Elaine Feeney in conversation with Sinéad Crowley

The award-winning writer and poet Elaine Feeney, in conversation with Sinéad Crowley. Galway woman Elaine Feeney has been at the top of the best-sellers lists since the publication of her first novel, 'As You Were', in 2020. This award winning work was followed by 'How To Build A Boat' in 2023 and 'Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way' in 2025. She is also an award-winning poet and dramatist. Her work focuses on themes of history, national identity, state institutions and how these forces impact on the lives of Irish women. A wonderful interviewee, Elaine also excels as a reader of her own work. Sinéad Crowley is the ideal person to chat to Elaine, being a former Arts and Media Correspondent for RTE and of course a long-time friend of the Allingham Arts Festival. Also the writer of four novels, three of which have been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards she is an engaging interviewer and this event promises to be one of the highlights Allingham ’26.