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Apr 15, 2023 · Feeney was hospitalised 10 years ago with life-threatening sepsis. “It was almost a panic-write. My mood writing How to Build a Boat was completely different.
Aug 15, 2020 · Poet Elaine Feeney had a brush with her own mortality before writing her much-anticipated debut novel Elaine Feeney near her home in Athenry, Co Galway. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy
Mar 24, 2022 · family photo. Debbie Leitch was left to die in her "squalid bedroom" in Blackpool, a court heard. A woman who who starved her daughter to death could have her prison sentence increased. Elaine...
Elaine Feeney is an Irish poet, novelist, and playwright. Her writing focuses on "the central themes of history, national identity, and state institutions, and she examines how these forces structure the everyday lives of Irish women". [1] A former slam poetry winner, [2] she has been described as "an experienced writer who has been wrestling ...
Jan 24, 2022 · Elaine Clarke has admitted the manslaughter of Debbie Leitch, a vulnerable adult whose body was found by police on 29 August 2019 at an address in Blackpool. A post-mortem found the cause of death was severe emaciation. Sentencing will take place on 7 February.
Aug 25, 2020 · Sinéad Hynes, the protagonist of Elaine Feeney’s powerful debut novel, is a Galway woman in her 40s recently diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Aug 21, 2023 · With How to Build a Boat longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023, we spoke to Elaine Feeney about why Ireland is a nation of storytellers and how her main character was inspired by her son. Read interviews with all of the longlisted authors here.
