Eggshells, the prize-winning debut novel by Caitriona Lally, is the story of a lonely misfit who finds solace in navigating life through stories. Taking us on a journey through the streets of Dublin, this is a poignant, delightful and ultimately hopeful story of loneliness and the search for belonging, acceptance and friendship. Join the author in conversation with arts journalist Sophie Grenham.

Caitriona Lally has published two novels, Eggshells (2015) and Wunderland (2021). She won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2018 and a Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction in 2019. She was the inaugural Rooney Writer Fellow at the Trinity Long Room Hub in 2022, and was one of the 2024 New Voices 20 Best New Irish Writers.

Sophie Grenham is a freelance arts journalist from Dublin who spent her formative years in Hong Kong. She has written widely for a variety of publications including the Irish Times, the Irish Independent, IMAGE and Social and Personal, and currently contributes to the Sunday Times Ireland and the Sunday Independent. Her short story, ‘14’, was published in the inaugural issue of Tír na nÓg magazine.