Eimear McBride, author portrait
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Eimear McBride

EIMEAR MCBRIDE grew up in the west of Ireland and trained at Drama Centre London before turning her attention to writing novels. Her books A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, The Lesser Bohemians, and Strange Hotel have won numerous awards respectively, including the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, The Goldsmiths Prize, the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In a 2018 Times Literary Supplement poll of 200 critics, Eimear was named one of the ten best British and Irish novelists writing today. Alongside writing novels, Eimear is an active screenwriter. Eimear has recently directed a short film titled A VERY SHORT FILM ABOUT LONGING, starring Joe Alwyn.
The Lesser Bohemians
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

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The Lesser Bohemians
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

Events

Tue Oct 21 | 08:30 PM
Performance Works - Granville Island
1218 Cartwright St.
Vancouver, BC 
Google Map

Sun Oct 26 | 04:00 PM
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, On 
Google Map

Wed Oct 29 | 07:30 PM
Victoria College Chapel
91 Charles St W,
Toronto,, ON M5S 2C7
Google Map

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