6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Elaine Feeney: ‘Every so often, I read something that changes my understanding of the world or myself'
Elaine Feeney is an acclaimed novelist and poet from the west of Ireland. Her debut novel, As You Were, won the Kate O'Brien Award, the McKitterick Prize, and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. Her new novel Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way is published this week by Harvill Secker.
The books on your bedside table? I have an ever-growing stack giving me the evils. At the top is The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine, which I'm eagerly anticipating – Erskine's ability to craft empathetic stories about ordinary lives is something I admire. Anna Carey's Our Song is next. I love Carey's YA writing, and am very excited to read it – I have heard from trusted friends that it's brilliant. I'm looking forward to Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje, Caroline West's Wrong Women, David Szalay's Flesh and Sunbirth by An Yu. Roll on summer holidays!
