Award winning journalist and broadcaster Aingeala Flannery, author of THE AMUSEMENTS, a polyphonic portrait of the seaside town of Tramore in County Waterford Ireland.

Aingeala chats about:

the journalism career and how she transitioned to writing fictionher wonderful novel, how she wrote it and her reasons for setting it in Tramorestructure and composite novelswhat makes a narrative satisfyinghow painting a wall in her kitchen with blackboard paint was involved in the edits of The Amusements.

I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I did recording it. All the books that we mention are listed in the show notes and you can check them out or purchase them in my episode specific Novel Experience Bookshop.org shop HERE.

Guest: Aingeala Flannery Twitter: @missflannery IG: @aingealaflannery Books: The Amusements by Aingeala Flannery

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer  Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer  & This Family (coming May 2023. Available to pre-order now!)

Aingeala’s recommendations:

A book for fan’s of Aingeala’s work: Olive Kitterage by Elizabeth Strout, A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, The Green Road by Anne Enright

A book Aingeala has always loved: The Gathering by Anne Enright

A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: The Red Bird Sings by Aoife Fitzpatrick, Service by Sarah Gilmartin

Other books discussed in this episode: The Maples by John Cheever, Where I End by Sophie White, Karla by Colin Walsh, Juno Loves Legs by Carl Geary,

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