Nicole Flattery
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This Happy by Niamh Campbell: The end of the affair
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- June 14, 2020, 06:00
“Life does not have a narrative. This is only a way of choosing to see and usually for sinister purposes. To explain oneself and give substance to the(...)

Exciting Times review: Whipsmart debut heralds a new star of Irish writing
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- April 12, 2020, 06:00
The arch title of Naoise Dolan’s whipsmart debut novel, Exciting Times, is the first indicator of the author’s style. Not a lot happens in the exterio(...)

Best debuts of 2019: despite perennial difficulties, talent has emerged
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- December 11, 2019, 06:00
Where have all the writers gone? This year was marked by notable Irish debut novels from an engineer, civil servant and publisher, which tells us much(...)

The book I want for Christmas: Paschal Donohoe, Alison Spittle, Joseph O’Connor and more
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- November 21, 2019, 05:00
Richie Sadlier Sports pundit, psychotherapist and former professional footballer Richie Sadlier’s book is raw without ever being miserable(...)

Paris Syndrome: Pushing boundaries to document experience
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- September 21, 2019, 06:00
Paris Syndrome, the title of Lucy Sweeney Byrne’s debut collection, is an apparently real psychological condition brought on by dismay when the City o(...)

Show Them a Good Time by Nicole Flattery: A bright new Irish voice
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- March 2, 2019, 06:00
“At seventy, after suffering several disappointments, the first being my mother, the second being me, my father died.” The opening line of Nicole Flat(...)

The debut books and authors to look out for in 2019
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- January 17, 2019, 05:00
Sarah Davis-Goff: Last Ones Left Alive (Tinder Press, publication March 7th) A girl called Orpen journeys from east to west across a post-apocalyptic (...)