“Once you’ve written one book, you know that beginning another will change you. You do it so you can discover some imaginary lovers that you’ll grow to care for. You test them to the point where they become new people. And then you become a new person, too.”

Thanks to Justine Carbery for this v kind review of Instant Fires in the Sunday Indo. New Island Books

Go Mia! Thanks Mia... #grownup

Well now. Apparently “Instant Fires is a wonderful read; a strange but compelling story written with great lyricism and insight.”

I loved Andrew Meehan's latest book Instant Fires. If you don't care what I think look at what Kevin Barry says. Kevin Barry!! So good I honoured it with my best bookmark.

You’d think, having already written and published a novel called The Mystery of Love, I’d have copped on to the fact that I write love stories. Slow on the uptake, sometimes. Thanks to Martina Devlin for the lovely chat about Instant Fires.

The latest episode of #CityofBooks is available now on RadioMoLI! In this one, writer Andrew Meehan speaks to host Martina Devlin about how it took him three books to realise he was writing love stories. Listen now at moli.ie/radio/series/c…

“Heidelberg is a town in which misfits find each other.” My dad used to get The Scotsman. So I was really pleased to revisit Heidelberg and to talk about Instant Fires in The Scotsman this weekend. New Island Books

Andrew Meehan is nailing his colours to the mast. He writes #lovestories, he says – although it took him until his third novel #instantfires to recognise it! 🥰 Andrew Meehan chats to Martina Devlin City of Books podcast Dublin UNESCO 🔗podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/45-…

Thanks to Anne Cunningham for this lovely, lovely review of Instant Fires. For today, at least, everything will be luminous.

Interesting classified in the latest LRB. Looks like a great position for an ambitious young literary type – please share widely

Philip Guston’s book paintings

Happy Saturday! It's day seventeen of our #WCLF2022 Literary Advent Calendar and today we are hearing from Andrew Meehan. Andrew's latest novel Instant Fires was published by New Island in September. All our Advent videos have captions available westcorkmusic.ie/artists/2022/1…

For your ears! Here I am talking about my love for the work of Amy Bloom and more, more, more...

The shape of love: A creative-writing masterclass with Andrew Meehan membership.theguardian.com/event/the-shap… #GuardianMasterclasses Guardian Masterclasses

4pm today BBC Radio 4 for TAKE FOUR BOOKS I'm talking to Rachelle Atalla about her new novel THE SALT FLATS and 3 books that influenced it: Richard Ford's 'Women With Men', Margaret E Atwood's 'Oryx and Crake' and Kenneth Cook's 'Wake In Fright' 📻🎧 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Today, 4pm on BBC Radio 4, I'm talking to David Szalay about his new novel FLESH & his 3 influences: American writer Katherine Faw, Virginia Woolf & Joseph Conrad (also with Andrew Meehan!) Listen here/wherever you get your podcasts🎧📻📚 #TakeFourBooks bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…