Róisín Lanigan
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
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I WANT TO GO HOME BUT IM ALREADY THERE (March '25)
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Róisín Lanigan
The Fence
5 days ago
Why is Belfast thronged with megaphones and placards?
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
reports from home.
www.the-fence.com/titanic-stre...
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Titanic Street Preachers
JESUS SAVES FROM HELL
https://www.the-fence.com/titanic-street-preachers/
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i wrote about the golden age of vice for the ft
www.ft.com/content/8e39...
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Vice Is Broke and the risky business of selling cool
A new documentary from former Vice presenter Eddie Huang charts the media powerhouse’s rise and fall
https://www.ft.com/content/8e39ecfb-feb5-4352-8d6d-63e96109a40a
15 days ago
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The British Election Study
24 days ago
Labour's decline in support is remarkable. Support for Labour has fallen more sharply after this election than it has for any other winning party covered by the BESIP (though the timings between waves are not identical).
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column this week is about flegs
add a skeleton here at some point
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wrote this for
@irishnews.com
today
www.irishnews.com/opinion/rois...
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As Kneecap’s Mo Chara returns to court, and hundreds are arrested at Palestine protests, there is something rotten here in England
Belfast-born journalist and novelist Róisín Lanigan reports from London as the British government increasingly turns to terror laws to clamp down on dissent over Palestine
https://www.irishnews.com/opinion/roisin-lanigan-as-kneecaps-mo-chara-returns-to-court-and-hundreds-are-arrested-at-palestine-protests-there-is-something-rotten-here-in-england-MZFRSRVQIJDCVGQ237HXSMWCE4/
about 1 month ago
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wrote this for
@irishnews.com
today
www.irishnews.com/opinion/rois...
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As Kneecap’s Mo Chara returns to court, and hundreds are arrested at Palestine protests, there is something rotten here in England
Belfast-born journalist and novelist Róisín Lanigan reports from London as the British government increasingly turns to terror laws to clamp down on dissent over Palestine
https://www.irishnews.com/opinion/roisin-lanigan-as-kneecaps-mo-chara-returns-to-court-and-hundreds-are-arrested-at-palestine-protests-there-is-something-rotten-here-in-england-MZFRSRVQIJDCVGQ237HXSMWCE4/
about 1 month ago
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observer column this week: make musicians poor again
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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It’s our fault that Oasis are now the status quo
Liam Gallagher took a pop at the establishment in Edinburgh – but isn’t his band part of it?
https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/its-our-fault-that-oasis-are-now-the-status-quo
about 1 month ago
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wrote some things about THE PUB for
@thefence.bsky.social
’s book about THE PUB
about 2 months ago
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Dispatch
about 2 months ago
Rumour has it that Tommy Robinson has fled to Spain after reading @roisinlanigan.bsky.social's dispatch from Benidorm. Latest here:
dispatch-media.com/benidorms-gr...
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Benidorm's greatest patriots
A Glorious Twelfth • On the Costa del Ulster • Pass the Buckfast
https://dispatch-media.com/benidorms-greatest-patriots/
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I went on the Money's No Object podcast to talk about winning the lottery and becoming benevolently evil as a result
open.spotify.com/episode/3Tvg...
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Money's No Object #8: Róisín Lanigan
Money's No Object · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3TvgfAqK77weKeM5tZKhs3?si=0e219028ecba4cf4
2 months ago
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Molly Quell
2 months ago
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC, Reuters
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Lewis Goodall
2 months ago
A Palestinian mother in Gaza: “My children have become skeletal, skin and bone. Even the slightest effort makes them dizzy. They are asking for food, and I have nothing to give. I can’t lie and say I’ll bring them something when I know I won’t be able to.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza
For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/23/we-faced-hunger-before-but-never-like-this-skeletal-children-fill-hospital-wards-as-starvation-grips-gaza
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Jo Kershaw
2 months ago
We dump vulnerable people (not just asylum seekers, but the homeless as well) in inadequate conditions where you can’t even store a pint of milk, and in the case of the asylum seekers, leave them to rot, and make it harder for them to integrate. Then people claim they’re living in luxury.
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Fórsa trade union
2 months ago
What a feeling to see Fórsa on the jersey for our rising Palestinian GAA stars! While we wish they were here in Ireland, they're instead at a summer camp in Jordan. Some of the Dublin hurlers also went over for a training, class acts. One day we'll meet, a chairdre! 🇮🇪🇵🇸
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in the new issue of
@thefence.bsky.social
i wrote about belfast's street preacher mania and also some status symbols for the vibeless
2 months ago
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John Merrick
2 months ago
This is a fascinating essay on Paul Ray, the founder of the EDL – a strange and troubled sounding bloke @dispatchmedia.bsky.social
dispatch-media.com/the-forgotte...
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The forgotten founder of the EDL
Paul Ray lit the fuse • Then disappeared • From Luton to Ukraine
https://dispatch-media.com/the-forgotten-founder-of-the-edl/
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David Storey
2 months ago
Putting the 'sham' in shamrock:
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
on the problem of Irish chic
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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‘Cool Eire’ puts the sham in shamrock | The Observer
All of a sudden, it’s cool to be Irish – but only if you talk about Ireland in a certain way
https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/cool-eire-puts-the-sham-in-shamrock?s=09
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Last week I went semi-undercover in Benidorm for
@dispatchmedia.bsky.social
dispatch-media.com/benidorms-gr...
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Benidorm's greatest patriots
A Glorious Twelfth • On the Costa del Ulster • Pass the Buckfast
https://dispatch-media.com/benidorms-greatest-patriots/
2 months ago
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Dispatch
2 months ago
What happens when you mix Benidorm, Buckfast and Loyalist zeal?
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
reports from the Costa Del Ulster for the Glorious Twelfth:
dispatch-media.com/benidorms-gr...
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Mormon Wives in the Ft?? This could be the end of momtok
www.ft.com/content/c25b...
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The money-spinning surprises of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
The hit reality TV show has returned for a second season, with its cast of ‘MomTok’ influencers still pushing boundaries
https://www.ft.com/content/c25be8b9-25a9-47e5-9b36-331411b78e94
4 months ago
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The Observer
4 months ago
Send Kneecap to prison? This moral panic has reached its ridiculous, feverish apex. The band are mostly guilty of refusing to conform to a sanitised and twee idea of Irishness, writes
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
. Read more:
bit.ly/43bl8Jp
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Send Kneecap to prison? This moral panic has reached its ridiculous, feverish apex | The Observer
The band are mostly guilty of refusing to conform to a sanitised and twee idea of Irishness – one that suggests a smiling, darkly sexy bunch with flattened political views
https://bit.ly/43bl8Jp
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The Fence
5 months ago
Here's
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
's Central London Tourist Bingo
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Jacob Furedi
5 months ago
It's sports week at
@dispatchmedia.bsky.social
— and who better to kick things off than
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
? On pigeon racing, the King and a retired builder called Terry.
dispatch-media.com/the-men-who-...
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The men who race pigeons
A King's betrayal • Athletes of the sky • Don't tell PETA
https://dispatch-media.com/the-men-who-race-pigeons/
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Róisín Lanigan
Dan Wilson Craw
5 months ago
Just catching up with
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
's superb column on the new Observer website - the first of many presumably?
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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The shit flat expert
Independent journalism | News, culture & style | Investigations, analysis, features, ideas, recipes, newsletters & podcasts that make sense of the world
https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/home-is-where-the-carbon-monoxide-is
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in the sunday times magazine this week writing about snooker, sheffield, saudi, ££££££££££££
www.thetimes.com/sport/snooke...
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Inside the fight to stop snooker deserting Sheffield for Saudi Arabia
The crumbling Crucible theatre has been the home of the World Snooker Championship since 1977. Now the city is struggling to keep its place at the table
https://www.thetimes.com/sport/snooker/article/snooker-sheffield-saudi-arabia-g7dzj96hg
6 months ago
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly
6 months ago
THIS COMING MONDAY, 14th April, I will be sitting down with
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
to discuss her excellent book I Want To Go Home But I'm Already There. Tickets now available! You should come!! 📅 Mon, April 14 🕢 7:00pm 📍 Reference Point (London, UK)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-want-to-...
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I Want To Go Home But I'm Already There
Róisín Lanigan in conversation with Séamas O’Reilly discuss her debut novel, I Want To Go Home But I'm Already There
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-want-to-go-home-but-im-already-there-tickets-1289827963159
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Róisín Lanigan
The Fence
6 months ago
Issue 23 Is Here 🦈 With work from
@emmafmagnus.bsky.social
,
@drblacklock.bsky.social
,
@jimmymcintosh.bsky.social
,
@seamas.bsky.social
,
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
,
@louisstaples.bsky.social
,
@dwhitehouse.bsky.social
,
@williamasclarke.bsky.social
& more
www.the-fence.com/shop/
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if u would like to read 3,000 of my words about pigeon racing then u can do that by subscribing to this magazine (equally don't let that put u off)
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6 months ago
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Laurie McRae Andrew
6 months ago
'I Want To Go Home But I'm Already There' by
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
: a bit of millennial gothic, mixing classic haunted house tropes with Gails and Fleabag references. Finely poised between realism and horror, a compelling invocation of the cursedness of the contemporary housing situation.
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In AnOther mag today!!!!!
www.anothermag.com/design-livin...
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This Uncanny Novel Captures the Horror of Renting in London
Róisín Lanigan’s debut novel I Want To Go Home But I’m Already There weaves the nightmare reality of renting in London with psychological horror. Here, the author talks about gentrification and the ha...
https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/16277/roisin-lanigan-i-want-to-go-home-but-im-already-there-book-interview-london-rent
6 months ago
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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy
6 months ago
I Want to Go Home But I'm Already There by
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
is an intriguing mix of dark, unsettling, and compelling ghost story and arresting dissection of class and the rental crisis... An intense contemporary gothic you won't want to miss, out now! 💙📚
#horror
#SFF
#RentalCrisis
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next week i'm so excited !!
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6 months ago
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West Cork Literary Festival
6 months ago
The Best Books of 2025 so far, as chosen by
@thetimes.com
critics. Loads of reading inspiration here and lovely to see Joseph O'Connor and three Irish debut novelists
@garrettcarr.bsky.social
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
and Róisín O'Donnell on the list 💚
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
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The best books of 2025 so far — our critics’ picks
The literary year is blooming, with must-reads from writers such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Joseph O’Connor and Anne Tyler
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/best-books-2025-so-far-ranked-67cj980w2
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The i Paper
6 months ago
Róisín Lanigan on how the horrors of the housing market inspired her Gothic debut novel – and why it's a theme for our times
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How the rental crisis is fuelling a new wave of fiction
Róisín Lanigan on how the horrors of the housing market inspired her Gothic debut novel – and why it's a theme for our times
https://trib.al/i3z6DCg
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spoke to the face about my book !
theface.com/culture/rois...
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What does “home” mean, anyway?
In her bone-chilling debut I Want To Go Home But I’m Already There , writer Róisín Lanigan brings a gothic edge to the persistent horror of renting in London.
https://theface.com/culture/roisin-lanigan-interview-i-want-to-go-home-but-im-already-there-housing-crisis
6 months ago
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Jonn Elledge
6 months ago
BOOK LAUNCHED
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
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Joshi Herrmann
6 months ago
🚨 The highly anticipated
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
debut is out, and as
@londonermag.bsky.social
points out, it’s very good.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/nfts-basquia...
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Book of the day baby! (Also publication day 🥰🥰🥰)
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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I Want to Go Home But I’m Already There by Róisín Lanigan review – a housing crisis ghost story
London’s property market is the villain in this wry gothic novel for generation rent
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/20/i-want-to-go-home-but-im-already-there-by-roisin-lanigan-review-a-housing-crisis-ghost-story
6 months ago
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Jonn Elledge
6 months ago
shout out to
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social
whose ACTUAL NOVEL is published today, go buy
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I Want To Go Home But I'm Already There
Renting is a nightmare. Áine should be feeling happy with her life. She’s just moved in with Elliot. Their new flat is in an affluent neighbourhood, surrounded by bakeries, yoga studios and organic v...
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/459281/i-want-to-go-home-but-im-already-there-by-lanigan-roisin/9780241668535
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if you love accents you'll love this event with
@seamas.bsky.social
and I next month:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-want-to-...
6 months ago
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Darach Ó Séaghdha
7 months ago
In advance of
#stpatricksday
, here's a thread of essential articles about Irish stuff which you can present to international friends who wish to understand us better. First up: a tale of two Taytos, by Róisín Lanigan.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/4005...
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A tale of two Taytos: How an anthropomorphic crisp became a symbol for Irish identity
How a half-man half-crisp in a suit became a symbol of the Irish diaspora—and an important part of the Brexit deliberations
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/40056/a-tale-of-two-taytos-how-an-anthropomorphic-crisp-became-a-symbol-for-irish-identity
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In the observer today 🥰
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Róisín Lanigan: ‘I moved to London and got bedbugs’
The Northern Irish journalist turned author on writing a haunted house novel for the rental age, her trick for capturing dialogue and favourite millennial reads
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/15/roisin-lanigan-i-want-to-go-home-but-im-already-there-debut-novel
7 months ago
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if you're in bristol pls come! tickets here :)
maxminervas.co.uk/products/eve...
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EVENT 03/04: Róisín Lanigan introduces I Want To Go Home But I'm Alrea
Join us for an exciting evening with Róisín Lanigan to discuss her debut novel, I Want To Go Home But I'm Already There, a darkly funny ghost story set in the rental crisis.
https://maxminervas.co.uk/products/event-03-04-roisin-lanigan?srsltid=AfmBOop58dt5sSKsRs_y8e1CA8ZoQ-3XH_QeiufD-1IRsYDUo1TE1Kfb
7 months ago
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first ever review! In the Sunday times!
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
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This ghost story perfectly captures the horrors of Generation Rent
Róisín Lanigan’s debut novel, I Want to Go Home but I’m Already There, follows a young couple as they move into a suspiciously affordable London flat
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/want-go-home-already-there-roisin-lanigan-review-5zmrlnp0n
7 months ago
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Jolyon Maugham KC
7 months ago
Terribly convenient, isn't it, for a generation in power which has ruthlessly screwed young people - house prices, tuition fees and grants, environmental breakdown, hostility to their speech and identity - to blame smart phones for their poor mental health.
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wrote about meghan markle: millennial martha stewart for
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/4643...
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With Love, Meghan is a lifestyle show for a lifestyle nobody can have
The Duchess of Sussex’s Netflix series is an indulgent portrayal of Montecito millionaire moms — but it might just leave you charmed
https://www.ft.com/content/4643d48b-7dae-4180-ade5-1fe605aee371
7 months ago
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TWO WEEKS from today my first book will be out in the world. I'm so proud of her (and look at the matchboxes!!)
7 months ago
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Róisín Lanigan
The Fence
7 months ago
Another dispatch from
@bronmaher.bsky.social
, who is on Hampstead Heath again.
thefence.substack.com/p/off-the-fe...
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Off The Fence: Party Poppers on the Heath
And we celebrate Gilbert & George
https://thefence.substack.com/p/off-the-fence-party-poppers-on-the
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excited to announce the belfast launch for i want to go home but i'm already there will be held in no alibi's bookshop on 26th march i cant WAIT
noalibis.com/event/book-l...
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Book Launch: Róisín Lanigan – I Want To Go Home But I’m Already There – No Alibis Bookstore
Join us for an evening in the bookshop to celebrate the launch of Róisín Lanigan’s debut novel, I Want To Go Home But I’m Already There. Róisín will be in conversation with Áine Toner of the Belfast Telegraph.
https://noalibis.com/event/book-launch-roisin-lanigan-i-want-to-go-home-but-im-already-there/
7 months ago
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from now until Monday if you pre order my book from Waterstones u get 25% off !!
7 months ago
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