Sunshine, birds singing and a new book - bliss!
I'm REALLY enjoying You Are Here by David Nicholls and am really looking forward to seeing him International Literature Festival Dublin next month in conversation with Marian Keyes 💜📚

Still getting huge enjoyment from my #50at50 plan (celebrating being 50 doing things that bring me joy)

April's joyful moments included:
Howth Lighthouse walk
Perfect Days at the Savoy (I adored it)
Afternoon National Gallery of Ireland with my pal Clo
12 Angry Men Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

Looking through old photos for a thing and wondering again why we never see the beauty in ourselves only the faults. This one is from 20 years ago and I wish I could have injected some self confidence into my younger self.

'Some books sneak up on you, starting out as one thing before hitting you with emotions you didn't expect, and a power you didn't see coming. Anne Walsh Donnelly has written such a book Lovely review in the Irish Times today New Island Books Irish Times Culture Nadine O'Regan thanks

'Smart, blackly humorous, and featuring one of Irish crime fiction's most audacious femme fatales, Emma, Disappeared is Hughes' finest novel to date' - massive thanks to Declan Burke for a great review of #EmmaDisappeared in the The Irish Times

Look at this for a beautiful #RSLOndaatjePrize Royal Society of Literature shortlist. Poet David Nash will be reading his Dedalus Press collection No Man's Land in a #FreeEvent for #WCLF2024 in BantryBookshop on Friday 19 July westcorkmusic.ie/events/2024/da…

I'll be on the Brendan O'Connor Show on RTÉ Radio 1 this Sunday 28th April around midday. Talking autism and my new novel, Seaborne.
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Great line-up! Have booked to see Sinéad Gleeson Dr Victoria Kennefick (She/Her)🍉 and Elaine Feeney and Claire Keegan
But I am so sad that the Donal Ryan event sold out before I got tickets 😪 Any chance of extra tickets??!@

I'm looking forward to heading back to
Strokestown Poetry next weekend for the launch of Washing Windows IV: Irish Women Write Poetry Alan Hayes : Arlen House on Sat 4th.
It's a free event and all are welcome!
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She was the Next Big Thing ... until she disappeared. Find out Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy? this weekend - Rachael English's bestselling novel is 99p on ebook TODAY ONLY! Buy your copy here: geni.us/BirdyTroyebook Rachael English

⭐️TODAY ⭐️ We’ll be welcoming Fitzcarraldo Editions author Clemens Meyer & his translator Katy Derbyshire with chair Frank Wynne to discuss the Booker longlisted “WHILE WE WERE DREAMING” - 6pm today, free admission, booking essential⚡️💙
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Lovely to have this photo of my first Poetry Day Ireland event - myself, Maeve O'Sullivan and Eithne Lannon after our readings in Pearse St Library Dublin City Libraries

And I really enjoyed the open mic at the end - 5 or 6 people read their poems including Aileen and Úna Ní Cheallaigh

The Whole Wild World Bus Tour gives young readers around the country an opportunity to meet writers and illustrators and we meet one illustrator Ashwin Chacko at his Dublin studio on #RTENationwide Friday 26th April RTÉ One 7pm Children's Books Ireland Zainab Boladale Creative Ireland RTÉ RT

Had a really lovely evening reading my poems in Pearse St Library with Eithne Lannon and Maeve O'Sullivan for Poetry Day Ireland organised by Dublin City Libraries Poetry Ireland
I brought in six copies of Traces - sold 4 and exchanged 2 for copies of Maeve and Eithne's collections - a win!

The National Library of Ireland present
'Celebrating Ireland's Booker Winners'
John Banville in conversation with Claire Kilroy
PLUS Stephen Rea with a special reading from 'The Sea'
Tuesday 7 May at 6.30pm

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Free event, booking is essential

New Tom Climent exhibition 'Pilgrim' at the Solomon Fine Art What a stunning collection – viewing room in the link.

Am privileged to have one of Tom's beautiful paintings on the cover of Ghost Mountain.

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Happy #PoetryDayIRL
Congratulations Alan Hayes : Arlen House on another terrific poetry anthology in the #WashingWindows series. 👏👏👏

Happy #PoetryDayIRL to all of my followers. Here’s an older poem & a newer haiku, on the theme of ‘Good Sports’. I’ll be reading both this eve in Pearse St. Library, at a PDI event which starts at 630 & has an open mic section. Eithne Lannon Jackie Lynam Poetry Ireland Dublin City Libraries

Happy Poetry Day Ireland!

This evening at 6.30pm I'll be reading some of my poems in Pearse St Library with Eithne Lannon and Maeve O'Sullivan

It's free and all are welcome!

Dublin City Libraries Poetry Ireland #PoetryDayIRL

All bases were covered this evening Royal Irish Academy for #1d1b event on what gets passed down the female line. Molly Hennigan, Alice Kinsella and Louise Nealon talked with Clíona Ó Gallchoir about grandmothers, mothers & perceptions of how perfect mothers should be.