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Lisa Harding and I meet in a city centre park on a day so inclement that we battle bend-double wind, snow and some hail as we walk and talk. Somehow, the elemental weather feels fitting for a discussion of Lisa's new novel, Bright Burning Things, which features a protagonist, Sonya, so ferocious that she leaps straight off the page and into the imagination, in a story of motherhood, addiction, love, loss and the delicate dawn of hope, that is viscerally told and beautifully written.

Books to look out for in 2021 Irish fiction New work that has been a long time coming generates a particular shiver of anticipation. Small Things Like These (Faber, October) will be Claire Keegan’s first new work since her novella Foster, still a bestseller 10 years on. Her publisher says: “An exquisite wintery parable, Claire Keegan’s long-awaited return tells the story of a simple act of courage and tenderness, in the face of conformity, fear and judgment.” Small Things Like These (Faber, October) will be Claire Keegan’s first new work since her novella Foster, still a bestsel...