Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin

Thanks so much, Hannah!

Thank you for carrying the good word 🙏

Rick O’Shea: This book comes in at 25 cent a page, which is steep, but it will stay with you for a lifetime What they don’t tell you about turning 50 is that if you give yourself a year or two, you’ll find yourself on an early Thursday evening in the IFI at a screening of the 1939 Marlene Dietrich/Jimmy Ste...

Recent reads in the column this week - a brilliant debut short story collection from Shane Tivenan, wonderful novel from @niamhsquared.bsky.social, and the latest in a long line of wonderful books by Annie Ernaux.

In Saturday's @independent.ie Review section or:

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Thanks Vicky!!

Woo hoo! Love this book! Congratulations @niamhsquared.bsky.social, such brilliant news! 🥳

Thanks Wendy! So looking forward to next week!

Could not be more honoured and delighted that Ordinary Saints has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize! Thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social and to all the booksellers who voted for it. Huge congrats to the other authors!

Loved chatting to Chloe about Ordinary Saints, creative process, debut life, and writing community. Have a listen!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

Such a lovely evening - wonderful chair, gorgeous audience, and all in a bookshop ten minutes from my house. So grateful to have such a brilliant local!

It was such a delight - thank you!

This Thursday @argonautbooks.bsky.social in Leith! I'm so excited to be talking about @niamhsquared.bsky.social's wonderful debut novel #OrdinarySaints. Hope to see you there!

I want to make him laugh about something On John Prevost and his little brother, Pope Leo XIV

New post from me on John Prevost and his little brother, Pope Leo XIV. Turns out you simply can't over-hype conclave. There's nothing like it. furyoryearning.substack.com/p/i-want-to-...

Book ordinary saints by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin

Happy publication day to @niamhsquared.bsky.social for Ordinary Saints (which I just finished this morning)

It's completely original and unexpected and it's some kind of kismet how timely it is

I cannot wait for more people to read it so I can talk more about it!

#BookSky

Thank you! Thrilled you enjoyed!

So excited for this conversation with Victoria, whose work I absolutely love. We'll be chatting religious drama - probably against the backdrop of the Conclave?? Come along!

Thanks pal!

I didn't kill Pope Francis But I do have a lot of feelings about him

This by @niamhsquared.bsky.social about the Pope is a very good set of thoughts about his legacy furyoryearning.substack.com/p/i-didnt-ki...

I've finally started a Substack, with some thoughts about ambivalence and Pope Francis. furyoryearning.substack.com/p/i-didnt-ki...

She's a BBC Radio 2 bookclub pick! 💚

#OrdinarySaints @niamhsquared.bsky.social @manillapress.bsky.social

An audible screenshot of the pre-order page for Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin, to be released on 24th April 2025. A small yellow cover image shows broken monochrome pieces of a stained glass image of a young modern saint.

@niamhsquared.bsky.social 's amazing novel Ordinary Saints is nearly here (and out in paperback already!!!)

So excited to be launching Ordinary Saints at the beautiful and perfect Portobello Bookshop. Edinburgh folks - come along!

Ordinary Saints is an absolute steal this weekend! Pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social and you'll get 25% off - today, tomorrow and Monday only. A bargain for the gorgeous (if I say so myself) hardback edition, and a well-deserved treat for future you.

Three book covers. Emma Van Straaten's This Immaculate Body. Elizabeth Lovatt's Thank You For Calling The Lesbian Line. Celia Silvani's Baby Teeth.

Some old and new friends launching books today. Have already read This Immaculate Body and it's spectacular. Very excited for the other two.

Such a dream to have people connect with the book this way, and particularly brilliant writers like Sarah.

Six book covers. The Lamb by Lucy Rose, Human, Animal by Seth Insua, Instructions for Heartbreak by Sarah Handyside, Bethnal Green by Amélie Skoda, The Artist by Lucy Steeds, Homesick by Silvia Saunders, Dancing on Knives by Joanne Rush, The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji

Some cracking novels by great people officially out in the world today!

A Harry Clarke stained glass window of Mary holding the body of Jesus

A Francisco de Zubarán painting of Saint Francis in prayer, holding a skull

A photograph of the central nave of Gaudí's Sagrada Familia

Gaugin's After the Sermon. Women in white bonnets watch Jacob wresting the angel.

Three months until my debut, Ordinary Saints, is out in the world! Marking the day with a little mood board - just some of the art that influenced the novel, which you can pre-order now! geni.us/OrdinarySaints

Isn't it?? Hard not to see some supernatural forces at play! And thank you 💛 Hope 2025 has exciting things in store for you too!

Some really lovely news to start the year and end the week!

Fantastic to see @niamhsquared.bsky.social & her debut #OrdinarySaints featured in today's @the-bookseller.bsky.social as one of the top 10 books out in April. Big thanks to @laurenrbrown95.bsky.social! Limited proofs available & review requests open on Netgalley!