John Connell

Genres: Irish Writing | Memoir | Nature | Non-Fiction

John Connell has had work published in Granta’s New Irish Writing issue. His memoir The Cow Book was a #1 bestseller in Ireland and won the 2018 An Post Irish Book Award/Ireland AM Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year. His second book The Running Book: A Journey through Memory, Landscape and History was published by Picador in October 2020. John lives on his family farm, Birchview, in County Longford, Ireland.

Arts Council - funding literature
Fáilte Ireland
Wild Atlantic Way
CCC Library & Arts Service
Cork County Council
Pure Cork
RTÉ Supporting The Arts
Maritime Hotel