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Garrett Carr is from Killybegs, a fishing town in Donegal, Ireland's northwest coast. He now lives in Belfast and teaches Creative Writing in the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queens University Belfast.
New novel:
THE BOY FROM THE SEA
"Compulsive reading ... Compassionate, lyrical and full of devilment"
Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses
"An utterly engrossing read. Atmospheric and incredibly moving, I was captivated by the trials and triumphs of the Bonnars. A bittersweet ballad of a novel, I'll be thinking about for a very long time"
Jan Carson, author of The Fire Starters
Garrett's novel The Boy From the Sea will be published by Picador on 6 February 2025. It will be published in the USA by Knopf and is being translated into ten other languages.
Non-fiction:
THE RULE OF THE LAND: WALKING IRELAND'S BORDER
“Great writing about landscape and history”
Colm Tóibín
“Garrett Carr engages a mapmaker’s eye and a writer’s sensibility to create a great book”
The Irish Times
“It is Carr's contention that Ireland is more divided than any of us suspected — not in two but in three: north, south and borderland. The third state is opened up in this marvellous book”
The Daily Telegraph
“Timely, informative and often very funny”
Tom Holland
“Packed with interest – varied and fun to read”
Times Literary Supplement
“A journey into the potency of politics and history woven through place”
The Scotsman
“As definitive an account of the line as you will ever read”
The Guardian
“Carr has the eye of a scientist, and a poet’s facility with words”
Irish Independent
Younger readers:
THE BADNESS OF BALLYDOG, LOST DOGS and DEEP DEEP DOWN
“A born storyteller.”
The Times
“One of the most imaginative debut children's novels I've read in a long time … Carr's writing is a joy - confident, muscular and fearless.”
The Irish Independent
“Cracking story.”
The Irish Times
“Twists ordinary life into something rich and strange”
The Times
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