Tag: Nuala O'Connor

  • IRISH TIMES STORY

    I have a seasonal short story in the Irish Times Magazine today, set by the sea in Donegal. You can read it here.

  • WIRED OUR OWN WAY – autism anthology

    Wired Our Own Way, out 28th March 2025, from New Island Books Pre-order now available. I’m honoured to have an essay about friendship (eek!) in this fab anthology of essays by autistic Irish adults, edited by Niamh Garvey. Description: Wired Our Own Way: An Anthology of Irish Autistic Voices is the first collection of personal…

  • SEABORNE PUBLICATION DAY

    It’s publication day for SEABORNE and I am giddy 🙂 The novel is available in all Irish book shops and from my publisher New Island. Kennys offer free national postage, buy here. If you want to buy in the UK, go to Waterstone’s, or Blackwell’s, or, if you prefer, Amazon. I got some sweet cards…

  • KENNYS READING VIDEO – SEABORNE

    My first ever reading from ‘Seaborne’, in Kennys Book Shop, Galway.

  • KENNYS SIGNING – SEABORNE

    I signed 100 copies of Seaborne at Kennys Book Shop yesterday afternoon; and the visitors’ book! I also did my first ever reading from the novel, filmed by Dean Kelly for the Kennys YouTube channel (will link when it’s ready). It’s always a pleasure to visit this historical, storied place, teetering with books and stunning…

  • NORA MOST BORROWED

    NORA was the most borrowed adult fiction book from Dublin City Libraries in 2022! Huge thanks to all who borrowed, and espesh to Jackie Lynam & Anne Marie Kelly of One Dublin One Book, all at Dublin City Library and the stellar team at New Island Books. This is all such a thrill for a…

  • Winner – Irish Short Story of the Year

    I was genuinely delighted to win Short Story of the Year at the Irish Book Awards for my story This Small Giddy Life about two daughters and their wandering, wonderful mother who gets dementia. My own mother is living with this curious condition, so it is a close-to-my-heart story. You can read the story in…