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UPCOMING EVENTS – NORA
NORA publishes here in Ireland on the 10th April with New Island Books and I have some events/readings coming up to celebrate the book. We have two launch events planned, one each for Dublin and Galway. More below: 26th March, 8pm GMT: American writer Jillian Cantor and I will be discussing bio-fiction, to celebrate the…
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Bio-fiction event with Jillian Cantor
Please join the fantastic Jillian Cantor and me at our virtual event on the 26th March from Poisoned Pen bookstore, Arizona, to discuss her novel on Marie Curie and mine on Nora Barnacle. 1pm MST / 8pm GMT Sign up here: Jillian and Nuala bio-fiction event
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Interview – NORA
Writer Deborah Kalb interviewed me about NORA and writing it. You can read it here.
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NORA review – Free Lance Star, VA
Drew Gallagher has reviewed NORA for the Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Big thanks to him. I pasted the whole text below as GDPR blocks the link to those of us in Europe. Book review: ‘Nora’ a serene, worthy addition to Joyce canon By DREW GALLAGHER FOR THE FREE LANCE–STAR Jan 9, 2021 What author…
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Irish Times Books to Watch Out for in 2021
The Irish Times includes Nora in its 2021 round-up today. The novel is in great company: new books soon from Danielle McLaughlin, Lisa McInerney, Laura McKenna and Úna Mannion, to name just a tiny few. The Times says: ‘Nora (New Island, April) by Nuala O’Connor tells the love story of Nora Barnacle and James Joyce, an…
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Top Reads for 2021 – Sunday Independent
The Sunday Independent has included NORA in its Top Reads for 2021, which is rather lovely. Despite the subheading above – about ‘taking advantage of lockdown’ – it’s doubtful any of the books on this list were written last year. I finished writing NORA in early 2019, having started it in 2017, and since then…
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BOSTON GLOBE REVIEWS NORA
The Boston Globe has reviewed my novel NORA today and it’s a good one, calling it ‘an exhaustive and often wildly engaging’. You can read it here. I’ve also pasted the full review text below. * BOOK REVIEW Historical fiction reimagines the love between Joyce and his lifelong companion By Clea Simon Globe Correspondent, December 17, 2020, 5:00…
Tag: biographical fiction
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NORA on the BOOK SHOW
The Book Show, hosted by Rick O’Shea, featured NORA in its historical fiction segment. Big thanks to Breda Brown for highlighting NORA. You can listen here. (The hist fic section starts around 10:15, but Louise Nealon, on first, is also worth a listen.)