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October 2022
Sophie White at Dublin Creep Dive Event
Where I End is a story about Aoileann, an isolated teenager caring for her bedridden mother on an island sparsely populated by unfriendly and suspicious residents. One day, Rachel and her newborn baby come to the island, and Aoileann at last finds a way to feed her desperate appetite for love. It’s been described as ‘Beautiful and strange’ by Louise O’Neill, and ‘A deeply creepy, compelling novel’ by John Connolly.
Find out more »Sophie White in conversation with Mike McCormack at Kennys Bookshop
Join bestselling Irish author and podcaster Sophie White at Kennys Bookshop, Galway on October 27th at 6.00pm, as she is joined in conversation by Mike McCormack to celebrate the launch of her new novel, Where I End. This event is ticketed but spaces are limited. Tickets are free.
Find out more »Sophie White at Haunted Hibernia, Carlow
Conjuring the Contemporary Irish Gothic Conference 2022 Keynote Speakers: Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Dr Linnie Blake (Manchester Metropolitan University) Special Guests: Sophie White (Where I End, 2022 & Corpsing: My Body and Other Horror Shows, 2021) Noelle Brown (Postscript, 2013) Vukashin Nedeljkovic (AsylumArchive.com) Free and open to the public.
Find out more »November 2022
Goldmiths Winner Announced
A massive Tramp Press CONGRATULATIONS to Sara Baume on being shortlisted for the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize for her latest novel Seven Steeples. The Goldsmiths Prize celebrates fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel. It was won in 2016 by our own Mike McCormack, and this is the second time Sara has been shortlisted. You can pick up a copy from Kennys, The Gutter Bookshop, Dubray, Foyles or your local bookseller! ‘A triumph’ – Olivia Sudjic ‘That is the magic and the brilliance of this haunting,…
Find out more »Louise O’Neill and Sophie White in conversation with Aoife Martin
This Dublin Book Festival event will be a fun-filled evening of cocktails/bubbles and chat as authors Louise O’Neill and Sophie White are in conversation with columnist Aoife Martin in the lovely surrounds of the Townhall at 1WML. Idol (Bantam Press) by Louise O’Neill is a dark, compulsive and illuminating story about the carefully curated world of online influencers, the subjectivity of memory and the stories we choose to believe. Where I End (Tramp Press) by Sophie White is a deeply…
Find out more »February 2023
The Alphabet of Birds by Sara Baume
A new audio-visual essay for stage written by Sara Baume.
Find out more »Sarah Davis-Goff and Lisa Coen in Conversation with Fíona Scarlett
As part of the Kildare Arts Service spring Writers-in-Residence Series, Maynooth university will host a public discussion between us (Lisa and Sarah) and the marvellous Fíona Scarlett, author of Boys Don't Cry (Faber). The talk will be held in Room 241 of the TSI Building in Maynooth University – it's free and open to the public, so join us if you can!
Find out more »Doireann Ní Ghríofa at the Limerick Literary Festival 2023
Reading and discussing new work
Find out more »March 2023
Screening: Clouded Reveries (Aisling Trí Néallaibh)
Clouded Reveries (Aisling Trí Néallaibh) is a beautifully shot and intimate portrayal of the life and creative development of Doireann Ní Ghríofa, poet and award-winning author of A Ghost in the Throat. Doireann Ní Ghríofa won Irish Book of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards for A Ghost in the Throat, and this film by by director Ciara Nic Chormaic explores her processes, interests and influences. This event will feature a Q&A with the director, Ciara Nic Chormaic after the…
Find out more »Sophie White at the Oxford Literary Festival
Irish Voices: Where I End and Nothing Special: Sophie White and Nicole Flattery
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