Irish writer in Switzerland. New 2025 novel, Before the Leaves Fall, published in October by Fairlight Books. Latest non-fiction: All About Switzerland (ebook).
Fribourg, Switzerland
Joined May 2012
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Read an extract from my new novel "Before the Leaves Fall" published by @FairlightBooks and shared here by @RTE_Culture #beforetheleavesfall #swissstory #irishwriting rte.ie/culture/2025/1214/154…
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Books about social change and the study of social change in Ireland and the wider world.
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50 years ago this month the design world lost one of its great pioneers. No better time for a tribute to Eileen Gray's modernist masterpiece E-1027, in this anniversary month, than by @PatriciaDublin from Oct 25. Find it (& other archive treasures) on our website or RTÉ Listen
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Today, I return to the country in which I became a functioning adult: my beloved Switzerland.
Not as a jejune lawyer with dreams of changing the world, but as a Visiting Professor at the University of Bern.
Until December, I will be leading a seminar on WRITING THE OTHER.
If you know anyone around #Bern who might like to practice their Irish, send them our way: Weds, June 3rd at 7pm in McCarthy's Irish pub. New Irish language conversation group.
Táimid ag bualadh le chéile arís Dé Céadaoin seo chugainn at a 7 a chlog #switzerland #gaeilge
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Tomorrow will see groups across Switzerland set off before dawn, walking from darkness into light, in support of the important work of @PietaHouse in 🇮🇪 and Trauernetz in 🇨🇭.
There’s still time to sign up here: eventmaster.ie/event/PKR9SJD…
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Four years in the writing.
Since launch 3 March:
4 weeks (including last 3) at No.1 in @IrishTimes
Five weeks in the UK Times top 10
“A dizzying, thrilling ride” - Irish independent (the book, not the author 😂)
A superfast visual hour @ToppingsBath in three weeks.
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Tá ciorcal comhrá nua ag tosnú go luath i mBeirn! Bígí ann chun do chuid Gaeilge a chleachtadh!
A new Irish conversation group is starting in Bern soon! Come along if you would like to practice your ‘cúpla focal’!
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The first lady of Celtic music, Moya Brennan 🤍
The lead singer of Clannad, who passed away yesterday aged 73, appeared on The #TommyTiernanShow in 2020 and performed a stunning rendition of 'Gaoth Barra Na dTonn' 🎶
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.
Míle buíochas to the Irish Business Network Switzerland, Sara Mayenfisch and Books Books Books for hosting a wonderful evening of storytelling in Lausanne #beforetheleavesfall
This thought-provoking essay by Rafaël Newman looks at a recent voting day in Zurich and my two novels set in Switzerland, Voting Day and Before the Leaves Fall #swissfiction #irishwriting #zurich
The Written Voice ift.tt/nAJvxUS
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We're pleased to announce our #shortstory #submissions are now open!
Find all of our submissions guidelines here:
fairlightbooks.co.uk/submiss…
My first event of 2026 is in #Zurich at the James Joyce Foundation in Augustinergasse at 6.30pm on Friday, 20/02. See you there! (email sign up is needed, see link) #beforetheleavesfall joycefoundation.ch/20-02-202…
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I am looking forward to seeing many Berliners at the book launch event for Nation Of Strangers: Unsere Heimat Sind Wir. It ls on the 4th of February, 20:00, at #pfefferbergtheater . This launch is special to me not only because it will be chaired by wonderful Eva Menasse, but also because I wrote this book in Berlin, the world capital of strangers! In fact, most of the book was written in this garden, where the picture is taken by Svenja Wiesen. It is this Berlin garden that replaced the one I had to leave behind in Istanbul. I hope during this launch and when you read the book afterwards, you will feel at home in this strange world. pfefferberg-theater.de/spiel… #berlin #booklaunching #nationofstrangers #newbook #home
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In 2025 I especially loved books from @Donna_ashworth @LondonBessie @JessicaSoffer @alicewriterland @AtkinsDani @millyjohnson @johnmarrs1 @PaigeToonAuthor @liz_fenwick @PublicityBooks @MWCravenUK @Backmanland @ClareODeaZ
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Books in brief: A State of Siege; Before the Leaves Fall; and Far Above the World: The Time and Space of David Bowie irishtimes.com/culture/books… via @IrishTimesCultr
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#journorequest - looking to talk to people from Ireland who are living abroad and won't be home for #Christmas2025 DM if any thoughts. Shares appreciated.
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Before the Leaves Fall by Clare O’Dea: Choosing when to die alifeinbooks.co.uk/2025/11/b… via @alifeinbooks @FairlightBooks
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What a book!
It's my pleasure to share my #bookblogger #bookreview of #BeforeTheLeavesfall by @ClareODeaZ out from @FairlightBooks wp.me/p5IN3z-luh
