“Hugging Thistles is an apt title for this collection of stories: with a hidden dignity and quiet resignation, Aideen Henry’s lonely, lovelorn and sometimes dysfunctional characters cling to the thorny vine of life in the forlorn hope of finding that delicate thing called happiness … a great achievement by a rare and unique talent.” – BILLY ROCHE
“Aideen Henry writes with jagged rhythms, full of minute and wonderful surprises. Her prose is always a powerful and gripping track to the heart of the matter. In the world of the Irish short story her voice is both exciting and refreshing.” – MICHAEL HARDING
“These stories, sharp and pitiless but beautifully made, lay bare the world as it is. They are a disquieting but chastening read.” – CARLO GEBLER
With contributions from: Guinn Batten, Eoin Bourke, Eva Bourke, Edward Boyne, Ken Bruen, Megan Buckley, Sandra Bunting, Patricia Byrne, Laura Ann Caffrey, Moya Cannon, Louis de Paor, Theo Dorgan, Noel Duffy, Susan Millar DuMars, Trish Finnan, Ndrek Gjini, Michael Gorman, Eamon Grennan, Gerard Hanberry, James Harpur, Aideen Henry, Kevin Higgins, Rita Ann Higgins, Dillon Johnston, Hugo Kelly, Thomas Kilroy, Susan Lanigan.
Reading the Future: New Writing from Ireland celebrates 250 years of Hodges Figgis bookshop with new work from 250 of Ireland’s finest writers. The anthology encompasses poetry, short fiction, drama, novel extracts, crime, Irish language and children’s writing – giving us a showcase of the phenomenal talent which exists in Ireland today.
With contributions from; Conor Montague, Máire T. Robinson, Dara Ó Foghlú, Trish Holmes, Aideen Henry, Colm Brady, Alan Caden, Paul McMahon, Hugo Kelly.
With contributions from; Conor Montague, Máire T. Robinson, Dara Ó Foghlú, Trish Holmes, Aideen Henry, Colm Brady, Alan Caden, Paul McMahon, Nuala Ní Chonchúir.
With contributions from; Conor Montague, Dara Ó Foghlú, Patricia Byrne, Bob Whelan, Aideen Henry, Colm Brady, Alan Caden, Paul McMahon, John Kenny.
