Elaine Feeney
@elainefeeney.bsky.social
Writer
Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way (2025)
Nominated for Booker Prize
Lectures: University of Galway
Agent: Peter Straus RCW Lit Agency
Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way (2025)
Nominated for Booker Prize
Lectures: University of Galway
Agent: Peter Straus RCW Lit Agency
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Sad news from Galway:
Tributes to ‘mad, bad and dangerous’ peace activist and artist Margaretta D’Arcy who has died aged 91
www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...
Tributes to ‘mad, bad and dangerous’ peace activist and artist Margaretta D’Arcy who has died aged 91
www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...
Tributes to ‘mad, bad and dangerous’ peace activist and artist Margaretta D’Arcy who has died aged 91
Tributes have been paid in Galway to artist, Aosdána member and peace activist Margaretta D’Arcy, who died on Sunday at the age of 91.
www.independent.ie
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Sad news from Galway:
Tributes to ‘mad, bad and dangerous’ peace activist and artist Margaretta D’Arcy who has died aged 91
www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...
Tributes to ‘mad, bad and dangerous’ peace activist and artist Margaretta D’Arcy who has died aged 91
www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...
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Shoutout to Elaine Feeney for her fascinating new multi-generational family story about grief, inheritance, and learning to live with the past, Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way, which is a Fall Selection for The Booksellers’ List!
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Shoutout to Elaine Feeney for her fascinating new multi-generational family story about grief, inheritance, and learning to live with the past, Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way, which is a Fall Selection for The Booksellers’ List!
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It would be one thing having a "debate" on immigration if people meant they wanted a "debate" based on facts. But what most people seem to mean when they say they want a debate is that is they want us to pretend a bunch of entirely made up bullshit is true.
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It would be one thing having a "debate" on immigration if people meant they wanted a "debate" based on facts. But what most people seem to mean when they say they want a debate is that is they want us to pretend a bunch of entirely made up bullshit is true.
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THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
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Had a gorgeous day catching up with friends & attending @dublinbookfest.bsky.social events @nlireland.bsky.social and DCU ending with a super event with @elainefeeney.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social and Lisa Harding with music from I Have A Tribe inspired by the readings. Míle buíochas to all.
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Had a gorgeous day catching up with friends & attending @dublinbookfest.bsky.social events @nlireland.bsky.social and DCU ending with a super event with @elainefeeney.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social and Lisa Harding with music from I Have A Tribe inspired by the readings. Míle buíochas to all.
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“In her latest novel, Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way, the prolific poet and novelist Elaine Feeney showcases quite nicely the aptitude of the form in bringing memory to life.”
Excerpt from D.W. White’s review of Feeney’s new book. Full review below:
buff.ly/maDluzZ
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from D.W. White’s review of Feeney’s new book. Full review below:
buff.ly/maDluzZ
#writingcommunity
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“In her latest novel, Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way, the prolific poet and novelist Elaine Feeney showcases quite nicely the aptitude of the form in bringing memory to life.”
Excerpt from D.W. White’s review of Feeney’s new book. Full review below:
buff.ly/maDluzZ
#writingcommunity
Excerpt from D.W. White’s review of Feeney’s new book. Full review below:
buff.ly/maDluzZ
#writingcommunity
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Remembering that time (tonight) I hung out at The Manx Pub with Irish writers Eimear McBride and Elaine Feeney, along with our pal Tina, after a grand event via the Ottawa International Writers Festival,
October 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Remembering that time (tonight) I hung out at The Manx Pub with Irish writers Eimear McBride and Elaine Feeney, along with our pal Tina, after a grand event via the Ottawa International Writers Festival,
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Are you ready to discover a new read to add to your (never-ending) physical TBR? Bookseller Michael T. Hamm from Bookmark Halifax shares why he thinks Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way should be your next read this fall.
![[Having read How to Build a Boat in 2023, I now consider the author one of the premier contemporary writers in the English language. I will follow Elaine Feeney anywhere in her career. I am so excited to place this novel in the hands of people wanting a book with a strong narrative written in a delicately beautiful style.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cmea7fw6o7m7xxu635kx3my2/bafkreihbplfsfujoehoj6k6el5ycrqvk3wvmuhklyzv3anros53wn3tbry@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Are you ready to discover a new read to add to your (never-ending) physical TBR? Bookseller Michael T. Hamm from Bookmark Halifax shares why he thinks Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way should be your next read this fall.
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Join us at Sacred Heart University next week to hear Elaine Feeney read from and discuss her new novel LET ME GO MAD IN MY OWN WAY
www.sacredheart.edu/offices--dep...
www.sacredheart.edu/offices--dep...
October 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Join us at Sacred Heart University next week to hear Elaine Feeney read from and discuss her new novel LET ME GO MAD IN MY OWN WAY
www.sacredheart.edu/offices--dep...
www.sacredheart.edu/offices--dep...
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Huge congrats to Elaine Feeney and her new novel LET ME GO MAD IN MY OWN WAY for making the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year shortlist!
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/let-...
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/let-...
October 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Huge congrats to Elaine Feeney and her new novel LET ME GO MAD IN MY OWN WAY for making the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year shortlist!
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/let-...
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/let-...
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10 of the best Irish books of 2025 chosen by @rte.ie Culture with shouts out to Elaine Feeney, Róisín O’Donnell, Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin, John Banville, Anna Carey, Wendy Erskine, Patrick Holloway, Gráinne O'Hare, David Park & Claire Gleeson #IrishBookWeek
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Ten of the best Irish books of 2025 so far
www.rte.ie
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
10 of the best Irish books of 2025 chosen by @rte.ie Culture with shouts out to Elaine Feeney, Róisín O’Donnell, Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin, John Banville, Anna Carey, Wendy Erskine, Patrick Holloway, Gráinne O'Hare, David Park & Claire Gleeson #IrishBookWeek
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
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The Trio of Irish Authors are here! Welcome Elaine Feeney, Seán Hewitt and Wendy Erskine.
@wimbookfest.bsky.social
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@wimbookfest.bsky.social
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October 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Trio of Irish Authors are here! Welcome Elaine Feeney, Seán Hewitt and Wendy Erskine.
@wimbookfest.bsky.social
🧡🤍💚
@wimbookfest.bsky.social
🧡🤍💚
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Oct 24, Tara McGuire conducts back-to-back interviews with Elaine Feeney (Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way), Ian Williams (You’ve Changed), and Jack Wang (The Riveter).
writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...
Elaine Feeney’s attendance made possible thanks to the generous support of Culture Ireland.
writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...
Elaine Feeney’s attendance made possible thanks to the generous support of Culture Ireland.
October 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Oct 24, Tara McGuire conducts back-to-back interviews with Elaine Feeney (Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way), Ian Williams (You’ve Changed), and Jack Wang (The Riveter).
writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...
Elaine Feeney’s attendance made possible thanks to the generous support of Culture Ireland.
writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...
Elaine Feeney’s attendance made possible thanks to the generous support of Culture Ireland.
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The Booksellers’ List is Canada’s newest way to discover must-read books, chosen by the people who know them best—independent booksellers. The independent presses featured on the List this season are excited to team up and present you with: your favourite indie’s favourite indies!
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Booksellers’ List is Canada’s newest way to discover must-read books, chosen by the people who know them best—independent booksellers. The independent presses featured on the List this season are excited to team up and present you with: your favourite indie’s favourite indies!
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An excerpt of Elaine Feeney's new novel LET ME GO MAD IN MY OWN WAY on Lit Hub!
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Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way
After Mother’s burial in a freakish sunshine that was followed by a violent purple hail, Brian and Conor filled in the grave with two long spades. They cast the black earth into the hole. Father wa…
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October 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
An excerpt of Elaine Feeney's new novel LET ME GO MAD IN MY OWN WAY on Lit Hub!
lithub.com/let-me-go-ma...
lithub.com/let-me-go-ma...
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So good!
An excerpt of Elaine Feeney's new novel LET ME GO MAD IN MY OWN WAY on Lit Hub!
lithub.com/let-me-go-ma...
lithub.com/let-me-go-ma...
Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way
After Mother’s burial in a freakish sunshine that was followed by a violent purple hail, Brian and Conor filled in the grave with two long spades. They cast the black earth into the hole. Father wa…
lithub.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So good!
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Worth noting that
1) Books Upstairs is an amazing bookstore, a real gem of Dublin
2) They do have an online store you can order from to help them out.
3) They do deliver internationally
booksupstairs.ie
1) Books Upstairs is an amazing bookstore, a real gem of Dublin
2) They do have an online store you can order from to help them out.
3) They do deliver internationally
booksupstairs.ie
Books Upstairs | Dublin’s Oldest Independent Bookshop
Dublin’s Oldest Independent Bookshop
booksupstairs.ie
October 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Worth noting that
1) Books Upstairs is an amazing bookstore, a real gem of Dublin
2) They do have an online store you can order from to help them out.
3) They do deliver internationally
booksupstairs.ie
1) Books Upstairs is an amazing bookstore, a real gem of Dublin
2) They do have an online store you can order from to help them out.
3) They do deliver internationally
booksupstairs.ie
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I’m still thinking about Gavins response to the question on the #womenofhonour -he saw nothing, he knew nothing-and he wants to be President? Can you imagine him responding as our previous presidents have done to issues as national trauma! He’s the see nothing,do nothing candidate #speirgorm #aras25
October 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I’m still thinking about Gavins response to the question on the #womenofhonour -he saw nothing, he knew nothing-and he wants to be President? Can you imagine him responding as our previous presidents have done to issues as national trauma! He’s the see nothing,do nothing candidate #speirgorm #aras25
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Over 160 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in October 2025. Please share & best of luck!
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October 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Over 160 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in October 2025. Please share & best of luck!
www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
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New on The Bibliophile: An interview with Elaine Feeney on her new novel LET ME GO MAD IN MY OWN WAY. Publishing next Tuesday, Oct 7!
digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/history-is...
"In Ireland, history has a habit of lingering at the kitchen table, and for the O’Connors that’s definitely true."
digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/history-is...
"In Ireland, history has a habit of lingering at the kitchen table, and for the O’Connors that’s definitely true."
October 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
New on The Bibliophile: An interview with Elaine Feeney on her new novel LET ME GO MAD IN MY OWN WAY. Publishing next Tuesday, Oct 7!
digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/history-is...
"In Ireland, history has a habit of lingering at the kitchen table, and for the O’Connors that’s definitely true."
digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/history-is...
"In Ireland, history has a habit of lingering at the kitchen table, and for the O’Connors that’s definitely true."
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This week's @librariesni.bsky.social Bookcited! podcast features @elainefeeney.bsky.social Feeney!
Elaine talks about her home turf, Athenry, and how to bring stories to life in her own way.
Clicknto listen www.podbean.com/ea/pb-nd4uk-...
Elaine talks about her home turf, Athenry, and how to bring stories to life in her own way.
Clicknto listen www.podbean.com/ea/pb-nd4uk-...
October 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This week's @librariesni.bsky.social Bookcited! podcast features @elainefeeney.bsky.social Feeney!
Elaine talks about her home turf, Athenry, and how to bring stories to life in her own way.
Clicknto listen www.podbean.com/ea/pb-nd4uk-...
Elaine talks about her home turf, Athenry, and how to bring stories to life in her own way.
Clicknto listen www.podbean.com/ea/pb-nd4uk-...
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'I wrote plays and stories as a child and performed them for any willing audience ... It was usually just my siblings, but it set something on fire in me.' Elaine Feeney by Steve Pyke 📸
We are delighted to have Elaine Feeney - writer, poet, Galway queen - included in Scribendi.
We are delighted to have Elaine Feeney - writer, poet, Galway queen - included in Scribendi.
September 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
'I wrote plays and stories as a child and performed them for any willing audience ... It was usually just my siblings, but it set something on fire in me.' Elaine Feeney by Steve Pyke 📸
We are delighted to have Elaine Feeney - writer, poet, Galway queen - included in Scribendi.
We are delighted to have Elaine Feeney - writer, poet, Galway queen - included in Scribendi.
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🚨 First of the New Arcana launches kicking off tomorrow in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop in Galway with the marvellous @elainefeeney.bsky.social🚨
Come join us for poems & chats & 🍷
@Bloodaxe
Come join us for poems & chats & 🍷
@Bloodaxe
🚨Launch details for New Arcana!🚨
I'll be in Galway, Dublin, Belfast & online. Please do come along if you can, & spread the word.
🔮✨️🐍🃏
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @gutterbookshop.bsky.social
I'll be in Galway, Dublin, Belfast & online. Please do come along if you can, & spread the word.
🔮✨️🐍🃏
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @gutterbookshop.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🚨 First of the New Arcana launches kicking off tomorrow in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop in Galway with the marvellous @elainefeeney.bsky.social🚨
Come join us for poems & chats & 🍷
@Bloodaxe
Come join us for poems & chats & 🍷
@Bloodaxe
Thrilled to make this list!
Thanks to all the wonderful indie booksellers who voted ♥️🐎
Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way is out in North America in October with @biblioasis.bsky.social
Thanks to all the wonderful indie booksellers who voted ♥️🐎
Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way is out in North America in October with @biblioasis.bsky.social
Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way by Elaine Feeney, published by @biblioasis.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Thrilled to make this list!
Thanks to all the wonderful indie booksellers who voted ♥️🐎
Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way is out in North America in October with @biblioasis.bsky.social
Thanks to all the wonderful indie booksellers who voted ♥️🐎
Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way is out in North America in October with @biblioasis.bsky.social