THE STREAM OF EVERYTHING

In May 2020, John Connell finds himself, like so many others, confined to his local area, the opportunity to freely travel and socialise cut short. His attention turns to the Camlin river - an ever-present source of life for his town's inhabitants and, for John, a site of boyhood adventure, first love, family history and local legend.

He decides to canoe its course with his friend, Sunday Times journalist Peter Geoghegan, a two-day trip requiring physical exertion and mental resilience. As the world grows still around them, the river continues to teem with life - a symphony of buzzing mayfly and jumping trout. During their meander downstream, John reflects on his life: his travels, his past relationships and his battle with depression, as well as on Irish folklore, geopolitics and philosophy.

The Stream of Everything is both a reverie and a celebration of close observation; a winding, bucolic account of the summer we discovered home.

John Connell is author of The Running Book and The Cow Book, a number-one bestseller and winner of Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. His work has appeared in Granta's New Irish Writing. He lives on the family farm in County Longford.

John is a multi-award-winning author, film producer and investigative journalist. At 33, John is a United Nations (Australia) Media peace prize winner and two time Walkley winner for his human rights documentaries. He worked for several years as an investigative journalist covering the Sri Lankan Civil War and indigenous human rights cases. An award-winning filmmaker his documentary programs have won over a dozen international awards including 4 webbys for Africa to Australia (SBS) the first online documentary made in Australia. His No 1 bestselling memoir The Cow Book was published in March 2018 to international acclaim spending 37 weeks in the Irish bestseller list and won the Irish book awards Popular Non-fiction title of the year. The Cow Book is currently being adapted to a documentary produced by Connell. His work as a playwright has lead to a New York Festivals award win. He is currently developing a number of TV and Film projects.