Bringing A Greystones Book To Life

Author Siofra O’Donovan

irst published in Ireland back in 2000 and later in Poland, local author Siofra O’Donovan will be marking the Audible release of her acclaimed novel Malinski with a special reading and Q&A at The Whale this month.

Happening on Thursday, May 21st, actor Gerry Cannon will revisit the recording with a live reading, whilst Social Fabric podcaster Andrea Splendori will then interview O’Donovan.

The new audiobook version of Malinski arrives at a moment, says the author, when its themes feel strikingly contemporary.

Here’s the official word…

The novel begins in Lviv–once Polish Lvov and now in Ukraine– as the Nazis advance. Young Henryk persuades his mother to return to the family home rather than flee west, a decision that will shape both their lives. After the fall of communism fifty years later, Henry and Stanislav meet again.

Malinski is a novel of memory and loss, an exploration of the ways in which human beings invent themselves and imagine other people’s lives. ‘It is written with a concentrated grace that announces Síofra O’Donovan as a major talent in Irish fiction.’ Malinski was widely acclaimed on publication, with praise from The Irish Times, Irish Independent, The Irish Examiner, The Warsaw Voice and Rzeczpospolita.

Narrated for Audible by Gerry Cannon and recorded by BitSixteen Studios, the evening evokes the consequences of war: exile, dispossession, fractured memory, and the ways in which history continues to inhabit ordinary lives.

You can find out more about the Audible Malinski launch at The Whale on Thursday, May 21st here ( 20% discount with the code SIO26), about the book itself here, grab the audiobook here, the Kindle here or hardback here, and find out more about Siofra O’Donovan right here.