I don’t think I’ve ever made a window display in a Dubray bookstore before so it’s really cool to see this in the Liffey Valley store. Thanks folks #FewAndFarBetween

Quick reminder for Ballymena friends. I’ll be in Waterstones in the Fairhill reading from and talking about #FewAndFarBetween at 7pm on Thursday. Please come along.

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 10:45 this evening for the first of 10 instalments of #FewAndFarBetween on Book at Bedtime. Beautifully read by Tara Lynne O’Neill and produced by Michael Shannon @doubledayuk.bsky.social

Book Of The Week: Few and Far Between by Jan Carson Jan Carson's brilliantly inventive fifth novel deposits readers on a small group of islands in the middle of Northern Ireland's remarkable Lough Neagh.

So pleased that #FewAndFarBetween is book of the week on RTE.ie Thank you so much to the wonderful Cristín Leach for this cracking write up.

www.rte.ie/culture/2026...

'If you've lived in the North, you'll recognise the sticking plaster approach to issues' In the late 1950s, Terrence O’Neill proposed draining Lough Neagh to create a seventh county for the North. In Jan Carson's latest novel, she imagines a scenario where the drainage scheme goes ahead, ...

Here’s a wee essay I wrote about Lough Neagh for the Irish Examiner (this was the photoshoot with the attack swans but they’ve failed to make an appearance here) #FewAndFarBetween www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pe...

That was some week… thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate this wee book with me. I think #FewAndFarBetween is well and truly launched.

Friends in the Glasgow area, am coming to Daydreams Bookstore to talk about #FewAndFarBetween on May 18th. Reserve your spot via the website

A nice wee shout out for #FewAndFarBetween in today’s Sunday Post

there's not enough bloody room in a skeet... #booksky #fewandfarbetween

Huge thanks to Nicholas Allen for this wonderful review of #FewAndFarBetween in today’s Irish Times. It says lots of very insightful and generous things but I’m going to insist we put the line “like Kevin Barry without the swearing” on every book cover from now on.

Please enjoy this montage of photos of me looking increasingly unhinged as we dandered round Dublin this morning signing copies of #FewAndFarBetween Thanks to Dubray Books, Hodges Figgis, Gutter and Books Upstairs for being such lovely hosts.

Despite the blockades, a gazillion of the loveliest people turned out for tonight’s #FewAndFarBetween launch at Books Upstairs Thanks to Neil, Louisa and so many wonderful souls for making it a truly special wee evening.

A huge happy publication day to the wonderful @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social for her novel #FewAndFarBetween Look at that beautiful cover! Can’t wait to read it 🎉🧡🧡🎉

@doubledayuk.bsky.social

#books #booksky

Happy publication day to #FewAndFarBetween if you’d like to pick up a signed copy somewhere in the North, there are stacks available from No Alibis, Secret Bookshelf, Little Acorns and Waterstones Ballymena, Belfast, Derry and Forestside… more coming soon.

Huge thanks to David Butler for this long and careful review of #FewAndFarBetween for @booksireland.bsky.social

Page Turners: ‘Few and Far Between’ author Jan Carson | IMAGE.ie Jan Carson shares her literary inspirations, writing process, and her ninth novel, an alternative history that explores what might have...

Thanks to Image.ie for this lovely feature on me and #FewAndFarBetween www.image.ie/living/page-...

Jan Carson: Would flooding Lough Neagh solve the blue-green algae problem? Jan Carson examines flooding Lough Neagh in her new novel, but the idea isn't as far fetched as it sounds, because it was almost attempted before.

Thanks to Peter Coulter for this great article about #FewAndFarBetween up on the BBC NI website today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jan Carson: Would flooding Lough Neagh solve the blue-green algae problem? Jan Carson examines flooding Lough Neagh in her new novel, but the idea isn't as far fetched as it sounds, because it was almost attempted before.

#FewAndFarBetween is the new novel from @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social

BBC News - Could flooding Lough Neagh get rid of blue-green algae?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC Radio Ulster - Good Morning Ulster Wake up to Good Morning Ulster and get all the news and analysis from home and abroad.

I’ll be on Good Morning Ulster about 8:45 on Thursday morning talking about #FewAndFarBetween listen along live or listen back via this link www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Woman holding a giant penguin in front of a stack of books

Big thanks to Jenni and the team at Little Acorns Bookstore for an absolutely lovely Derry launch for #FewAndFarBetween Such a gorgeous friendly crowd. Great to meet you all.

Woman in sunglasses standing outside BBC Radio Foyle

Thanks to Mark Patterson for a great chat about #FewAndFarBetween and all at BBC Radio Foyle

BBC Radio Foyle - The Mark Patterson Show News, views, issues and culture from across the north west of Northern Ireland.

I’ll be on the Mark Patterson Show on BBC Radio Foyle at noon today talking about #FewAndFarBetween you can listen in live or catch up later via this link www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Thanks to all the lovely Belfast folk who turned out for tonight’s #FewAndFarBetween launch

Book launch of @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social new novel tonight #FewAndFarBetween @crescentarts.bsky.social
Ably introduced by @garrettcarr.bsky.social
Lough Neagh reimagined- loved it!

#FewAndFarBetween is dedicated to our own favourite bookseller, David Torrans and indie booksellers everywhere. Over the next year I’m going to see how many indie bookstores I can visit and share with you all. Series kicks off tomorrow. #IndieBooksellers #SaintsAndWarriors

Box of misshapen shortbread sailboats

200 little shortbread sailboats have arrived from Ballymena… this can only mean a book launch is imminent #FewAndFarBetween

Jan signing books

Stack of copies of Few and Far Between

Stack of copies of Few and Far Between

First sighting of #FewAndFarBetween in the wild. Big thanks to Waterstones Ballymena who’ve been championing my writing for years. Lovely to see the new book in the window and a stack of signed copies by the door. Please join us for an in store reading and chat on Thursday April 13th at 7pm

Wonderful news! Can’t wait to read this - #FewAndFarBetween by @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social 📚👏👏📚

#books #booksky

As a lifelong BBC Radio 4 fan could not be happier to tell you all that #FewAndFarBetween will be Book at Bedtime airing every evening at 10:45 for 2 weeks. Beautifully narrated by Tara Lynne O’Neill and expertly produced by Michael Shannon. Listen along live or listen back on BBC Sounds

Jan Carson

If you’re missing out on the Belfast launch of #FewAndFarBetween do not panic. I’ve just updated the events page on my website and there are almost 30 other chances to listen to me in person or on the radio. More coming soon. (sorry) www.jancarson.co.uk