John Self

Young female Irish writers are setting a new trend in fiction

Naoise Dolan and Niamh Campbell are just two of the latest to make their debut, as publishers frantically search for ‘the new Sally Rooney’

Niamh Campbell. Credit: Ste Murray 
issue 20 June 2020
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    Naoise Dolan

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp. 288, £14

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    Niamh Campbell

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp. 320, £14

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