Sure This Is It
Claire HennessyIrregular musings on creativity, literature, pop culture, modern Ireland, and more.
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Book Reviews (variety: publishing & academia satires)
Accidentally have a theme here - books that (to different degrees) satirise or comment on the worlds of publishing and academia, across fantasy, thriller & lit fic. I think people’s tolerance for books like these can vary hugely - it can fe...
What even is a short story?
Short stories are hard. Much writing is hard, really, when you’re trying to do it well, or consistently, or to nudge it past ‘thing I do when I feel like it’ to ‘habitual practice’ or ‘ongoing work to complete a project’. It is challenging....
Book Reviews (spring/summer 2026 titles)
More bookish thoughts! I am sort of anticipating the Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 here, with five titles from Irish women either published recently or on the way in April/May.
Caitriona Lally - Home Economics
Caitriona Lally’s third bo...
Book Reviews (catching up on some Irish titles)
Bookish thoughts! More to come, soon, possibly.
Lauren Mackenzie - The Couples
I’d been meaning to read this for ages, as a fan of Lauren Mackenzie’s short fiction. The Couples is her first novel, having worked in film and TV previously,...
40 years, 40 best books of The Baby-Sitters Club
At the beginning of this year, as is so often the case, the algorithms of social-media-land started to present me with memes about time passing, the surreality of a new year (how is it 2026 already? How is it possible that 2006 is 20 years...
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Writer, book critic, creative writing facilitator. Latest book: IN THE MOVIE OF HER LIFE (short stories, Doire Press, 2025).
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