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There are no rules about writing. But…
It’s impossible, I know, to address all the challenges, pitfalls and joys of the writing process in one arbitrary list of rules. And really, the truth is that there are no ‘Rules for Writers’ at all.
Dublino, 29 settembre 2015. I don’t mind autumn. Don’t mind it at all. Summer in Ireland is a constant disappointment: we keep waiting and hoping for things to get better.
Catherine Dunne is the author of twelve novels, several essays and one work of non-fiction. "An Unconsidered People" documents the lived experience of Irish immigrants in Britain in the dismal years of the 1950s. Catherine’s novels have been shortlisted for a number of prizes, including Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards and the International Strega Prize.
"The Things We Know Now" won the Giovanni Boccaccio International Prize for Fiction in 2013 and "The Years That Followed", published in 2016, was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Her latest novel, "A Good Enough Mother", won the European Rapallo BPER Banca Prize for fiction in November 2023. Her work has been translated into several languages, she was the recipient of the 2018 Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Contribution to Irish Literature and is a member of Aosdána. Photo credits: Simon Robinson
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