Tag: Nora

  • BERLIN EVENT

    I had a gorgeous time talking with the Irish contingent in the Irish Embassy Berlin about NORA and James Joyce. You can watch back here: https://youtu.be/kSY8Zbdxbb8

  • IL PICCOLO on NORA

    Very lovely to be interviewed by Marta Herzbruch about NORA by Il Piccolo, the Trieste-based newspaper that James Joyce wrote for. I love that Jim and Nora portrait.

  • NORA & Bloomsday 2021

    NORA and I will be doing several events for Bloomsday 2021. Ahead of Bloomsday I was interviewed by Chiara Liberio for Radio Dublino on 90.3FM. The piece is here at 16 minutes in. For Bloomsday, Elisabetta D’Erme interviews me for Il Piccolo, the newspaper in Trieste, Italy, that Joyce wrote for, about Joyce, Nora, and…

  • NORA in INDO REVIEW

    NORA is beautifully reviewed by Martina Devlin in the Irish Independent‘s Review magazine today: ‘…historical fiction brought lushly to life, laced with glorious prose…’. More here.

  • NORA in DRB

    Afric McGlinchey gives NORA a wonderful review in the Dublin Review of Books. ‘In language brimming with evocative imagery and energy, O’Connor resurrects a life ‑ and a love ‑ of magnificent intensity.’ More here.

  • CITY OF BOOKS podcast – NORA

    Martina Devlin interviewed me about NORA for the City of Books podcast, one of my fave literary pods. I really enjoyed this conversation with Martina, who is not just a great writer, but an accomplished journalist and podcast host too. You can listen to our chat here or wherever you get your podcasts.

  • DBF at Blue Metropolis

    I really enjoyed talking to Breda Brown about NORA for Dublin Book Festival at Blue Metropolis, Canada. We recorded in lovely Kevin St library. Neil Jordan is on with Breda before me. (My bit starts at about 29 mins in.)

  • NORA at CÚIRT

    You can now view the Galway launch of NORA at the wonderful Cúirt Festival on YouTube. Writer Elaine Feeney interviewed me and we had a grand chat about Nora and James Joyce’s relationship, the novel, and more.

  • CÚIRT ON RTE SIX ONE

    The Cúirt Festival, and NORA, featured on RTÉ’s Six One news, with Western correspondent Pat McGrath. View the report here.

  • BIZ POST REVIEW – NORA

    John Walshe has given NORA a good review in today’s Sunday Business Post. (Despite the photo caption, that is not Nora with JJ, but Lucia.)