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‘Wild, elemental and brimming with ideas and intelligence, Hagstone feels both ancient and very modern. I adored it’ Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses ‘A wonderfully surprising and totally original novel from a compelling voice’ Elaine Feeney, author of How to Build a Boat 'Gleeson's magnificent debut novel is that rare thing: a literary page-turner. Against the backdrop of a remote Irish island, Gleeson has conjured a world in which a group of richly drawn characters search for meaning in art and love, religion and nature. A mingling of mystery, folklore, sci-fi and self-discovery, Hagstone is an entirely original tale that left me haunted and moved. I loved it' Jennifer Higgie, author of The Other Side 'There were times as I read Hagstone when I felt that I was in a great folk horror film. I wasn't just watching it; I was in it. It is a startling, engrossing, darkly playful novel' Roddy Doyle, author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha 'A brilliant, gripping novel that explores the internal conflict of every artist – human relationships versus work; the urge to participate in society versus the urge to opt out' Sara Baume, author of A Line Made By Walking

‘A wonderfully surprising and totally original novel from a compelling voice’ Elaine Feeney, author of How to Build a Boat

‘Wild, elemental and brimming with ideas and intelligence, Hagstone feels both ancient and very modern. I adored it’ Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses ‘A wonderfully surprising and totally original novel from a compelling voice’ Elaine Feeney, author of How to Build a Boat 'Gleeson's magnificent debut novel is that rare thing: a literary page-turner. Against the backdrop of a remote Irish island, Gleeson has conjured a world in which a group of richly drawn characters search for meaning in art and love, religion and nature. A mingling of mystery, folklore, sci-fi and self-discovery, Hagstone is an entirely original tale that left me haunted and moved. I loved it.' Jennifer Higgie, author of The Other Side 'There were times as I read HAGSTONE when I felt that I was in a great folk horror film. I wasn't just watching it; I was in it. It is a startling, engrossing, darkly playful novel.' Roddy Doyle, author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha 'A brilliant, gripping novel that explores the internal conflict of every artist – human relationships versus work; the urge to participate in society versus the urge to opt out' Sara Baume, author of A Line Made By Walking

Praise for Sinéad Gleeson ‘Gleeson has changed the Irish literary landscape’ Anne Enright, author of Actress ‘Utterly magnificent. Raw, thought-provoking and galvanising’ Eimear McBride, author of A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing ‘Glitteringly brilliant … Political, poetic, tender and angry … remarkable’ Robert Macfarlane, author of The Lost Words ‘Outstanding … wide-ranging, intimate and expressive’ Observer ‘Wise and compassionate’ Kit de Waal, author of My Name is Leon ‘Astonishing, brilliant and beautiful’ Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth

‘Wild, elemental and brimming with ideas and intelligence, Hagstone feels both ancient and very modern. I adored it’ Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses ‘A wonderfully surprising and totally original novel from a compelling voice’ Elaine Feeney, author of How to Build a Boat 'Gleeson's magnificent debut novel is that rare thing: a literary page-turner. Against the backdrop of a remote Irish island, Gleeson has conjured a world in which a group of richly drawn characters search for meaning in art and love, religion and nature. A mingling of mystery, folklore, sci-fi and self-discovery, Hagstone is an entirely original tale that left me haunted and moved. I loved it.' Jennifer Higgie, author of The Other Side

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Sinead Gleeson's debut essay collection Constellations: Reflections from Life (Picador) won Non-Fiction Book of the Year at 2019 Irish Book Awards and in 2020 was shortlisted for the Dalkey Literary Award, the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Michel Deon Prize. Her short stories have featured in several anthologies including Being Various: New Irish Short Stories (Faber, 2019) and Repeal the 8th. She has edited the award-winning anthologies The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers and The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland, and is currently working on a novel.

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