Jan Carson

Thank you Roy. I like the idea of being slipstreamy

The countdown begins, @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social...

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#FewandFarBetween

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Can’t wait Sir. It’s going to be fun.

Looks great! Was reading about the lough’s preservation of prehistoric fauna remains recently, especially the retrieval of an Irish Elk skull and antlers by Raymond McElroy and Charlie Coyle. Imagine the artefacts uncovered if the lough was drained! 👍

… and the bodies

I might be biased by Jan's having being my tutor for a short time, but you'd be daft not to buy this at the first opportunity.

Thank you Barry. That’s so kind of you

LAUNCH | Few and Far Between by Jan Carson | Books Upstairs We are thrilled to be launching Jan Carson’s new novel, Few and Far Between. From the award-winning author of The Raptures and The Fire Starters comes a new, magically surreal novel about history, ide...

Really looking forward to the Dublin launch of #FewAndFarBetween April 9th @booksupstairs.bsky.social with the lovely @neilhegarty.bsky.social Tickets are free but please book in advance following this wee link booksupstairs.ie/all-events/l...

Huge thanks to the brilliant @patrickfreyne.bsky.social for these kind words

Thanks Niamh. I really appreciate that. I’m sure there’ll be some left at the launch but preorders really help writers.

My copies of the gorgeous No Alibis special edition of #FewAndFarBetween just arrived with their bespoke covers, sexy endpapers and additional essay about the history behind the novel. Only 500 available, all signed, numbered, with a Rory Jeffers map of the Ark. Preorder from the No Alibis website.

Eight books to look out for in spring These books by authors from Northern Ireland will help inspire you to get back into reading this year

Great to see #FewAndFarBetween included in this BBC round up of books to look out for. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One month to publication today… am making a lot of lists of things I should be doing and not really doing any of them #FewAndFarBetween

Jan feasted all weekend on cheese,
All cheddar and stilton and brie,
Now she says in dismay,
In a Tudor-esque way,
"Henry the Eighth I am thee."

Love this. Thanks.

Have eaten so much cheese this weekend I feel like Henry VIII

Went to see a man about a lough this afternoon… very grateful to the Lough Neagh Partnership for taking the time to help me think through how to talk about the Lough’s current issues and hopes for the future. A really useful and inspiring afternoon. #FewAndFarBetween

Terrific book, this, brilliant writing. Get it on your radar for when it comes out next month.

#BookSky 📚

Thanks so much Stu.

I’d be quite happy with that arrangement

Thank you gift for last week’s gig = a selection of delicious French cheeses. The bar is now set extremely high for all future gigs. (The goat’s cheese is easily the best goat’s cheese I’ve ever had)

Not long now

Happy international woman’s day. Here’s Marion from #FewAndFarBetween trying to work out how to be the kind of woman that gets invited onto Woman’s Hour and feeling increasingly baffled by the whole thing. There is a lot of me in Marion.

I just met two women who’d walked out of the cinema half way through The Testament of Ann Lee. They came to see it because they liked Amanda Seyfried in Mamma Mia and thought it’d have a similar vibe.

Thank you

Cover of a book called Quickly While They Still Have Horses by Jan Carsons

The perfect book for a trip to #Belfast - loved Quickly, While They Still Have Horses by @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social & can’t wait for her new novel #FewAndFarBetween Thank you for such a great read👏💛💛👏

#books #booksky @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social

If Jessie Buckley doesn’t like cats and you’re not a fan of Jessie Buckley does this automatically make you a cat ally? I sincerely hope not.

Thank you.

Thanks Katie

Aspiring novelists, pick up those pens… We’re thrilled to announce that entries to the Irish Writers Centre’s flagship competition for novelists, the International Debut Novel Competition, will open for 2026 on Wednesday 1 April!

irishwriterscentre.ie/internationa...