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O Now! by Niall Williams
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O Now!

Author
Niall Williams
Narrator
Dermot Crowley, Niall Williams
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Publish Date
8 October 2026
Run Time
1 hour 54 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Fiction: literary and general non-genre

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Bloomsbury presents O Now! by Niall Williams, read by Dermot Crowley, with an Afterword narrated by the author.

A wise, tender, life-affirming return to the beloved town of Faha by the award-winning master of Irish literature

This is the why of us.

October in the parish of Faha, County Clare – the beginning of the season of spirits.

Four nights a week, Bat Considine calls on his neighbour Mossie Crowe; a beloved widower known to all in the townland of Faha as Ganga. They sit by the fire and, as Bat reads the newspaper aloud, wait to see which of them will die first.

But this week, Bat will make a discovery that changes this routine forever. In the coming days, Ganga’s small community will gather, and his family travel home from far away; to celebrate a quiet life, in all its miracles.

Funny, beautiful, transcendent and wise, O Now! leads readers back down the road that leads to Faha – and explores what it means to live a meaningful life, and what it means to leave it behind.

Praise for Niall Williams
‘I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams’ Ann Patchett
‘Makes the reader want to underline something on every page’ Financial Times
‘Infectiously hopeful’ Daily Telegraph

Critics Review

  • Praise for Niall Williams: ‘I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams

    Ann Patchett

  • A beautiful writer

    Hozier

  • What makes this so compelling and enjoyable is Williams’s transparent love of his characters and delight in his setting

    Observer

  • Written with a turn of phrase that makes the reader want to underline something on every page

    Financial Times

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  • When I cried, it was because, with his careful and compassionate depictions of people, place and time, Williams reminds us of the humanity in all, of the vitality of a community that comes together, and of the power in revealing our vulnerabilities to others

    New York Times Book Review

  • A love letter to literature and storytelling

    Eimear McBride

  • Dazzling ... Paragraph after paragraph begs you to stop and reread it, to relish the lilt of it in your inner ear

    The Times

  • Deeply allusive, infectiously hopeful

    Daily Telegraph

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Details
Author
Niall Williams
Narrator
Dermot Crowley, Niall Williams
Duration
1 hour 54 minutes
Release Date
8 October 2026
ISBN
9781037206450
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Genre
Fiction: literary and general non-genre

Synopsis

Bloomsbury presents O Now! by Niall Williams, read by Dermot Crowley, with an Afterword narrated by the author.A wise, tender, life-affirming return to the beloved town of Faha by the award-winning master of Irish literatureThis is the why of us.October in the parish of Faha, County Clare – the beginning of the season of spirits. Four nights a week, Bat Considine calls on his neighbour Mossie Crowe; a beloved widower known to all in the townland of Faha as Ganga. They sit by the fire and, as Bat reads the newspaper aloud, wait to see which of them will die first. But this week, Bat will make a discovery that changes this routine forever. In the coming days, Ganga’s small community will gather, and his family travel home from far away; to celebrate a quiet life, in all its miracles.Funny, beautiful, transcendent and wise, O Now! leads readers back down the road that leads to Faha – and explores what it means to live a meaningful life, and what it means to leave it behind. Praise for Niall Williams‘I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams’ Ann Patchett‘Makes the reader want to underline something on every page’ Financial Times‘Infectiously hopeful’ Daily Telegraph

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