Judith Wilson is a prize-winning writer of short stories. She also writes longer fiction. Her work is imbued with a strong sense of place, clarity of language, and a subtle sense of humour.
A visit to see Maggie O’Farrell ‘In Conversation’ about her latest novel, LAND (Tinder Press, £25), at the London Irish Centre.
SAID THE DEAD by Irish poet and author Doireann Ní Ghríofa (Faber & Faber, £18.99) is a haunting, evocative, poetic novel, woven around the history of a Victorian Cork psychiatric hospital, and a modern-day reader, who finds mental solace in uncovering, and reimagining, the lives of the forgotten women committed to the institution, over 100 years ago.
In the second of my series of Author Interviews, I spoke to Graeme Macrae Burnet, author of BENBECULA, about his inspirations for the novel, his writing process and how he blends historical research with the art of fiction.
