To celebrate the paperback release of Heap Earth Upon It, we are delighted to host Chloe Michelle Howarth in conversation on this, her second novel, with Catherine Prasifka. Following the sapphic sensation of her debut novel Sunburn, Heap Earth Upon It returns to rural Ireland but takes on a more gothic tone as secrets become entangled and new longings grow…
All are welcome to attend.
Attendance is free but booking is essential.
PRAISE FOR HEAP EARTH UPON IT
“I lost myself in Howarth’s strange and startling second novel. It’s a deeply affecting tapestry of gothic landscapes and virtuosic, character driven prose. As it haunted me, Heap Earth Upon It will haunt you too” - Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb
“The perfect slow burn, an absorbing, multifaceted and uneasy novel, with inscrutable characters who shed layers until their fierce, flawed centres are revealed…A triumph of a second novel” - Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body
“An outstanding depiction of repression, obsession, loss and grief” - Irish Times
“A devastating mix of hope and heartbreak, from one of Ireland’s most exciting queer voices” - Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin, author of Ordinary Saints
“Assured, poignant and beautiful. Howarth writes poetically about loss and love” - The Bookseller
ABOUT
CHLOE MICHELLE HOWARTH was born in 1996 and grew up in the West Cork countryside, which has served as an inspiration for her writing. She attended university at IADT in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, where she studied English, Media and Cultural Studies. Chloe currently lives in Brighton. Her debut novel, Sunburn , was shortlisted for the 2023 NERO Book Award for Debut Fiction, the 2024 Book of the Year: Discover Award and the British Book Awards and the 2024 Polari First Book Prize and longlisted for the 2024 Diverse Book Awards.
CATHERINE PRASIFKA is the bestselling author of two novels, None of This Is Serious and This Is How You Remember It . In 2024 she was appointed as Writer Fellow for Trinity College Dublin. She currently lectures in creative writing at Maynooth University, and writes a weekly column with the Irish Independent. The Guardian has described her work on the lives of young people and social media as ‘essential’.