We are delighted to welcome two of our favourite Irish fiction writers, Susannah Dickey and Louise Nealon, for a conversation on their newest releases, Into the Wreck and Everything That is Beautiful . These two novels are bursting with complex characters, unmatched emotional intelligence, and a healthy sprinkling of wit. Join us for a deep-dive into shared themes of love, hope, the messiness of family relations, and more. All are welcome to attend.
Attendance is free but booking is essential.
PRAISE FOR
“One of the best novels I’ve read this year from an unusually gifted writer” IRISH TIMES
“A wonderfully stylish writer with an unwavering eye” - John Patrick McHugh
“Perfectly calibrated . . . These characters spike off the page” - A.K. Blakemore
“Intimate and panoramic, tender-hearted and clear-eyed, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, this dazzling novel brims with compassion and unforgettable characters. A book you’ll read and love, then immediately buy for those you love.” - Colin Walsh, author of KALA
“I absolutely loved it . . . So realistic about the complexity of loving people who will break our hearts.” - Marian Keyes
ABOUT
SUSANNAH DICKEY is a writer from Derry. She is the author of two novels, Tennis Lessons (2020) and Common Decency (2022), which was an Irish Waterstones Book of the Month. Her debut poetry collection, ISDAL , was a Guardian and Irish Times Book of the Year, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the John Pollard Prize, and won the inaugural PEN Heaney Prize. She was the winner of the 2024 Irish Chair of Poetry Travel Award and was a recipient of an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2020, and her poetry and poetry criticism has appeared in the Poetry Review , Poetry London , the TLS , and Poetry Ireland Review . Her short fiction has appeared in The Dublin Review , The Fence , and The White Review , was longlisted for the Sunday Times Short Story Award and shortlisted in The Moth Nature Writing Prize. She has had fiction and nonfiction broadcast on BBC R4 and BBC R3.
LOUISE NEALON is a writer from County Kildare, Ireland. Her debut novel, Snowflake , was published in 2021. It won the Newcomer of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards and was chosen for the One Dublin One Book campaign in 2024. Her second novel, Everything that is Beautiful , was released in April 2026 in Ireland and the UK, and will be released in August 2026 in the USA.