Elaine Feeney is a writer from the west of Ireland. Her second novel, How to Build a Boat (Harvill Secker) was published in 2023. Her debut novel, As You Were, was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Irish Novel of the Year Award, and won the Kate O'Brien Award, the McKitterick Prize, and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. Feeney has published three collections of poetry including The Radio Was Gospel and Rise. Her work has been widely published including, The Paris Review, The Stinging Fly, Poetry Review and Oxford Poetry. Feeney lectures at the University of Galway.
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Stations (2026)
Louise Kennedy
"Stations is a stunning second novel - a work of extraordinary emotional power that explores love, loss, reinvention, regret, emigration, and the enduring hold of the Irish childhood in all its complexity. This gripping tale of Roisin and Red, moving from Irish teenagers through to messy adult lives in London, is rendered with tenderness, precision, and aching humanity. Kennedy writes with remarkable compassion, and in Stations she has created another unforgettable novel that confirms her as one of the most gifted story-tellers in contemporary Irish fiction."
John of John (2026)
Douglas Stuart
"John of John is a profound and unflinching exploration of masculinity, sexuality, faith, and the haunting weight of heritage on the human soul. Set against the stark beauty of the Hebrides, where the landscape, in all its colour and texture, is as alive and commanding as its people, this novel delves into paternal silence, love and loneliness, and the unsettling sense that we are never truly unwatched. Written in timeless prose, it speaks with urgent relevance. No one crafts characters with the depth and precision of Stuart - John of John is a masterpiece."
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