This is going to be lots of fun! On Saturday I’ll be chatting to Catriona Shine and Maggie Armstrong about their brilliant recent books. Tickets here: eventbrite.ie/e/2024-mu-arts…

Thanks to Katy Conneely for a wonderful, probing conversation about Habitat on 103.2 Dublin City FM All About Books. Listen back at this link: mixcloud.com/1032DublinCity…

Tune in to 103.2 Dublin City FM this Tuesday 30 April @ 1.30pm when I'll be chatting to Katy Conneely about my novel Habitat on All About Books. 103.2 Dublin City FM Katy Conneely The Lilliput Press

‘A wonderfully realised exploration of the way we live, enlivened by sharply drawn characters, great use of dark humour and an overall empathy for the human condition. Habitat is a debut that stands out and marks Catriona Shine as a real talent to watch.’

24 April 2024
Catriona Shine, Habitat (fiction)

So sharp, so fun, so scary, so good. Thanks to Dana at Lilliput for the (unexpected!) copy of this total astounder.

A great review of Habitat from
Cathy Brown

Delighted to have a story in thi wurd’s coming anthology:

We're thrilled to announce that MU's Arts and Minds is taking place from the 9th - 11th of May 2024. Join us for a celebration of the best in Irish and international arts and culture. 🌟
📅 Date: 9-11 May
📍 Location: Maynooth University Campus
🎟️ eventbrite.ie/e/2024-mu-arts…

‘Habitat Catriona Shine follows a week in the lives of a group of apartment dwellers where their apartment block rapidly disintegrates before their eyes. They're all so caught up in their busy-busy lives that they can't see the wood for the trees. Literally. Until it's too late’

‘A thrilling Oslo mystery … rich in satire, but also full of empathy’

Brilliant review for Catriona Shine's Habitat by alannah hopkin Irish Examiner 🌿📗

Interview with Sean Rocks on RTE Arena RTÉ Radio 1
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Tonight on RTÉ Radio 1 from 7pm:

Film reviews with RuthBarton and Justin McGregor.

Franco-Irish artist, conductor, violinist and composer Fiona Monbet on her work with Irish composer Michael Gallen.

Author Catriona Shine on her debut novel Habitat.

Lunchtime book shopping:

If In a Winter's Night vs a Traveller by Italo Calvino, as referenced in the Can Xue lecture I tweeted earlier. Translated by William Weaver.

Habitat by Catriona Shine published by The Lilliput Press – looks great!

Thanks to The Lilliput Press for my copy of Habitat by Catriona Shine which is out now! One of my most anticipated books of 2024, it tells the story of seven residents in an apartment block in Oslo, over seven days, as their building begins to break down around them.

Thank you so much to Dana and The Lilliput Press for my copy of #Habitat by Catriona Shine which is out now.

It’s the story of seven neighbours who live in a building in Oslo, and over a week, their building starts to fall apart around them, and I think it sounds brilliant!

Lovely to see Habitat by Catriona Shine highlighted in the latest TheGlossMag – thank you EDEL COFFEY 👩🏼‍💻 💚

‘An original debut … an intriguing parable about the destruction of our much larger habitat’