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Getting Storyshaped With Gráinne O'Brien
Episode 7
Wednesday, 3 December, 2025
Gráinne O'Brien is no stranger to anyone on the Irish book scene! A bookseller, a creative writing coach, and a published author, she released her debut YA novel in April 2025 to instant acclaim. We were delighted that she made time in a very busy day - with thanks to The Campus Bookshop in UCD, Sinéad's old workplace, for giving her somewhere to set up her computer so she could talk to us! - and we had a brilliant natter about stories, books, and the importance of listening to the voices in your head. (If you know, you know!)Find Gráinne online HEREFind Rontu, Gráinne's creative writing coaching service, HEREFind Kenny's Bookshop, where Gráinne is Children's Buyer, HEREBooks mentioned in this week's episode include Gráinne's own:A Limerick FairytaleSoloAnd the stories which shaped her include:Big Magic, by Elizabeth GilbertThese Are the Words, by Nikita GillThe work of Sarah CrossanThe life and work of Mary O'Shea, elementary school librarian in Palo Alto, CARamona Quimby, by Beverly ClearyThe Baby-sitters' Club, by Ann M. MartinWayside School Gets a Little Stranger, by Louis SacharHoles, by Louis SacharThe Magician of Tiger Castle, by Louis SacharThe Goosebumps books, by RL StineThe work of Maeve BinchyFlowers in the Attic, by Virginia AndrewsThe work of Marian KeyesJAWS, by Peter BenchleyI Capture the Castle, by Dodie SmithThe work of Jessica TownsendThe Murder Most Unladylike series, by Robin StevensThe Song of the Lioness, by Tamora PierceNina Peanut Is Amazing and Nina Peanut, Mega Mystery Solver, by Sarah BowiePablo and Splash, by Sheena DempseyNotes from a Coma, by Mike McCormackThe work of Sarah Moore FitzgeraldThe work of Donal RyanThe work of Joseph O'ConnorThe Book of Secrets, by Alex DunneUnder the Hawthorn Tree (trilogy), by Marita Conlon-McKennaCreative Writing for Dummies, by Maggie HamandAtmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins ReidOur podcast bookshop in Ireland is Halfway Up the Stairs: www.halfwayupthestairs.ie. You might also like to check out www.kennys.ie for free shipping within the Republic of Ireland!In the UK, check out our storefront on: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyshaped. Disclaimer: If you buy books linked to our site, we may earn a commission from bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookshops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
