TWO RADIO INTERVIEWS - ARENA & GLUCKSMAN HSE

Life is kind of bananas at the moment - lots of radio interviews with the USA, off to Glasgow tomorrow for a newspaper interview, trying to pack for the New England trip (book tour! Emily Dickinson Intl Society meeting!), prepping PR stuff for the UK release etc. etc.

I have been wondering whether other writers love this stuff, like really enjoy and relish it? I like it in many ways but the hecticness gets a bit overwhelming at times. I'm normally a Dickinson-like recluse: happy in my own company, at my desk, living a quiet life here in Ballinasloe. So all this running around to airports and festivals, constantly answering questions about myself and about Emily, feels frenetic. (My husband reckons other writers leave five years between books in order to avoid it all for a nice chunk of time. I should try that, maybe.)

Anyway, the PR whirl continues: Catherine Dunne and I will be on Arena on RTÉ Radio 1 tonight to discuss the Italo-Irish Literature Exchange English language anthology, Lost Between (New Island). Tune in here or listen to the podcast from tomorrow.

And my interview with of Dr. Miriam Nyhan of Glucksman Ireland House NYU Radio Hour is now online here. If you're a Mary Costello fan she was interviewed by Miriam earlier in July here.

MISS EMILY GIVEAWAY - DRAW RESULTS

It has been a wonderful, hectic week: West Cork Lit Fest on Monday; Miss Emily came out in North America on Tuesday; I've been writing yet more promo articles for the novel (which brings me close to Emily again); I've been having phone interviews with the USA and a face-to-face one with Glucksman House NYU; I've had the launch of the Italo-Irish anthology Lost Between on Thursday in Dublin and there have been interviews, reviews and articles galore about Miss Emily. Including one I wrote for the Huffington Post.

And today the Irish Times reviews Flash Fiction International, the Norton anthology, which features my Frida Kahlo story: 'Ní Chonchúir’s The Egg Pyramid is one of the collection’s strongest tales, transforming the brutal facts of Frida Kahlo’s relationship with Diego Rivera into a moving, tragic meditation on betrayal.' My stars are clearly aligned this week :)

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Anyway, I promised the results of the Miss Emily giveaway today so here they are:

The copy of the US edition of the book goes to Kathy McClung.

The 'Hope is the thing with feathers' fridge magnet and Emily cards go to: Sarah Barry.

The St Brigid's cross and Emily cards go to: Susan T.

Congrats, ladies. Please send me your postal address to nuala AT nualanichonchuir.com.