Tag: Historical fiction

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.)

  • NORA REVIEW – TORONTO STAR

    I love this review of NORA, from Janet Somerville in the Toronto Star. Big thanks to Janet, writer and literature teacher, who has written a book about the wonderful Martha Gellhorn.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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!)

  • Birdie – Irish Times Review

    I’m very pleased with this review of my historical flash fiction chapbook, Birdie, in today’s Irish Times. Thanks to Ruth McKee. BirdieBy Nuala O’ConnorArlen House, €10.00 Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 06:00 As you would expect from O’Connor, this collection of flash fiction is a menagerie of exquisite language. The stories transport us to moments in…

  • 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…

  • *BIRDIE* READING

    I recorded myself reading the title story from my flash chapbook *birdie*. You can listen/watch on YouTube here.