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An unforgettable novel about kindness and its power to change lives
REVIEWS​
​"This is a book of such tenderness, full of pain, grief and despair and
yet playful and joyful at the same time. Kit de Waal has an uncanny
ability to create vivid characters with such empathy that I want to reach
into the pages to hug them. I truly loved this book."
Liz Nugent, author of Strange Sally Diamond
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"What a wonderful novel, bursting with life. Kit de Waal is a writer
who knows all the secret longings of the human heart ."
Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of Ordinary Time
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"Beautiful. De Waal has the power to astound, to lift and console,
to make life with her sentences."
Donal Ryan, author of The Queen of Dirt Island
Available April 10, 2025
RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Women's Prize for Fiction 2025
The judging panel is chaired by author Kit de Waal.
She is joined by:
Novelist, journalist Diana Evans
Author, journalist and mental-health campaigner, Bryony Gordon
Magazine editor, Editor-in-Chief of Glamour UK, Deborah Joseph;
Musician and composer Amelia Warner.
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The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the greatest celebration of female creativity in the world. 2025 celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, sponsored by Audible and Baileys.
(L-R) Bryony Gordon, Amelia Warner, Diana Evans, Kit de Waal, Deborah Joseph
LATEST
The Green & The Black is about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through multiple generations of one family
​Discussing the power of diverse voices with Iole Dexter. ​
Kit is now represented by Peter Strauss at London-based literary
agency RCW. Contact details are on the contact page and in the footer.
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
LISTEN
Penguin Podcast, Kit de Waal with Katy Brand (32 min)
Literary Salon with Damian Barr (44 min)
How to Fail with Elizabeth Day (58 min)
READ
The Times Literary Supplement Twenty Questions
The Aesthetic Memoir with Lily Dunn
The Class Work Project with Shan Stephens
QUICK, ONLINE
READS
Article from The Irish Times
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Books Ireland Magazine
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A short story Resistance.
​Flash Fiction.
OTHER PUBLISHED WORK
Supporting Cast
Capturing the extraordinary moments in our ordinary lives.
My Name Is Leon
Best selling debut novel.
The Trick to Time
"Heroically ordinary."
- Financial Times
A valuable anthology of working-class writers.
Co-founder
Primadonna Festival
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Member
The Black Writers' Guild
