Tag: Review

  • PRESS – SEABORNE

    We’ve had lots of great press for SEABORNE thanks to Peter O’Connell. I was here in the Irish Daily Mail talking about my love of mavericks, like Anne Bonny. There was last Saturday’s Irish Times Magazine interview with Niamh Donnelly. And last week’s wonderful Sunday Independent review by Lorraine Courtney: And today a fab review…

  • 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.

  • SAN FRAN BOOK REVIEW

    The San Francisco Book Review has given NORA a lovely tiny review. A snip: ‘a truly impressive work of biographical fiction, Nuala O’Connor pens a powerful and incisive account of the life of Nora Joyce, who despite being remembered as “Irish literature’s greatest muse” was really a far more complex, commanding, and intriguing individual than…

  • 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 review – Brendan O’Connor show

    Thanks a mill to Eibhear Walshe for a fab review of NORA on Saturday’s Brendan O’Connor show on RTÉ Radio 1. Listen here. (Review starts about 10 minutes in.) The panel also discusses Julia Parry’s The Shadowy Third which I reviewed for Books Ireland magazine. An excellent read, one of my books of the year,…

  • 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.

  • NORA – BOOKS IRELAND

    A beautiful review of NORA by Laura King in Books Ireland. Read it here.

  • NORA in CANADA

    I am taking part in the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, as part of Dublin Book Festival‘s appearance there. Look out for me, Breda Brown, and NORA on the 29th of April at 3pm GMT. More here. Caoimhe White reviewed NORA on the DBF site here.

  • NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW – NORA

    My first New York Times review today and it’s for my beloved NORA. Big thanks to Alida Becker. I’ve pasted the entire thing in below; a swift flavour though: ‘…Nora is entirely convincing in her raw sensuality, her stubborn determination, her powerful sense of grievance.’ Very pleased 🙂 NEW YORK TIMES – 16th March 2021…

  • 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.