Lannan Literary Awards

So a large part of the project for the independent press movement over the last 50 years has been to go ahead and say those things, even though it makes getting philanthropic support, which is very, very shallow in the independent press movement.

I mean, it has gotten money from large philanthropies like the Lannan Foundation and the Reader's Digest.

The Mellon and the Reader's Digest Foundation, all of these, they have given money for substantial periods of time to these presses.

But it was always understood that, you know, don't offend the people who are giving you money.

I thought it was a really, really special novel.

Um, and, um, then she won the Lannan Award, which is a pretty substantial American award for, uh, an outstanding Irish writer, and she was shortlisted, uh, the first book was shortlisted for the, um, An Post, uh, Irish Book Awards, um, the, the Debut, the, the Debut Novel Award.

So, um, I think that's the most important literary information, and we'll, uh, be hearing more from Catriona about her, her life, um, in the conversation.

Um, so, uh, I prepared some questions, but we'd, we'd just, just see, see, see how it goes.