Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin

Huge congratulations to CBC alumni @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social & @nussaibah.bsky.social, and @womensprize.bsky.social #Discoveries shortlisted @niamhsquared.bsky.social who have all made the Book Are My Bag #ReadersAward Fiction Shortlist! 🥳

Such an honour to have Ordinary Saints nominated in two categories in the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. Winners are decided by readers - you can vote at the link below!

Autumn leg of the Ordinary Saints roadshow! Would love to see you there - all tickets at the link in my bio.

Dodgy pics, but loved finding this excellent programme of anti-fascist films advertised at Eden Court, Inverness over the weekend. Great to see a civic arts institution unequivocally stepping up to play its part in the fight.

New Voices Spotlight | Cheltenham Festivals Join us as we celebrate some of this year’s hottest debut fiction in our New Voices Spotlight. Christina Fonthes (Where You Go, I Will Go), Niamh Ní Mhaoil

Gurnaik will be part of the New Voices Spotlight panel at
Cheltenham Festival this year, along with authors
Christina Fonthes, @niamhsquared.bsky.social and @spacedolphin93.bsky.social, compèred by Liv Little.

📍 Cheltenham Festival
📅 Thurs 16th Oct
🕡 6:30pm
🎟️ £15 via link

Thanks Shane. But very much a collective effort!

Here you go!

Author statement on the Polari Prize longlist We are writers, editors, publishers and booksellers who stand in solidarity with the trans community. We are profoundly disappointed by the Polari Prize’s decision to include John Boyne on the longlis...

Open letter on the Polari Prize longlist and the inclusion of John Boyne, who openly expresses his transphobic and misogynistic views.

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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:

www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

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!