I’m delighted to be part of the celebrations this week championing Irish Book Week, a nationwide celebration of Irish bookshops, Irish books, publishers, writers, illustrators, and poets.
I have a piece featured today in Books Ireland Magazine entitled ‘For Irish Book Week Mairéad Hearne talks about an author she discovered this year’ where I write about an Irish author whose work I read for the first time in 2023.
‘In trying to decide which author to write about here today, I considered our 2023 four longlisted Booker Prize nominees, Sebastian Barry, Paul Murray, Paul Lynch, and Elaine Feeney. I have read all four books, each of them extraordinary and, except for Sebastian Barry, each had been new to me. But then I realised something, I was going to have to write about an Irish author who almost slipped through my net and had been, inexplicably, off my radar….’
So who did I pick? You can find out HERE
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How brilliant really enjoyed it! x
Nicki thank you. Great to hear that x
Congratulations.
Rosie thanks so much x
Lovely article, Mairead. I loved Eithne’s first book, Grace After Henry.
Nicola thank you so much. Grace After Henry is one on my radar to pick up when I’m next book shopping!
Great article, Mairéad – I loved Eithne Shortall’s ‘It Could Never Happen Here’, which I discovered via your blog, and I’m very much looking forward to reading ‘The Lodgers’!
Sara that’s brilliant to hear. So happy you loved it. The Lodgers is up for an award at the An Post Irish Book Awards in November so it’s a timely choice!