We are thrilled to be launching Jan Carson’s new novel, Few and Far Between. From the award-winning author of The Raptures and The Fire Starters comes a new, magically surreal novel about history, identity, and redemption. With introductions on the night by Neil Hegarty, fellow Northern Irish writer, this promises to be a talent-filled evening.
All are welcome to attend and refreshments will be served.
Attendance is free but booking is essential.
PRAISE FOR FEW AND FAR BETWEEN
‘No one writes like Jan Carson. Surreal times call for surreal stories, and Few and Far Between packages history, horror and redemption in her signature combination of humour and grace.’ - Sheila Armstrong, author of Falling Animals
‘A stunningly original novel… one of the most imaginative and talented Irish writers at work today’ - Roisín O’Donnell, author of Nesting
‘No writer captures the absurdity and beauty of life quite like [Jan Carson] does’ - Sara Baume, author of Seven Steeples
‘Warm, sharp and gloriously funny’ - Sarah Moss, author of Ripeness
‘Her best book yet’ - Heather Parry, author of Carrion Crow
ABOUT
JAN CARSON is a writer and community arts facilitator based in Belfast. She is the author of three novels including The Raptures (2022), which was shortlisted for the 2022 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year. She published a short-story collection, Children’s Children , in 2016, followed by two micro fiction anthologies, Postcard Stories (2017) and Postcard Stories 2 (2020). Her second novel, The Fire Starters (2019), won the EU Prize for Literature for Ireland and was shortlisted for the Dalkey Novel of the Year Award.
NEIL HEGARTY grew up in Derry, Northern Ireland. Today, he lives in Dublin. Neil’s writing includes novels, biography, history, essays, literary criticism, and short fiction.