fiction

Fiction

My debut novel 'Somewhere' was launched in Dublin & Sligo in May 2026.
I was absolutely honoured to have Una Mannion and Elske Rahill as guest speakers.

From Paul Laughlin's review in Culture Matters UK, April 2026 We return again and again to the novel’s central theme of relationships, some of which have been ruptured catastrophically and others which, in the end literally provide a lifeline. [...] The complexities and exasperations of the fraught relationship between Clodagh and her mother Sylvia which, despite its high and low points, remains a source of affection and mutual support, is perfectly captured. [...] With Somewhere Jessamine O’Connor has written a compelling novel that not only sits within that important [Irish literary] tradition but makes a significant contribution to it.

Great community reviews on Goodreads here

Literary agent:

Jennifer Lyons

[email protected]

https://www.jenniferlyonsliteraryagency.com/

Contact:

Use the contact form on the home page to reach me directly RE poetry, film, collaboration, workshops, queries etc.

Publisher:

Lilliput Press

https://www.lilliputpress.ie/

What:

Debut novel.... literary fiction... contemporary Ireland..
Here is what they say (in the Irish Times):
"Jessamine O’Connor’s Lilliput-published debut novel Somewhere tells of Clodagh, who leaves her partner Seamus and tries to make it on her own in Dublin, all the while navigating addiction, a housing crisis and other corrosive relationships."