28 April,
Fiction /
Debut Novels: Nicola Dinan and K Patrick
Sunday, 28 April 2024, 5:00pm
The Mick Lally Theatre / €8/10
Tickets On Sale NowDuration 60 Mins
K Patrick’s Mrs S is a sensual tale of queer love that paints a revelatory portrait of the butch experience – exploring the contested terrain of our bodies, our desires and the constraints society places around both. Nicola Dinan’s Bellies is a thoughtful and deeply moving portrayal of queer love. From London, to Kuala Lumpur, New York to Cologne, we follow Tom and Ming as they face shifts in their relationship as Ming transitions.
Join K and Nicola in conversation with Tara McEvoy.
Author Biographies
Nicola Dinan grew up in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur and now lives in London. She studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University before training as a lawyer. Bellies, her debut, was shortlisted for the Mo Siewcharran prize.
K Patrick is a writer based in Scotland. Their poetry has appeared in Poetry Review, Granta and Five Dials, and was shortlisted for The White Review Poet’s Prize in 2021, the same year that K was also shortlisted for The White Review’s Short Story Prize. In 2023 they were shortlisted for the BBC Short Story Award. Their debut novel, Mrs S, published by Fourth Estate (UK) and Europa (US) was selected as an Observer Best Debut of the Year, and K was named a Granta Best of Young British Novelists for 2023. Their debut poetry collection, Three Births, will be published by Granta Poetry in 2024.
