The 11 year old's project: drawing the GAA crests for each of Ireland's counties. 27 and 28 of 32: Offaly and Mayo.

You don’t see this style of lady much anymore.

Kilmore Quay, Wexford. No better place to discuss The Boy from the Sea, which I’ll be doing today at 11:30.

Wexford this evening. I’m appearing at the Write by the Sea festival tomorrow, Kilmore Quay, 11:30. I’ll be chatting with Jan Carson.

24, 25 and 26 of 32: Kildare, Laois and Carlow.

23 of 32: Limerick.

21 and 22 of 32: Clare and Sligo.

Set over 20 years, FINDING BELLE is a family saga, although focused on just a handful of characters and the damage done by shame and secrets. Compelling and immersive.

19 and 20 of 32: Galway and Wicklow. My son points out to me that Wicklow is the only county that begins and ends with the same letter.

17 and 18 of 32: Tyrone and Louth.

Number 55 in a list of books by former Heaney Centre students: MRS HART'S MARRIAGE BUREAU by Sheena Wilkinson. "In beautifully authentic language true to its time and setting, along with mischief and irony, this is a gem. Kate Atkinson fans will love it," says the Irish Independent.

The Boy from the Sea is set in Killybegs, Ireland’s northwest. Here it is circa 1890.

My 11 year old son draws the GAA crest for each county in Ireland. 16 of 32: Fermanagh.

The 11 year old's new project: drawing the GAA crests for each of Ireland's counties. 1: Tipperary. 31 more to follow.

12, 13 and 14 of 32: Wexford, Down and Westmeath.

11 of 32: Roscommon.

10 of 32: Cavan.

A couple of English events coming up in October. With Alan Murrin in Cheltenham and Reeta Chakrabarti at the Wimbledon Book Festival. www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/tales... www.wimbledonbookfest.org/events/reeta...

The 11 year old's new project: drawing the GAA crests for each of Ireland's counties. 8 and 9 of 32: Dublin and Meath.

The 11 year old's new project: drawing the GAA crests for each of Ireland's counties. 7 of 32: Donegal.

6 out of 32: Monaghan.

4 and 5 of 32: Leitrim and Kilkenny.

My son's new colouring pencil project: drawing the GAA crests for each of Ireland's counties. 3 of 32: Waterford.

The 11 year old's new colouring pencil project: drawing the GAA crests for each of Ireland's counties. 2 of 32: Antrim.

The 11 year old's new project: drawing the GAA crests for each of Ireland's counties. 1: Tipperary. 31 more to follow.

Bonjour! Published today in France.

When I was writing The Boy from the Sea I found drawing helped me keep a good grasp of aspects of the novel. Here are sketches of the trawlers owned by Ambrose Bonnar and Tommy O'Gara.

These are the novels we’ll be reading for the Craft & Technique module in our MA in Creative Writing in the Seamus Heaney Centre at QUB. We start next month.

One of these kids is doing their own thing. Recent translations of The Boy from the Sea.

Thank you very much Kat.

54 in a list of books by Seamus Heaney Centre students: THE OASIS by Charles Lang, published by Skein Press. "You’re stopped by the voice in these poems," says Alan Gillis. "This debut collection announces Charles Lang as one of the best new poets in Scotland."

13 years ago my son took a hold of me.

This was a great chat and Louise, of course, got a full house. It was in the charming Rathmullan House. Thanks Earagail Arts Festival for having us and Liz Cullinane for the photograph.

North Donegal tonight.

Just finished reading this beauty by @garrettcarr.bsky.social Pure Donegal. Loved it. Favourite moments? Calamari on a fishing trawler and a Casserole dish in a kitchen.

The Boy from the Sea, or Il ragazzo venuto dal mare, is out in Italian today. There are print and audio versions. Grazie.

Donegal, according to my 11 year old.

In Lille, France, they have an entire shop that only sells tins of sardines. It's not even that small of a shop.

Delighted to see The Boy from the Sea on this list: www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Great to have The Boy from the Sea included in the Washington Post's list of top reads for the summer.

I was lucky enough to attend a brilliant keynote from Cormac Moore recently in Toronto. His book Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission is essential to anyone interested in the story of how Ireland's border was supposed to be redrawn, and why it was not.

Great keynote last night in Toronto from Anna Teekell on the Magical Realist border, with writing by Jan Carson, Michael Hughes and Mary Burke.

Fascinating uses of visual material to get at history. Emily Mark-FitzGerald shows us some of the very first photos of Dublin and Jessica Poulin uses a painting to reveal the changing lives of Irish Canadians at the Canadian Association for Irish Studies Annual Meeting.

I'm heading to Toronto for this conference. In separate events I'm going to be talking about The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland's Border and my new novel The Boy from the Sea. It is co-hosted by York University and St Michael's College, University of Toronto. www.eventbrite.ca/e/caisacei-2...

I'm heading over to this, in separate events I'm going to be talking about The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland's Border and my new novel The Boy from the Sea.

Book 53 in my list of books by Seamus Heaney Centre students: BLINDSPOT by Hannah King, published recently by No Exit Press. "Beautifully written and heartbreaking, The Blindspot perfectly brings to life family complexities ... stays with you long after you’ve left the page," says Heather Critchlow.

Great to see that The Boy from the Sea is IrishCentral's book club pick for June. I hope you all enjoy the Bonnars, the Lyons and the coast of Donegal. www.irishcentral.com/culture/the-...

"absolutes Highlight war „der Junge aus dem Meer“ von Garrett Carr" sounds like it might be good.

I would've loved a chopper as a child so I'm liking this Radio Times illustration. It was used for a recent interview with me in the magazine. The Boy from the Sea is the current Radio Times book club selection. The background is great, it looks like the coast road to Kilcar, west of Killybegs.

Thanks Neil! Great to meet you.