We are delighted to be launching Sophie's stunning new novel in Hodges Figgis on 19th October at 6.30pm. 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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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. […]
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 […]
A new audio-visual essay for stage written by Sara Baume.
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 […]
Reading and discussing new work
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 […]