"Evenings and Weekends" author Oisín McKenna in conversation with Catriona Shine
A radical, literary soap opera meets contemporary community novel set over the course of one blisteringly hot weekend in London: from a remarkable new voice in literary fiction.
Welcome to a conversation between "Evenings and Weekends" author Oisín McKenna and "Habitat" author Catriona Shine.
Catriona will interview Oisín about his debut novel, which has received widespread praise since publication this spring.
Mingling and book signing will take place after the conversation and Q&A portion. Refreshments kindly provided by the Embassy of Ireland in Norway.
When: 4 September, 17.00-18.30
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
Registration is free, but required to attend as there is limited space! Please sign up with the form below.
This event is generously supported with a grant from Culture Ireland.
Oisín McKenna grew up in Drogheda, Ireland, and lives in London. He was awarded the Next Generation Bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland to write Evenings and Weekends and it was developed with further support from Arts Council England. In 2022, he was awarded a London Writers Award, and in 2017, he was named in the Irish Times as one of the best spoken word artists in the country. He has written and performed four theatre shows, including ADMIN, an award-winning production at Dublin Fringe 2019, and his writing has appeared in the Irish Times, Banshee, and more.
Catriona Shine grew up in Ireland and now works as an architect in Oslo. She is a recipient of an Arts Council Literature Bursary Award 2023 and her writing has appeared in The Dublin Review, Channel, Southword and elsewhere. Her debut novel "Habitat" was positively reviewed in the Irish Independent, and Catriona Shine was listed as "one to watch" for 2024 by the Irish Times.
Praise for "Evenings and Weekends:
‘A beautiful, wise and delicate book. Impossibly, ineffably beautiful.’ RUSSELL T DAVIES
‘A masterpiece.’ OWEN JONES
‘Astonishing – a magnificent read’ RUSSELL TOVEY
'Zadie Smith-esque in its kaleidoscope of London' NIAMH CAMPBELL
‘A love story to cities & people & heartbreaks. It made me cry.’ EILEEN MYLES
‘A bit like the book version of a Richard Curtis film but with more grit, more bathroom sex and a literal beached whale’ GQ
'Electric and intimate' GUARDIAN
'The book of the summer’ DAZED
'Intoxicating' IRISH TIMES
