We’re excited to launch Frida Slattery as Herself, the highly anticipated debut novel by Ana Kinsella. An unforgettable story of love, artistic collaboration, and two people coming of age, together and apart, Frida Slattery as Herself is everything we know and love about contemporary Irish fiction. Join us in celebrating this thought-provoking and delightful release.
All are welcome to attend and refreshments will be served.
Attendance is free but please RSVP by email to: stating it is for ‘Ana Kinsella launch’.
PRAISE FOR FRIDA SLATTERY AS HERSELF
‘A gorgeous, immersive story which manages to be both epic and intimate, funny and wise. It is, among many things, a beautiful portrait of Dublin, and a story about difficult love, the lure of ambition and finding your creative voice. Tender and unexpected, the story of Frida Slattery and John Reddan will stay with me for a very long time’ ─ Roisín O’Donnell, author of NESTING
‘A deft, profound and seemingly effortless portrayal of how a series of artworks - as well as the personal and professional lives of the artists - take shape over sixteen years, spanning the 2008 financial crisis, MeToo, and COVID. Ana Kinsella manages to deliver all the pleasures of a comic-romantic novel, while thinking through a satisfying number of big themes: gender politics and financial precarity, the mysteries of artistic collaboration, and the relentless tug-of-war between freedom and security. Moving, thought-provoking and utterly delightful’ - Elif Batuman, author of THE IDIOT and EITHER/OR
‘I inhaled this consuming and addictive novel about love, artistic agency, and the charged complexities of creation, collaboration and power. Frida Slattery and John Reddan will stay with you long after you close the pages of this utterly absorbing debut’ ─ Francesca Reece, author of GLASS HOUSES
‘An expansive, deeply felt love letter to artistic expression, as compelling and ambitious as it is beautifully written. Ana Kinsella handles big themes - power, desire, success - with great subtlety and skill. I loved it’ ─ LISA OWENS, author of NOT WORKING and NATURAL DISASTER
ABOUT ANA KINSELLA
ANA KINSELLA is the author of LOOK HERE (Daunt Books, 2022). She has published fiction with Granta and nonfiction in places like n+1, Tolka , the FT Magazine , frieze and more. She was awarded a MacDowell Fellowship in 2025 and has previously been writer-in-residence at the Museum of Literature Ireland. Frida Slattery as Herself is her first novel.