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Mary Costello is an Irish short story writer and novelist from Galway. She has won several awards for her books, including Academy Street and The River Capture, and has been published in the New Yorker Magazine.
Oct 9, 2023 · Podcast: The Writer’s Voice. Listen to Mary Costello read “The Choc-Ice Woman.” Mr. O’Shea had looked at her and then at Frank, a little alarmed. Without another word, she’d gone around...
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Oct 9, 2023 · This Week in Fiction. Mary Costello on Betrayal and Forgiveness. The author discusses “The Choc-Ice Woman,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Cressida Leyshon. October 9,...
- Cressida Leyshon
Mar 3, 2024 · Irish author on her new book, a collection of stories and the fruit of 10 years’ work. Mary Costello: 'I like writing that’s honest, no tricks or pyrotechnics.' Photograph: Yamila. Martin...
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Mary Costello lives in Dublin. Her collection of short stories, The China Factory, was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award. Academy Street is her first novel.
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May 1, 2015 · Named for the street on which its central character, an Irish immigrant, finds her New York home, this debut novel from Mary Costello deepens and magnifies the distinctive style evident in her...
Apr 13, 2015 · Books. Mary Costello: how I came to write Academy Street. ‘The ache for home, for belonging, is probably one of the more obvious themes in Academy Street. It’s not just a physical home that Tess...
