Emily Hourican: ‘Flora Poste’s way with mess in Cold Comfort Farm – physical or emotional – is very inspiring’

Emily Hourican has published nine bestselling novels, including The Glorious Guinness Girls, and has been short-listed three times for the Irish Book Awards. Her latest novel, An Invitation to the Kennedys, is out now in paperback and she’s appearing at the Hinterland Festival in Kells, Co Kildare, on June 29, in conversation with Eileen Dunne, and as part of Matt Spangler’s adaptation session.​