An Audience with Mary Costello – Sat 25th

Mary Costello grew up in Galway and now lives in Dublin. Her collection of stories, The China Factory, was nominated for the 2012 Guardian First Book Award, and shortlisted for the Irish Books Awards. Her first novel, Academy Street, won the Eason’s Novel of the Year Award and was named overall Irish Book of the Year 2014. It was shortlisted for the 2014 Costa First Novel Prize, and featured on BBC Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime.