"From the Pulse of My Heart"

Growing up Catholic on the outskirts of 1970s Belfast, Louise Kennedy’s earliest memories are marked by violence: flying glass lacerating her grandmother when a bomb went off during the Troubles. Her novel, Trespasses, is a love story set against a backdrop of escalating violence. It won the award for Novel of the Year at the 2022 An Post Irish Book Awards and has been hailed as a brilliant and devastating debut.

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Nicci Gerrard is a novelist, a journalist and a campaigner who has co-written many books under the pseudonym Nicci French. In her own name, she has written five novels and a groundbreaking book which explores the many meanings of dementia, What Dementia Teaches Us About Love about the rights of those who live with dementia. She co-founded John’s Campaign, which has changed the culture of care in hospitals and residential homes across the UK.

Louise Kennedy is the author of award-winning short story collection The End of the World is a Cul de Sac. Her first novel, Trespasses, won the 2022 An Post Irish Book Award for Novel of the Year. Before starting her writing career, she spent nearly 30 years working as a chef.

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