About this episode

Conor Tallon interviews Fiona Farrell about Ann Patchett's upcoming novel and reflects on a successful book festival.

Conor Tallon met up wth Fiona Farrell from her Ballincollig Bookshop Leaf and Bower to uncover the first Chapter of Ann Patchetts latest novel being released on June 2nd. Ans also to reflect on the big success of Irelands smallest Book Festival! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Conor Tallon

Guest: Fiona Farrell

Topics covered

• book discussion
• author interview
• literary events
• book festivals
• new releases

Keywords

• Ann Patchett
• Fiona Farrell
• bookshop
• literature
• Ireland
• book festival
• new novel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Leaf and Bower

Books & works: Ann Patchett's latest novel

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