The Inspiration Behind The Exile and the Mapmaker by Emma Musty
It is a strange thing to move freely in a world where others cannot. I
Menu
It is a strange thing to move freely in a world where others cannot. I
What if my Mother Had Happened to Life? If you’d told me at the age
The Prophet With the exception of my teachers at St. Columba’s National School, Glasnevin, I
Every writer’s journey is different. When a book deal is announced, a lot of noise
Like many stories, this one began with an image. An adolescent, infatuated with a girl
Le Fanu’s Angel had its genesis in a true story. An acquaintance of mine, call
When Faber acquired my second collection of stories, they did so on the basis of
Into the Mouth of the Lion started out as a short story, inspired by a
On a February evening, just over three years ago, I was happily procrastinating on Twitter
It all started with a name. In the early 2000s, there was a spate of
When setting out to write The End Is Where We Begin, (or ‘book two’ as
The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer is my fourth novel. Or rather: it is only my
In March 2012 a dozen of us gathered around a table in a Waterford hotel,
I used to joke that if the mother I was to my first son met
Irish author Anna Burns has won the 2020 International DUBLIN Literary Award, sponsored by Dublin
The background and inspiration to the stories varies with each one. They came to me
I’m not a big fan of weddings. I’m not averse to a glass of champagne,
The University of Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies recently announced that the winner of the
In late 1989, when I signed up to go to Sudan to work as a
John O’Donnell describes the origins of his first short story collection, Almost the Same Blue.
.jpg)
