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The Writing Shed: Author Catherine Talbot on her creative space, writing routine and everything in between.


by Sophie Grenham
15th Oct 2021

Catherine Talbot photographed by Michael Durand

Her debut novel, 'A Good Father', is a thriller that pulls you into the murky depths of an unsound mind.

Catherine Talbot is an author, a budding screenwriter and former bookseller from Greystones, Co Wicklow. Her debut novel, A Good Father, is a thriller that pulls you into the murky depths of an unsound mind. On the surface, protagonist Des is a devoted husband and father who holds down a grey yet stable job. Cracks have formed in the facade: his artist wife is unwaveringly focused on her creations and insists on staying friends with...

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