#1
bestselling author of Breaking Point. Winner of the An Post Crime Fiction Book of the Year Award. Books Editor at The Gloss. Agent: Marianne Gunn-O'Connor
I just found out that
#BreakingPoint
is the No. 1 best selling book in Ireland this week. 😮 My dream was to write a book and get it published. I never dreamed that THIS would happen. Thank you to every single person who bought a copy. 💖😭😭
I had to share this clip from my book club WhatsApp as I have been in tears laughing for the last 5 minutes. (Also, every journalist knows that heart-stopping ‘oh shit’ moment.)
#maevebinchy
#journalism
So amidst all the awfulness of 2020, I got some positive news...delighted to call
@BooksSphere
my publisher, and thanks to my amazing agent Marianne Gunn O'Connor and editor
@darcy_rn
.
#BreakingPoint
will be out Spring 2022.
My lovely mum died during lockdown. She was 68. This weekend, my cousins and I are doing the
@VhiWMM
to raise money for
@sjdementia
, who took great care of her.
I have been such a fan of
@mariankeyes
and her brilliant books for as long as I can remember. This tweet has made my entire year. Thank you Marian. ✨🥰❤️😭😭😭
THIS, my friends, from
@edelcoffey
is an absolute BELTER! I devoured it in two compulsive gulps. The, premise: overstretched mother accidentally leaves her baby in an overheated car, the baby doesn't survive.
#BreakingPoint
looks at what we expect from women, especially mothers
I am so thrilled to reveal the cover of my debut novel, Breaking Point, coming out on January 20th, 2022. It's about two women at their own personal breaking points, and how our modern world has brought them there.
We are thrilled to reveal the cover for the utterly compelling
#BreakingPoint
by
@edelcoffey
On the hottest day of the year Susannah finds herself running on autopilot. It is hours before she realises she has made a devastating mistake . . . Pre-order now
Equal parts thrilled, excited and a nervous wreck to reveal the cover of IN HER PLACE. Out March 2024, you can pre-order it now from the link in my bio. Ever grateful to everyone who read and supported Breaking Point, which made it possible for me to have a second novel. 🧡♥️🧡
My second novel, IN HER PLACE, is officially out today. I am so grateful to anyone who picks up a copy, shares a copy or spreads the word. Readers, fellow writers, booksellers and librarians are all amazing. Couldn’t do any of it without your support. 💛💛💛♥️♥️♥️🔑🔑🔑
Here’s a column I wrote for today’s
@IrishTimes
@IrishTimesMag
on how difficult it can be to make friends as an adult, from awkward coffee dates 😬 to the real thing. ❤️
Is there something about sending a piece to be read that means, the minute you press send, and start re-reading it, all manner of improvements become immediately apparent, as if by imagining someone else’s eyes on it, you can see everything that’s wrong?🤦🏼♀️
#partoftheprocess
I finished ‘Again, Rachel’,
@MarianKeyes
brilliant sequel to ‘Rachel’s Holiday’ earlier this week and I am GIDDY about how BRILLIANT it is. It is a deeply satisfying, tender, funny response to Rachel’s Holiday. I can’t wait for everyone to read it. OUT FEB 17th!
My debut novel BREAKING POINT comes out NEXT MONTH! It’s such a thrill to see it on
@easons
selection of upcoming books for pre-order. You can also pre-order it from any of these lovely retailers 💓
My debut novel
#BreakingPoint
is out now. If you would like a dedicated signed copy you can order one here . Otherwise, all of these lovely retailers have you covered
To celebrate the imminent publication of the thrilling
#InHerPlace
from award-winning author
@edelcoffey
we have a final exclusive selection of proofs available for booksellers now! To request yours email Lucie.Sharpe
@littlebrown
.co.uk 📚
Loved signing books with the help of
@DubrayBooks
Galway and their wonderful manager Leon. Could not imagine a better birthday gift than seeing my book in a bookshop, never mind a whole windowful! 💗
I listen to
@joeliveline
religiously every single day - it’s an amazing public service but also tells you exactly what is on the nation’s mind - so I can barely cope with this tweet. Thank you Joe!
"I seem to need more and more decompression time after each social engagement now, an urge to retreat, to replenish my power stores." Delighted to share that my new column starts today in the
@irishexaminer
#buyapaper
@Tweet_Dec
Today I took all 4 children to the swimming pool and I keep having to suppress the urge to stop random strangers and tell them about it. So here I am, telling Twitter. I feel HEROIC!
Number 3 in the Top 40 after half a week of sales! Thank you to every single person who pre-ordered or bought a copy! Second-book nerves are high so this is welcome news. And look at the company I am keeping! 😃😃😃💛💛💛💛🐣 📸
@susiecondron
@bookstationeire
Stillorgan
‘This is how small wins work. We take one step, and then we take another, and then we do it again. And we keep doing it.’ This is how I wrote my book, a few hundred words at a time. I believe this is how you can achieve anything…one step, then another. ✨
I'll be speaking to Roddy Doyle and Patrick Freyne about their latest books next Saturday 6th March at 8pm on YouTube as part of the Ennis Book Club Festival. Join us! It's a free event and you can register here:
This night 2 weeks from now, look forward to a night in enjoying Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle in conversation with writer
@PatrickFreyne1
as part of
#EBCF2021
.
This online event will be moderated by journalist & writer Edel Coffey.
Info & booking:
Great interview
@UnaMullally
, perfectly captured. And what a sound message at the heart of it all
@VogueWilliams
and
@jomcnally
- be sound, respect people, and enjoy your friendships. Continued success! 🍾 🚂
If you’re on Grafton street today, my nephew has been doing the annual
@belvederecollegesj
sleepout to raise money for Dublin’s homeless charities
@PMVTrust
@FocusIreland
and Home Again. Please donate if you can.
She’s back! Thanks to everyone for spreading the word. She was stuck in a neighbour’s house. Always worth checking with neighbours if your cat has gone missing.
We're delighted to announce that the winner of the
#BookerPrize2023
is Prophet Song by Paul Lynch.
Huge congratulations to
@paullynchwriter
. 🎉
Discover the book:
Such a great interview on the creative process. Looking forward to reading Thomas Morris’s collection Open Up (
@FaberBooks
) ‘I write as a way of being alive rather than as a way of making a living.’
I spoke to
@TheBookerPrizes
longlisted author
@paullynchwriter
for
@IrishTimes
. ‘The line between the things we take for granted and the moment we lose them, I’ve always been interested in that in my fiction.’
Always such a pleasure to spend time in
@KennysBookshop
. A gorgeous family running a gorgeous family business. This is community. Thanks for showing me such support. 💛
Huge thanks to Edel Coffey for calling in today to sign copies of her new novel, In Her Place. The book is a gripping page turner about a married man whose wife is in a coma, and another lady who he falls for.
@edelcoffey
is also the author of award-winning novel, Breaking Point.
There are a lot of really special moments when publishing a book and often they are not ones you can imagine beforehand. Seeing my book in
@SeagreenDublin
is one of those moments - my book in one of my all-time favourite shops is just…🤯💖 Thanks
@aoifekelleher
for the picture.
I interviewed the endlessly intriguing Claire-Louise Bennett for the
@IrishTimes
@IrishTimesBooks
about her brilliant new novel Checkout 19, which is published this week. We spoke about writing, being working class, being a woman writer and more.
Claire-Louise Bennett talks to
@edelcoffey
of being liberated by lockdown: “I’ve been writing the last six, seven, eight years, but badly, pretty badly, as far as I’m concerned. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that something really kicked in [then]
'Most of us couldn’t even finish reading a book this year, let alone process our feelings.' Here's a piece I wrote about for today's
@IrishTimes
@IrishTimesLife
about the tricky habit of keeping our feelings on ice during the pandemic.
My debut novel
#BreakingPoint
is out next week. The launches have been cancelled because of Covid but if you would like a dedicated signed copy you can order one here . Otherwise, all of these lovely retailers have you covered 🙏
This made me laugh so much
@EmerTheScreamer
. It reminded me of an English friend who was baffled as to why her toddler kept saying ‘now’ until one day a shopkeeper handed over her change with a ‘Now!’
Feeling very lucky and privileged to receive this proof copy of Sally Rooney’s new novel
#beautifulworldwhereareyou
. Coming from
@FaberBooks
on 7th September. Reminder to self, read SLOWLY, don’t gorge, savour it. Nail varnish match accidental but enjoyable.
#bwway
#sallyrooney
I had the pleasure of interviewing the very fine young Irish writer Louise Nealon on the publication of her debut novel SNOWFLAKE ❄️ for today’s
@IrishTimes
Louise Nealon: “If I had had that charmed life, I wouldn’t have had the material for the book. I might have been on-the-surface happy but I can’t live on the surface. I have to life in the mess of struggling, trying to figure out the right way to do things
There are so many brilliant books coming out in 2024 so I am especially thrilled that In Her Place got a mention here. 🥹💛 Out March 21st. Pre-order here:
Fiction to look out for in 2024: Returning favourites, a fearsome degenerate, and Ireland’s trailblazing all-woman rock band. New novels by Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín and Marian Keyes plus debuts by Ferdia Lennon and Scott McKendry
If you're looking for a new novel to read, we recommend
@edelcoffey
's debut novel, Breaking Point which is out tomorrow. A gripping and emotional story of a woman who goes through a negligence trial after leaving her young daughter in the car on a hot day one frantic morning..
If you’ve always wanted to write or are thinking about it, just begin. ‘I married at 24, and the kids followed. In my thirties, I began to read poetry daily, and finally, as I approached 40, the insistent voice in my head could no longer be ignored. I began to write.‘
‘Writing opened me up, each poem a lungful of pure air’ - Anne Tannam, Poetry Ireland’s new Poet in Residence, describes her long journey to her new role
After three years of writing my column for
@IELifestyle_
today’s column will be my last! Thanks to everyone who read it and contacted me…This week’s column is about reconnecting with our younger selves and rediscovering what makes us happy. 😘😘🥰💛
Look at this book! How To Build A Boat by
@elainefeeney16
is the most beautiful, emotional novel I’ve read in so long. I adored this book and wish it was out next week so we could all fall in love with it together. Instead, you can pre-order it and we can talk about it in April.
‘Anne Lamott famously said that, before she had a child, she couldn’t write if there were dishes in the sink – but afterwards she could write if there was a corpse in the sink.’
Thanks
@MurphyRuth
for the tip on this article. Fabulous read
@KathleenMacM
Great to see some wonderful Irish authors on this fabulous longlist. I love this award because the books are nominated by librarians. Particularly delighted for Claire Kilroy!
I reviewed Cathy Sweeney’s fascinating, compelling and original debut novel for
@IrishTimesBooks
Breakdown: A modern cautionary tale about the costs of limiting our options to suffocating roleplay
Join us in Blessington Library on Saturday 9th December for the final Wicklow Arts literary event of the year. Myself and
@oneflawediris
will be talking all things books and writing so do please come along for the chat!
Well-known author and journalist
@edelcoffey
will be taking part in an ‘in conversation’ event in Blessington Library on Sat 9 Dec
Moderated by local writer
@oneflawediris
, this is the final event of the 2023
#WayWithWordsWicklow
Book now [Website]:
If you want to buy a book this weekend STRANGE SALLY DIAMON by LIZ NUGENT is *the* one. This book will grip you like no other. I was lucky enough to read an early copy and still think about it MONTHS later. It’s Liz’s best book yet. Run, don’t walk to your bookshop!
The book that everyone is talking about is finally here!
'Liz Nugent has outdone herself. Twisted and twisty, dark and gripping, no one is going to forget Sally Diamond in a hurry!' Graham Norton
Get your copy now
@lizzienugent
Shout out to Naoise Dolan for articulating the second-novel struggle as I try to finish my second second novel. 🫠 From today’s interview in
@IrishTimes
Really enjoyed talking to
@elainefeeney16
for the
@IrishTimesMag
about her beautiful new book How To Build A Boat, her
@parisreview
story Same, Same and her new collection of poetry for
@HarvillSecker
coming in 2024. Lovely to watch an Irish writer go from strength to strength.
What a beautiful tribute from
@lawlor_aine
to Síle Ní Bhaoill on her retirement today. The first female sound engineer in RTÉ and a great help with Leaving Cert Irish notes. 😄🥰
…and my column for
@IELifestyle_
@irishexaminer
‘Time is one of the few remaining things we cannot buy, it’s one of the most meaningful gifts we can offer our friends and loved ones, and it’s probably our most precious resource next to our health.’
‘Until I turned 40, I felt the world was my oyster if only I could be bothered to do something about that oyster. But after 40 I heard another voice that suggested the oyster was now for other people.’
Today’s
@irishexaminer
column in
@IELifestyle_
Very much looking forward to talking to Eimear McBride on Wednesday evening at 7pm as part of this
@FaberBooks
event. Eimear is always fascinating to talk to about her writing and the writing process.
I love the fact that everyone in Irish book world is a) congratulating Paul Lynch and b) yelping because
@CormacKinsella
got a well deserved shout out
#MrBook
Very much looking forward to speaking to Robert Harris about V2 amongst other things. Sunday night LIVE at 7pm. This is a FREE EVENT but you need to register 👇
@HistFest
Another DFOH event not be missed this weekend (Sunday 27th at 7pm) when bestselling author Robert Harris talks to
@edelcoffey
about his new book, V2. Always engaging, informative, and witty, Robert is a must-listen. Free but registration required.
Galway friends!
@IrishTimesBooks
Books Editor
@MartinDoyleIT
will be in
@KennysBookshop
tomorrow at 6pm to talk about his fascinating new book, Dirty Linen, a hybrid memoir/history about the Troubles in his rural home town in County Down. Tickets are free
If you missed
@EmerTheScreamer
being her usual kind and brave and funny self talking about eating disorders listen back here:
I can't imagine the amount of people you have helped this morning by talking about your experience Emer. ❤️
This week has been unexpectedly exciting. On Monday
@RyanTubridyShow
included Breaking Point as one of his recommended summer reads and today
@urchinette
included Breaking Point in her recommended summer reads for
@IrishTimesBooks
@IrishTimesMag
So delighted and so grateful.💞
‘Public talks and events were an intellectual defibrillator to the temporarily arrested brain of early motherhood.’ Today’s column from
@IELifestyle_
@irishexaminer
👏👏👏'It is a privilege to read such a novel, and it richly deserves its place on this year’s Booker longlist. It is suffused with generosity, wisdom and understanding, and with a recognition that everybody has a value.'
I chose How To Build A Boat by Elaine Feeney, Soldier, Sailor by Claire Kilroy and Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent. Also loved
@DublinLitAward
winner Marzahn, Mon Amour. What are your favourite books of 2023 so far?
The best books of 2023 so far: Anne Enright, Joseph O’Connor, Liz Nugent, Colm Tóibín and more have their say – I chose Close to Home by Michael Magee; Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy (as did many others); and Elsewhere by Yan Ge.
Come along and join us tonight (Thursday) for the launch of this beautiful collection of poetry and memoir by the wonderful
@JackieLynam
at Pearse Street library at 6pm (that's just over two hours away - plenty of time to get here).
‘A consequence of our thirst for individual success is sometimes the notion that this is attainable without other people.’ 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻This is what How To Build A Boat is all about. Loved this interview with Booker longlisted
@elainefeeney16
'It's impossible not to consider pain and loss when writing.'
With How to Build a Boat longlisted for the
#BookerPrize2023
, we spoke to Elaine Feeney about why Ireland is a nation of storytellers and how her main character was inspired by her son.
I’ll be speaking to Donal Ryan and
@WednesdayErskin
at 4pm today in the Town Hall Theatre Galway. Both are incredible readers of their work. Come, join us!
On today!!
We are delighted to welcome award-winning writers Donal Ryan & Wendy Erskine to the Cúirt stage in conversation with Edel Coffey.
📆 Saturday, 22 April, 4:00pm
📍TOWN HALL THEATRE / €12 / €10
@WednesdayErskin
@edelcoffey
Had a great evening marking the launch of
@CuirtFestival
and
@NualaNiC
beautiful new book Seaborne. Looking forward to making it to some of the brilliant events lined up for the week ahead. 🩷
We had a gorgeous evening at The Mick Lally Theatre launching Seaborne
@CuirtFestival
. Thanks a mill to
@edelcoffey
for launching & to everyone who came out 🙌