The Late Night Writers Club

In rich and abundant illustrations, Annie West tells a rowdy story of artistic struggle, ego and unexpected kindness. You will never look at the Irish Literary Canon in the same way again. A talented but annoying Debut Author, suffering from writer’s block and mysterious headaches, ghosted by his girlfriend and on his last chance with his bartender job, takes refuge in the National Library of Ireland, hoping for some last-minute inspiration within those hallowed walls. Tortured by literary inadequacy and disappointed love, can he somehow absorb the famous modesty of Yeats, the wit of Edgeworth, the charm of Binchy, the wisdom of Heaney? But a weird twist of fate or perhaps a guiding hand reveals all is not what it seems in the library after dark, and The Author soon discovers: be careful what you wish for. Praise for Annie West “I love Annie West’s work; it’s delicious, insightful, humane and, when called for, savagely satirical.”― Lenny Abrahamson “Annie West is a remarkable and individual artist with a sense of fun who combines skill in draftsmanship and colouring with a sly insight into literature.” ― Senator David Norris “Annie West is taking on the cartoon world combining wonderful artistic talent with an awesome, wry humour. Her excellent and hilarious work ranks with Steinberg, Wilson and Larson atop the world of the absurd.”― US Ambassador to Ireland, Tom Foley