Caroline O'Donoghue

2 months ago | shelf-awareness.com | Caroline O'Donoghue

photo: Little Blue Canoe PhotographyNancy Reddy is the author of the poetry collections Pocket Universe and Double Jinx, a winner of the National Poetry Series. With Emily Pérez, she's co-editor of The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood. She also writes the newsletter Write More, Be Less Careful. Her most recent book is The Good Mother Myth (St. Martin's Press, January 21, 2025), which unpacks and debunks the bad ideas that have for too long defined what it means to be a "good" mom.

Sep 9, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Isabelle McConville |Elif Batuman |Caroline O'Donoghue |Donna Tartt

Whether you’re headed back to school this fall or the backpack-clad commercials are making you nostalgic, September is the perfect time to sink into a campus novel. Whether you look back fondly on library all-nighters or you know you’d never go back, we’ve rounded up a list of 10 books that capture the messiness of love and friendship and the uncertainty of life in your early twenties. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart.

May 30, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Isabelle McConville |Oisín McKenna |Coco Mellors |Caroline O'Donoghue

What to Read While We Wait for Intermezzo by Sally RooneyIt’s been three whole years since we’ve been graced with a brand new Sally Rooney novel — luckily her latest is nearly here. This fall we get to add to the long list of Sally Rooney books we know and love with Intermezzo, a novel about complicated relationships, family, grief — and chess. We know, we know — September is so far away, that’s why we’ve gathered a list of titles to keep us company while we count down the days.

May 3, 2024 | readersblock.substack.com | Caroline O'Donoghue |John Marrs |John McPhee |Jeff Guinn

Thanks for reading ReadersBlock! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. by Caroline O'Donoghue Read it if you’re into: Contemporary dramas, Irish culture, modern loveThis contemporary work of fiction revolves around Rachel and James, two college-aged friends who meet at a bookstore in Cork and bond instantaneously. Their union is tested when Dr. Fred Byrne, Rachel’s married professor, enters the picture.

Sep 19, 2023 | smh.com.au | Caroline O'Donoghue

Whenever I meet an Australian - and, living in London, I'm liable to meet quite a few - I end up asking the same unanswerable question. "What ... what is going on over there?" I don't mean what is going on politically, economically, or even environmentally. I am mostly inquiring about pop culture. Or rather, I am mostly inquiring about myself. In 2018, I started Sentimental Garbage, a podcast about "the culture we love that society sometimes makes us feel ashamed of".