Suzanne Harrington is an Irish writer living in Brighton. She contributes to the Irish Independent and the Irish Examiner, and her work has appeared in the Irish Times, the Belfast Telegraph, and the Guardian. Her first memoir, The Liberty Tree (2013), was published by Atlantic Books; she is currently working on Geographicals, a second memoir focused on escaping 1980s Ireland.
Suzanne Harrington
Original Series
Luc and Peggy
On being inducted into the 'cult' of Luc and Peggy in Barcelona.
9th June 2026
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The Music is Black
Rage, hope and joy co-exist in this celebration of 125 years of Black British music
27th May 2026
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The Comfort of Distant Stars
A dazzlingly original debut novel from Nigerian writer I.O. Echeruo
22nd April 2026
Original Series
A sick note
A journalist recalls how she came to London from Ireland at the age of 19 with an official letter suggesting that she was not entirely of sound mind.
15th March 2026
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There Is No Meant to Be
Jarred McGinnis's novel explores the succession of male violence that poisoned seven generations of McGinnis sons
11th March 2026
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Granta 173: India
A look at four short pieces of fiction from Granta's latest edition showcasing Indian writing
28th January 2026
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Red Pockets
Alice Mah's memoir confronts the climate crisis while dragging the reader back from the brink of despair
26th November 2025
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The Quiet Ear
The Quiet Ear by poet Raymond Antrobus explores what it is to be deaf in the world of the hearing through his own upbringing and the lives of other deaf artists
8th October 2025
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The Persians
The messy, gilded world of three generations of Iranian women after the 1979 revolution
30th July 2025
Close Up
The Sinéad Generation
An extract from Geographicals, Suzanne Harrington's memoir of escaping 1980s Ireland.
23rd July 2025
My Hit List
Suzanne Harrington’s cultural highlights
Suzanne Harrington on the film Kneecap, new stage versions of Oedipus & Elektra, Cathy Sweeney’s debut novel, Breakdown, photographs of Fashion Renegades of 80s London, and the TV thriller Say Nothing.
19th February 2025
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The Pocket Guide To Feminism
Bel Olid longs for a world that fosters authentic loving relationships
8th January 2025
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A Woman Like Me
A memoir of a much maligned politician with her fighting spirit intact
9th October 2024
What We Leave We Carry
Suzanne Harrington
Suzanne Harrington tells the story of why she had to leave her repressive homeland in Ireland in the 1980s.
21st August 2024
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James
The radical code-switching in Percival Everett's re-imagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
26th June 2024
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Azúcar
Nii Ayikwei Parkes's sprinkling of Caribbean and Black British fiction, poetry, criticism, memoirs and historical studies
17th April 2024
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Prophet Song
Irish dystopias have always already happened in Paul Lynch's novel
22nd November 2023
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Every Drop Is A Man’s Nightmare
Assured debut of a collection of short stories
25th October 2023
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Dispatches From The Diaspora
Gary Younge's decades of reporting, fom Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter
28th June 2023
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Hungry Ghosts
Kevin Jared Hosein's tragedy, wrapped in a love letter to Trinidad's beauty
3rd May 2023
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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Shehan Karunatilaka's Booker Prize-winning story of a queer Sri Lankan photojournalist
11th January 2023
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A Woman’s Battles and Transformations
A slim, tender, hopeful book about the author's mother
28th September 2022
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The Naked Don’t Fear The Water
What happens when a Western journalist pretends to be an Afghan refugee?
11th May 2022
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Love Marriage
Monica Ali's family and interracial comedy of class and status
9th February 2022
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How To Find Home
A trip along the yellow brick road - from Nottingham to Skegness
6th October 2021
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The Coward
A story of rage and rebellion following a catastrophic road accident
15th September 2021
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Not Quite Right For Us
Polite and not-so-polite rejection by the dominant culture
11th August 2021
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Love After Love
Grounded in vivid, rhythmic lyricism and no-nonsense Trinidadian wit.
23rd June 2021
Suzanne Harrington
Suzanne Harrington is an Irish author and journalist.