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Join us at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum for an evening with award-winning Irish author Oisín Fagan, as part of our Éire to Everywhere: Stories Without Borders book event series. Oisín will be in conversation about his novel Eden’s Shore, followed by a Q&A with the audience and a book signing….
Join us at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum for an evening with award-winning Irish author Oisín Fagan, as part of our Éire to Everywhere: Stories Without Borders book event series. Oisín will be in conversation about his novel Eden’s Shore, followed by a Q&A with the audience and a book signing.
This event offers an opportunity to hear Oisín Fagan discuss the ideas, influences and themes behind Eden’s Shore, as well as his wider body of work. Through conversation and audience questions, the evening will explore questions of belief, power, community and belonging, before concluding with a book signing.
Ticket holders should arrive about 10 minutes before 5:30pm at the Visitor Information desk within chq. There they will be escorted to the event’s location. We would ask that you arrive no later than 5:35pm, as it’s imperative these events begin on time to ensure the best experience for the author and for our visitors.
About the Book
Eden’s Shore is a sprawling, ambitious historical novel set at the close of the eighteenth century. The story follows Angel Kelly, a young Irishman who sets sail from Liverpool with dreams of founding a utopian commune in Brazil. Before he reaches his destination, a mutiny aboard ship leaves him and his crew stranded on the coast of an unnamed Spanish colony in Latin America. In the aftermath, Kelly becomes caught up in a series of crises that lead to displacement, rebellion and a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between competing empires. Through vivid characters, the novel explores greed, revenge, love and human ambition against a backdrop of global upheaval and colonial power struggles.
About the Author
Oisín Fagan is an Irish writer whose fiction has been widely published and critically acclaimed. His work is known for its ambition, imaginative range and moral intensity. He has won the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award and has been shortlisted for a number of major literary prizes. His writing has appeared in leading literary journals and publications, and he is regarded as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Irish fiction.
At the end of 2025, Oisín was announced to be UCD’s new Writer in Residence for 2026.
Endorsements of Eden’s Shore
“Visceral, propulsive, kinetic” Colin Walsh, author of Kala
“Hilarious, beautiful and very violent” The Guardian
“A writer out to do whatever he wants” Observer
“A striking new voice” The Times
“Wild, dark and free-wheeling” Ferdia Lennon, author of Glorious Exploits
