For Soula Emmanuel, a covid writing project that started as a way to ‘escape’ during lockdown became a story of transition and change that she hopes resonates with all readers.
Emmanuel, 32, is a Greek-Irish trans woman living on the east coast of Ireland. She published her first novel, Wild Geese, in March and it follows a trans woman named Phoebe living in Copenhagen who receives an unexpected visitor from home. Having started her own transition journey five years ago, Emmanuel says the writing and publishing process feels almost as vulnerable.
“That’s kind of how debut novels work nowadays. You’re not just launching a piece of writing you’re actually launching a public persona,” she says.
The full piece, by Denise O’Donoghue, is here.
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