Garrett Carr
@garrettcarr.bsky.social
The Boy From the Sea is out now and translated into over a dozen languages. “Full of lightly worn wisdom and wit. It is a joy" – Sunday Times. www.garrettcarr.net
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Garrett Carr
@garrettcarr.bsky.social
· Mar 3
Thank you to all the newspapers, magazines, as well as bloggers and others who have reviewed The Boy from the Sea. The novel is out now in Ireland, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. It will be released in Canada in April 2025 and the USA in May 2025. Translations are upcoming too.
Opening in half an hour, Shiro Masuyama’s Borderline Project. All welcome, Marie Heaney Square, beside the Seamus Heaney Centre, Belfast.
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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.
The Borderline Project: Shiro Masuyama
Artist talk and installation in Marie Heaney Square
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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.
November 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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.
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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.
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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.
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Just had a lovely woman in our shop in Donegal, searching for her lost twin sister. Appreciate it if my Irish followers would retweet this. Thank you.
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Just had a lovely woman in our shop in Donegal, searching for her lost twin sister. Appreciate it if my Irish followers would retweet this. Thank you.
Next Thursday, Dublin, not too late. Come along!
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Next Thursday, Dublin, not too late. Come along!
Delighted that The Boy from the Sea has been nominated for the Irish Book Awards. It's up for the Eason Novel of the Year. Thank you to all. You get a vote! You can vote from anywhere in the world. www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/ Congratulations to all the nominated authors.
October 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Delighted that The Boy from the Sea has been nominated for the Irish Book Awards. It's up for the Eason Novel of the Year. Thank you to all. You get a vote! You can vote from anywhere in the world. www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/ Congratulations to all the nominated authors.
Hello Greece! I hope to visit some day.
October 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Hello Greece! I hope to visit some day.
Thank you readers. It is wonderful to see The Boy from the Sea reach number 1 in British and Irish Historical Literature. When I was writing the novel it was a big and useful step to realise that I could think of the story as historical literature, that the 1970s were enough of another country.
October 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Thank you readers. It is wonderful to see The Boy from the Sea reach number 1 in British and Irish Historical Literature. When I was writing the novel it was a big and useful step to realise that I could think of the story as historical literature, that the 1970s were enough of another country.
Just arrived, I’m on at 4pm. Thanks for having me Cheltenham. The Boy from the Sea, by the way, is £1.99 on Kindle today until midnight.
October 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just arrived, I’m on at 4pm. Thanks for having me Cheltenham. The Boy from the Sea, by the way, is £1.99 on Kindle today until midnight.
For today only, The Boy from the Sea is £1.99 on Kindle.
October 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
For today only, The Boy from the Sea is £1.99 on Kindle.
For today only, The Boy from the Sea is £1.99 on Kindle.
October 16, 2025 at 5:34 AM
For today only, The Boy from the Sea is £1.99 on Kindle.
I see Amazon UK have 62% discount on The Boy from the Sea (hardback) for the next three hours. Just saying.
The Boy from the Sea: the heart-wrenching story of a family and a town reshaped by the arrival of an abandoned baby
The Boy from the Sea: the heart-wrenching story of a family and a town reshaped by the arrival of an abandoned baby : Carr, Garrett: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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October 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I see Amazon UK have 62% discount on The Boy from the Sea (hardback) for the next three hours. Just saying.
I’m in good company in Belfast Central Library. I’ll be back here next Monday, October 20th, at lunchtime to speak with Wendy Erskine about our writing. Free, but book at: Belfast.central@librariesni.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I’m in good company in Belfast Central Library. I’ll be back here next Monday, October 20th, at lunchtime to speak with Wendy Erskine about our writing. Free, but book at: Belfast.central@librariesni.org.uk
This day next week I'll be at the Wimbledon BookFest, alongside Reeta Chakrabarti, of BBC news fame, but also the author of the artfully poised page-turner Finding Belle.
October 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This day next week I'll be at the Wimbledon BookFest, alongside Reeta Chakrabarti, of BBC news fame, but also the author of the artfully poised page-turner Finding Belle.
This day next week I'll be appearing at the Cheltenham Literature Festival with another Donegal man, Alan Murrin, author of the gripping novel The Coast Road. Tickets here:
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/tales...
16th October, 4pm.
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/tales...
16th October, 4pm.
Tales of Rural Ireland | Cheltenham Festivals
Discover the heart of rural Ireland in two captivating tales of fractured families. Join Garrett Carr and Alan Murrin in conversation with Tim Hubbard, exp
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This day next week I'll be appearing at the Cheltenham Literature Festival with another Donegal man, Alan Murrin, author of the gripping novel The Coast Road. Tickets here:
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/tales...
16th October, 4pm.
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/tales...
16th October, 4pm.
30 of 32: Longford.
October 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
30 of 32: Longford.
Old customs Hut near Ireland’s border.
October 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Old customs Hut near Ireland’s border.
The 11 year old's project: drawing the GAA crests for each of Ireland's counties. 27 and 28 of 32: Offaly and Mayo.
October 2, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The 11 year old's project: drawing the GAA crests for each of Ireland's counties. 27 and 28 of 32: Offaly and Mayo.
You don’t see this style of lady much anymore.
September 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
You don’t see this style of lady much anymore.
Kilmore Quay, Wexford. No better place to discuss The Boy from the Sea, which I’ll be doing today at 11:30.
September 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Kilmore Quay, Wexford. No better place to discuss The Boy from the Sea, which I’ll be doing today at 11:30.
Wexford this evening. I’m appearing at the Write by the Sea festival tomorrow, Kilmore Quay, 11:30. I’ll be chatting with Jan Carson.
September 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Wexford this evening. I’m appearing at the Write by the Sea festival tomorrow, Kilmore Quay, 11:30. I’ll be chatting with Jan Carson.