Updated / Friday, 9 Apr 2021
19:47
Louise Kennedy will be reflecting on the rave reviews her debut short story collection
The End of the World is a Cul de Sac has garnered.
my ma crying in her pyjamas when she saw I d dedicated the book to her and my da. wait til she realises it’s full of riding pic.twitter.com/kAlsmesVRf Louise Kennedy (@KennedyLoulou) April 1, 2021
The offshoots of this media attention vary from her mother being something of a star on Irish Book Twitter and of Louise herself being something of an inspiration for other women who have come to writing later in life. After all, Louise didn t think writing was for people like her (her words) until she was badgered into attending a writing group in 2014.