June O’Sullivan

Exploring Resilience - Dublin Book Festival How do we go on when the worst has happened? Claire Gleeson’s Show Me Where It Hurts (Hodder and Stoughton) and June O’Sullivan’s The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife (Poolbeg) are two beautifully written and...

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A flatlay of The Sky is Not Enough, a book by June O'Sullivan

This sounds wonderful 📚

Almost a century ago, an Irishwoman was more famous than Amelia Earhart - yet today, few know her name.

The Sky is Not Enough by June O'Sullivan will publish January 2026

TY to Poolbeg Books & @sullyj.bsky.social for an advance copy🙏
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The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife is available today as an audiobook from Spotify, Audible and Amazon and via BorrowBox in your local library!

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Audible
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Saturday at 1pm @WritersWeek myself and Seán will be having a chat with Neil Hegarty.

Am I excited??? Just a bit 💃🏽 @writersweek.bsky.social

Next week! Here are my top picks. Get your tickets writersweek.ie/events-2025-2/ @writersweek.bsky.social

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Really enjoyed my chat with Jennifer. Check it out!

Thank you @frazzledlit.bsky.social and @jmcm.bsky.social for the lovely chat. I really enjoyed it. 💗

Join us today, Weds, at 6.30pm @dlr.lexicon for *In Short, It's Fiction*, an in depth conversation about short fiction, with Breda Brown, part of the One Dublin One Book celebrations.
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Doing a repost of this thread.

If you missed the poetry, CNF, Flash and Short Fiction from issue 2 you should check it out here.

Short Fiction writers! Get ready for the Summer Award Competition, read some, see what we like.

Me too! Very much so.

I am delighted to announce that I will be in conversation with Neil Hegarty and fellow debut Seán Farrell as part of the iconic Listowel Writers’ Week on May 31st.
There’s already a wonderful programme in place with more to come. Tickets available here : writersweek.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Submissions are Open | Seaside Gothic Submissions are open from 14th April to 20th April 2025 for fiction, poetry, and nonfiction to Seaside Gothic, a quarterly print magazine.

We are open to submissions! Get them in quick. No fees, print publication, and we pay!

NEW! Never Too Late 60+ award - Bridport Prize

Don't forget the Never Too Late Award for writers over 60 who enter the Bridport Prize. All details in the link below.

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June O’Sullivan’s very kindly came back & signed her book for us! We now have SIGNED copies of her debut novel - The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife! Tense & terrifying - Donal Ryan calls it “stunning” & Joseph O’Connor “powerful”! @sullyj.bsky.social 💕

Book review: A landscape reflecting reality 'The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife' proves itself a must-read for both history fans and those eager to immerse themselves in a stormy world and batten down the hatches

@irishexaminer.bsky.social books - The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife by June O’Sullivan
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Solving the tragic mystery of the lost boys of Skellig Michael The tragedy a young mother faced on the Skellig in the late nineteenth century must have been as monumental as the Atlantic outcrop itself

Solving the tragic mystery of the lost boys of Skellig Michael

"The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife by June O’Sullivan is published by Poolbeg Press"
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Thank you for having me!!

Thanks Cathy. My long listing was a great boost!

Thanks Anne. Such an honour to be featured on your blog. It’s always been my go-to for writing info 👏

Cover of a book - The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife by June O' Sullivan featuring an ominous drawing of a lighthouse beside roaring waves with birds in the sky

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#TheLighthouseKeepersWife by June O'Sullivan

A heart-breaking story of survival and resilience

Historical fiction set on the extremely isolated island of Skellig Michael off the coast of Kerry in the Atlantic ocean

New from Poolbeg Press

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@edepaor.bsky.social congratulations 🥳

An absolute icon!