Lucy Sweeney Byrne

Lucy Sweeney Byrne’s writing has appeared in Banshee, The Dublin Review, and The Stinging Fly, and founders of Banshee Press Claire Hennessy, Eimear Ryan and Laura Cassidy this month publish their first book: Paris Syndrome, Byrne’s debut collection of stories. For Lucy, however, there’s more to September than launches to look forward to: “Finally, we slip down into the beginnings of my favourite season. All the old clichés come tumbling shamelessly to my lips at this time of year: the shortening evenings, the chimney smoke, the crunch and whisper of dead leaves; now, finally, time to wrap tight my scarf and breathe cold air; to bite into plums, and taste their ripeness to the core.” Read her piece, “How to be at Sea” on page 68.