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Wonderful to have The Boy from the Sea on the The British Book Award shortlist for the Book of the Year (debut fiction) award. We find out who has won on May 11th.
When I was writing The Boy from the Sea I found it very useful to realise, or to decide, that it was Historical Fiction. So it is great to see that the novel topping that particular chart on Amazon. Thank you to all the readers out there.
Good morning. I see The Boy from the Sea is just 99p for Kindle at the moment. It's a limited time deal.
Matthew Rice's first poetry collection was number 2 on my list of books from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queens and PLASTIC, just published, is 57. "Goes where poetry seldom does: the factory floor, the canteen, the night shift ... real and vital work," says Nick Laird. Published by Fitzcarraldo.
What a great window! Thanks to everyone at Waterstones in Cirencester.
If you enjoyed @garrettcarr.bsky.social's The Boy From The Sea, you might like his journey walking the border (I did, very much)
❤️💙TONIGHT!!💙❤️
Still time to join us tonight w/ @garrettcarr.bsky.social at the bound … what a book! See (gull) you there!
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Nice seagulls! Thanks to everyone at www.forumbooksshop.com for this brilliant display.
Delighted to say that The Boy from the Sea is Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month. Thank you to the Waterstones team and I look forward to meeting some of you in England in the next few days.
See you soon England.
Ian McDonald has published plenty and was named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the European Science Fiction Society in 2019, but, nonetheless, his latest was written while he was studying in the SHC with us and it is number 56 on my list. BOY, WITH ACCIDENTAL DINOSAUR is published by Tor.
Hello Spanish readers of the world. El chico que vino del mar is out now.
Upcoming events for in England for The Boy from the Sea. Links are on my website, garrettcarr.net. See you then!
Stockport, Serenity Booksellers in Romiley. Monday 2nd February.
Newcastle, The Bound in Whitley Bay. Tuesday 3rd February.
London, Waterstones in Streatham. Wednesday 4th February.
The next London Irish Centre Book Club (online) is 27 January & the book will be The Boy from the Sea, by Garrett Carr
Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses, described the book as "Compulsive reading ....Compassionate, lyrical and full of devilment"
Book now👇
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The folks at Solas Nua, Washington DC, are reading The Boy from the Sea for their book club this month. They'll be meeting via Zoom on Monday January 12th and you're invited:
www.solasnua.org/events/ficti...
The paperback of The Boy from the Sea will be out at the end of January and I have a few events upcoming in England. See you then.
Meine 3 Lieblingsbücher des Jahres 2025 #germanbooksky @garrettcarr.bsky.social @amandapetersauthor.bsky.social @rowohlt.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social #lieblingsbücher #lieblingsromane
The St. Catherine is exactly what the Christine Dawn looks like. I got this photo from a Killybegs Facebook group. Apparently the St. Catherine is still fishing, based on Achill island now.
My son's Religious Education exam flashcards on the plagues of Egypt.
My father's logbook from this days learning to pilot an aircraft. A forced landing, I notice, in 1973.
Dingle, County Kerry.
Thank you!
Opening in half an hour, Shiro Masuyama’s Borderline Project. All welcome, Marie Heaney Square, beside the Seamus Heaney Centre, Belfast.
Tomorrow we'll have a visitor to the Seamus Heaney Centre; Japanese artist Shiro Masuyama will be bringing his Borderline Project Caravan. You can visit the caravan anytime from 11am in Marie Heaney Square (next to the SHC). Shiro will discuss it and some of his other work in the SHC at 3pm.
On Tuesday, a very special caravan is will be visiting the Heaney Centre, Belfast, for a day. All welcome.
You can vote online and from anywhere in the world.
At last, the last. This was my son's colouring pencil project, the GAA crests of each of Ireland's counties. 32 out of 32: Armagh.
