Award-winning Galway writer Elaine Feeney will be at Kennys Bookshop on May 27th, joining Sarah Kenny in conversation to celebrate the launch of her latest novel, Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way.

Tickets for this event are free but spaces are limited.

Elaine Feeney is the author of two novels and four collections of poetry. Her debut novel, As You Were won the Kate O’Brien Award, the McKitterick Prize and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. Her last novel, How to Build a Boat was longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize and shortlisted for Irish Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. She currently lectures at The National University of Ireland, Galway.

About Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way: 
Claire O’Connor’s life has been on hold since she broke up with Tom Morton and moved from cosmopolitan London back home to the rugged West of Ireland to care for her dying father. But snatches of her old life are sure to follow her, when Tom unexpectedly moves nearby for work. As Claire is thrown back into a love she thought she’d left behind, she questions if Tom has come for her or for himself.

Living in her childhood home brings its own challenges. While Claire tries to maintain a normal life – obsessing over the internet, going to work and minding her own business – Tom’s return stirs up haunting family memories trapped within the walls of the old house that looms nearby.

Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way is a story of love and resilience, rich with history and drama, and the legacies of violence and redemption. As the secrets of the past are revealed, Claire must confront whether she can escape her history to make a future for herself – and whether finding yourself means facing yourself too.

Signed copies of the book will be available to buy on the night, and are also available to pre-order here.

If you have any questions on this event or would like to be notified of other events at Kennys Bookshop, please email martha@kennys.ie.