NUALA O'CONNOR

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  • GRÁ FESTIVAL

    Join us on International Nora Barnacle Day – the 21st March – at 4pm, Town Hall Theatre, Galway, where I will read from and discuss my Novel NORA. Grá Festival takes place across four days, with a huge variety of walks, talks, music, and art – see here for all events.

  • Irish Times Review – Menagerie

    Happy International Women’s Day! I’m very happy today to get this review of Menagerie in the Irish Times. Thanks, Carl Phillips. A snippet: ‘…a warm feelingful generosity of vision and a distant, diagnostic eye…a collection which is at once involving and clear-sighted.’ Pre-order the book here.

  • NOVEL OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST

    Thrilled sideways that Seaborne is shortlisted for Eason Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards alongside books by Sally Rooney, Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín, Colin Barrett, Christine Dwyer-Hickey, & Kevin Barry. Congrats to all shortlisted writers in the APIBAS & thanks humungously to all New Island Books.

  • TRINITY COLLEGE INTERVIEW

    I had a conversation about my novel NORA with the great writer and journalist Martina Devlin for Inspiring Reads at Trinity College Dublin, where we both studied.

  • GLENVILLE PARK – CORK – LITERATURE DAY

    Join us in Cork on 6th July 2024 for a gorgeous day of literature, ladies, literary chats, and so in in the beautiful, historic surroundings of Glenville Park.

  • BRENDAN O’CONNOR SHOW & SUNDAY TIMES – SEABORNE

    The link to my interview with Brendan O’Connor on RTÉ Radio 1 is HERE. We talked autism, sobriety, anxiety meds, secrets, Anne Bonny, and more. He was very nice and friendly and I enjoyed the chat. More chat from me in the Sunday Times yesterday – this time an essay I wrote about autism, tiny fictions,…

  • GALWAY BOOK LAUNCH & ARENA INTERVIEW

    We launched Seaborne in style at the Druid Mick Lally Theatre in Galway on Tuesday. Huge thanks to launcher Edel Coffey, my gorgeous editor Aoife K. Walsh, Marketing & Publicity Manager at New Island Des Doyle, all who came out to set sail with Anne, and to Manuela Moser and all the Cúirt team. And…

  • First Review – Seaborne

    The first review of #Seaborne is in, from Mairéad Hearne at Swirl and Thread: ‘Seaborne is a superb novel, bursting with a buzzing vitality and sensuality. O’Connor has captured a time and place with an outstanding clarity. A powerful and remarkable portrayal … an exuberant and passionate novel…’ Delighted with that. Read more here.

  • 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…

  • ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT

    New Island Books Acquires Nuala O’Connor’s Sensational New Novel, SEABORNE, publishing April 2024. New Island Books (Dublin) is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Nuala O’Connor’s new novel, SEABORNE. Aoife K. Walsh, commissioning editor at New Island, acquired English -language, Ireland, UK and Commonwealth rights from Gráinne Fox at United Talent Agency (New York). SEABORNE…