Rick O’Shea Returns: Reignite Pre-Pandemic Panel Discussions & Hot Topics

I recently hosted two successful events in Dublin bookshops. One event featured a discussion with Icelandic author Fríða Ísberg. We talked about her debut speculative fiction novel, The Mark, which I praised earlier this year.

On the day of our talk, Ísberg was book-shopping with her partner. They were getting recommendations from the booksellers. She selected The Colony by Audrey Magee and A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa. Her partner, Tómas Ævar Ólafsson, was reading Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession, which is his first published novel in Icelandic.