I have come to think of all the metal in my body as artificial stars, glistening beneath the skin, a constellation of old and new metal. A map, a tracing of connections and a guide to looking at things from different angles.

How do you tell the story of a life in a body, as it goes through sickness, health, motherhood?

How do you tell that story when you are not just a woman but a woman in Ireland?

In the powerful essays in Constellations, Sinéad Gleeson does those very things. Throughout this wide-ranging collection she also turns her restless eye outwards delving into work, art and our very ways of seeing. Join the author as she takes us on a journey that is both uniquely personal and yet universal in its resonance. Reading and conversation, with reception to follow.