Take Six: Six Irish Women Writers

By: Tanya Farrelly

Published by Dedalus Books Limited, 2025-03

Take Six: Six Irish Women Writers features work by six award-winning Irish writers: Mary O' Donnell, Mary Morrissy, Geraldine Mills, Nuala O' Connor, Rosemary Jenkinson and Tanya Farrelly.



These writers display great versatility in their work. Between them, in their careers to date, they have produced both contemporary and historical novels, literary thrillers, poetry, plays and renowned short story collections. This anthology includes new short fiction which explores what it means to be a woman navigating life in twenty-first century Ireland. Ranging from dark to playful, and often imbued with a mischievous humour, these stories never shy away from conflict. Whether they are dealing with loss or inflicting it, traversing from lockdown to war zone, communing with the living or the dead, or navigating a dystopian future, the characters who populate these pages rise to meet their challenges head on.