Bridget McNulty

Excitement update:

// December 6th, 2007 // Publishing, Reviews, Strange Nervous Laughter

Okey dokey, the time has come to gush a little.

There, I said it in the first line so you can easily log off before reading the rest of the post. No, don’t! I was just kidding. All I want to do is give a little update on Strange Nervous Laughter (my novel) and its journey into the world…

You can read about it in these fine places:

- O, the Oprah magazine has chosen Strange Nervous Laughter as one of their 3 Summer Reads. I’ve also written a piece for them on inhibitions and sexual awakening (how exciting does that sound!)

- Woman & Home has chosen Strange Nervous Laughter as one of their Top Summer Reads (at #3, which might not mean anything, but I’ll pretend it does!)

- Real Simple magazine has chosen Strange Nervous Laughter as one of their 8 Best Beach Reads.

- Design*Sponge, an online design website, has chosen Strange Nervous Laughter as one of their 11 South African Designs. It’s a beautiful site, check it out: http://www.designspongeonline.com/2007/12/

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- Janet van Eeden from The Witness has chosen Strange Nervous Laughter as one of her Top 3 Books of the Year. Here’s her article: http://www.witness.co.za/?showcontent&global[_id]=749 or here’s her excerpt on SNL:

‘I loved Bridget McNulty’s Strange Nervous Laughter. Set in a steamy, sticky Durban during one of the hottest summers ever, the world the characters inhabit is as real as the characters are quirky. McNulty uses magic realism to create metaphors of meaning which greatly enhance the read. Always surprising, constantly enchanting, this was one of my most enjoyable reads of the year.’

- Coming up! An interview with Carol Mashiga on Radio 2000, Elle magazine’s Hot List, a piece in Woman & Home on childhood holidays, and a review in the Sunday Times.

Exciting times indeed!

So if you haven’t already, now is the time to buy Strange Nervous Laughter for all your Christmas presents! There’s still a little time left to place orders for a wrapped, signed, brooched copy… mail me at hello@bridgetmcnulty.com