"Probably amongst the best collections – if not the best collection – we're destined to read all year" – Dinosaurs on Other Planets by Danielle McLaughlin Since we last checked in with Danielle … Read more
Review by Lonesome Reader
It's not till the last part of this debut short story collection by author Danielle McLaughlin that you reach the title story. If you've read all the stories in order (as I did) then you'll already … Read more
Book Review by Catherine Taylor | Dinosaurs on Other Planets by Danielle McLaughlin review – a quietly dazzling debut
The fallout from Ireland's boom and bust permeates this thrilling collection of short stories There is currently a thrilling, seemingly unstoppable tide of new Irish writing emerging through small … Read more
Book Review by Sophie Gorman | Books: If you can make it in ‘The New Yorker’…
Our reviewer on a dazzling new voice emerging in Irish writing The first step to a good short story is that it can be read in one uninterrupted sitting. The second is that it knows and respects … Read more
Book Review by Laura Kenwright | DINOSAURS ON OTHER PLANETS BY DANIELLE MCLAUGHLIN
Like the best fiction, Danielle McLaughlin's debut short story collection feels bigger than the sum of its parts. The prose is taut, narratives whittled, characterisation disturbing and potent, but … Read more
Book Review by Sarah Gilmartin | Dinosaurs on Other Planets by Danielle McLaughlin : Planet-sized problems of humanity
A stirring debut collection on the loneliness of being alive 'She felt a small, quiet panic rise up inside of her. It was the panic of a swimmer who has drifted out, little by little, on a rogue … Read more
