n this episode of Point of View I have the great privilege of talking to Irish writer Nuala O'Connor, who is a prolific novelist, short story writer and poet, her latest and sixth novel 'Seaborne,' based on the life of 18th-century Irish pirate Anne Bonny, about whom much fake, fictional, fantastical stuff was written which gave Nuala a lot of freedom to invent.' Nuala has a talent for bringing to the page with her powerful imagination the lives of maverick women , in Miss Emily that of Emily Dickinson, in Nora published in 2022 she conjures in sensuous and resonant prose the definitive portrait of Nora Barnacle, the strong , indomitable, passionate wife and muse of James Joyce , named one of the best books of historical fiction by the New York Times, Nuala also talks openly about her recent diagnosis with autism and how it has provided clarity and self compassion and a sense of calm and joy.. inhale that sea air and prepare to voyage with Nuala as she reads from Seaborne ..
