Louise O’Neill has announced when her new book, The Surface Breaks, will launch.
The Asking For It author announced last year that she was writing a feminist retelling of The Little Mermaid – and now, it’s finally finished.
Publisher Scholastic have described the new interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale as the “stand-out YA release of spring 2018”.
Taking to Twitter, Louise wrote, “I’m excited to announce the Irish launch of THE SURFACE BREAKS, my re-imagining of #TheLittleMermaid.”
I’m excited to announce the Irish launch of THE SURFACE BREAKS, my re-imagining of #TheLittleMermaid.
Thursday 10th of May, @easons on O’ Connell Street at 6.30pm and it will be launched by the lovely @sineadgleeson
Come, bring friends, and I’ll see you all there! ????♀️❤ pic.twitter.com/UMDTVYTgws
— Louise O’ Neill (@oneilllo) April 23, 2018
“Thursday 10th of May, @easons on O’ Connell Street at 6.30pm and it will be launched by the lovely @sineadgleeson. Come, bring friends, and I’ll see you all there!”
The Surface Breaks is set beneath the sea, off the Irish coast, featuring a young mermaid, Gaia, who dreams of being human but could face a heavy price for her aspirations.
Last year, a Scholastic spokesperson said, “Christian Andersen’s dark, original fairy tale is reimagined through a searing feminist lens, with the stunning, scalpel-sharp writing and world building that has won Louise her legions of devoted fans.”
Speaking about writing the book previously, Louise said, “This is a story that has been dear to my heart since I was a child; a story that, in many ways, shaped me into the adult I am today.”
“And I believe it is a story that is ripe for a feminist re-telling. I’m so honoured that Lauren Fortune and Scholastic have chosen me to be the one to do so.”
Meanwhile, Louise’s best-selling second novel Asking for It, which was released in 2015, is set to be adapted into a “large-scale, technically ambitious” stage production.
The production is set to hit the stage at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in November 2018.
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