Claire Kilroy: ‘My moral compass has turned 180 degrees on Lolita’ The Irish author on the allure of Lolita, the comfort of Yeats and the power of Winnie-the-Pooh The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2024
Women’s prize for fiction 2024: six expert reviews of the shortlisted books The Women’s prize for fiction has been championing women writers since it launched in 1996. It is one of the most influential and popular literary prizes in world with writers like Zadie Smith and Andrea Levy, among its past winners. The Conversation · Jun 4, 2024
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy audiobook review – a thrillingly blunt take on new motherhood Narrator Simone Collins leans into the dark humour of life at the domestic coalface, where moments of fierce love jostle with soul-sapping drudgery The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2024
‘Six spellbinding and thought-provoking novels’: why we chose the Women’s prize for fiction shortlist From Sri Lanka to New South Wales and Shanghai, these wide-ranging stories are united by a compelling focus on women’s experience The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024
Anne Enright, Kate Grenville and Isabella Hammad shortlisted for Women’s prize for fiction Capturing ‘an enormous breadth of the human experience’, the six shortlisted novels compete for a £30,000 prize to be awarded in June The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024
Anne Enright and Isabella Hammad make the Women’s prize for fiction longlist Three Irish authors – including Claire Kilroy and Megan Nolan – and Booker-shortlisted Brit Chetna Maroo sit among the 16 nominees, eight of them debut novels The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2024
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy review – a mother’s confession after the fight of her life An unnamed narrator shares the dislocating demands of early motherhood with her son in Kilroy’s astonishing new novel The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2023
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy review – immersive dive into the baby years The chaos and horrors of early motherhood are vividly, remorselessly evoked in a woman’s monologue to her son The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2023