The best books of 2024 so far: writers and critics choose their favourite reads
Colm Tóibín’s Long Island, Lucy Caldwell’s Openings, Ferdia Lennon’s Glorious Exploits and Niamh Mulvey’s The Amendments are among the novels with multiple selections
Niamh Mulvey
Niamh Mulvey: ‘I thought people who wrote books were in a different category of brain. I didn’t think I had that’
The author has surprised herself by writing her first novel, The Amendments, after a career in publishing
There’s not much I like about Ireland, so I live in London
I am an emigrant, but that feels too grandiose a term for a girl who works in an office in London
Louise O’Neill on Niamh Mulvey: ‘I often say her name should be on the cover of the book as well’
Authors and editors by Sarah Bannan: ‘The feeling of finding a special manuscript, like Only Ever Yours, is the best in the world. It’s a bit like falling in love’ – Niamh Mulvey
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