Tag: biographical fiction

  • Miss Emily – Best 21stC Irish Fiction

    Delighted that The Sunday Times has included my novel about Emily Dickinson, Miss Emily, in its Irish fiction of the 21st Century list. (Thank you, Bert Wright!)

  • PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (P)REVIEWS NORA

    I’m pleased with this (p)review of NORA, from Publisher’s Weekly: O’Connor (Becoming Belle) expands on her Granta award-winning short story, “Gooseen” in this poignant, comprehensive portrait of Nora Barnacle as a young woman, mother, and literary inspiration for the Molly Bloom character in Ulysses. Nora and James Joyce’s inseparable attachment begins in Dublin on June…

  • IRISH HISTORICAL FICTION EVENT – Dublin

    This fantastic event, organised by writer Nicola Cassidy, is on Saturday 4th April in Hodges Figgis book shop in Dublin. It’s a free, non-ticketed event – all welcome!

  • NEW NOVEL ANNOUNCED

    Publishers Marketplace, aka PubLunch, announced my new novel about the wondrous Nora Barnacle today, so I can too. Delighted!