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Elaine Feeney


Born
Galway, Ireland
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Genre
Poetry, Fiction


Elaine Feeney was born in the West of Ireland and lives in Athenry. She published her first chapbook, Indiscipline in 2007, and has since published three collections of poetry, Where’s Katie? (2010), The Radio Was Gospel (2014) and Rise (2017) with Salmon Publishing.

Feeney’s work has been widely published and anthologised in Poetry Review, The Stinging Fly, Oxford Poetry, Poetry Ireland, The Irish Times, The Manchester Review, Stonecutter Journal and Coppernickel.

Her debut novel, As You Were, was published by Harvill Secker/ VINTAGE in August 2020.

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Average rating: 3.74 · 6,812 ratings · 901 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors
How to Build a Boat
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As You Were
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All the Good Things You Des...
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Rise
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The Radio Was Gospel
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Where's Katie?
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Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way
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“The College was everything Tess Mahon despised about education; closest to the church, farthest from god.”
― Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat
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“his desire to find the interconnection in every random set of occurrences, made her realise how much she was missing out on—in an effort to keep peace, or to just avoid drama. She was beginning to realise that by avoiding drama she was headed for an almighty crash. And how she had switched off entirely from looking for any beauty in the world.”
― Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat
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“To some, the world is filled with threats. To others, opportunities.”
― Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat
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