NUALA O'CONNOR

Category: Awards

  • NOVEL OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST

    Thrilled sideways that Seaborne is shortlisted for Eason Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards alongside books by Sally Rooney, Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín, Colin Barrett, Christine Dwyer-Hickey, & Kevin Barry. Congrats to all shortlisted writers in the APIBAS & thanks humungously to all New Island Books.

  • Winner – Irish Short Story of the Year

    I was genuinely delighted to win Short Story of the Year at the Irish Book Awards for my story This Small Giddy Life about two daughters and their wandering, wonderful mother who gets dementia. My own mother is living with this curious condition, so it is a close-to-my-heart story. You can read the story in…

  • Shortlisting – Short Story of the Year

    Shortlisted! My dementia story *This Small Giddy Life* from the New Island Books anthology A Little Unsteadily Into Light is up for the writing.ie Story of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards 2022. We had a lovely shortlisters’ event at the GPO last night. This story is meaningful to me as I took elements of…

  • SHORT STORY OF THE YR – LONGLIST

    One of my short stories – can’t say which for now – has been longlisted in the An Post Irish Book Awards Short Story of the Year category, run by writing.ie, which is lovely. Shortlist will be announced 20th October. So crossing fingers! Here are the longlisted writers: Roisín O’DonnellEamon McGuinnessWendy ErskineNuala O’ConnorTim MacGabhannSheila ArmstrongDanielle…

  • Bloomsweek events 2022

    I have a raft of events for Bloomsweek. I’d love to see some of ye out and about across the week in Dublin: June 11th, 2.30pm – speaking at opening of Ulysses Imagined exhib, Graphic Studio Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin. More here. June 11th, 6.20pm IFI – premiere of BBC Arena documentary, James Joyce’s Ulysses. I’m part…

  • NORA – TWO SHORTLISTINGS

    While I’ve been busy with One Dublin One Book, NORA has been shortlisted for two awards which, obviously, is thrilling. Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year at Listowel and Irish Novel of the Year at the Dalkey Literary Awards. How is that for fancy? Delighted!! I’ll be taking part at events at both festivals…

  • NORA SHORTLISTED IRISH BOOK AWARDS

    I’m delighted that Seán Rocks and the Arena crew have nominated NORA in the RTÉ Audience Choice Award at the An Post Irish Book Awards. As a big Arena fan, this is such an honour. I’m also honoured that NORA is the only novel on the shortlist. You can vote here.

  • Miss Emily – Best 21stC Irish Fiction

    Delighted that The Sunday Times has included my novel about Emily Dickinson, Miss Emily, in its Irish fiction of the 21st Century list. (Thank you, Bert Wright!)

  • 2019

    James Joyce Quarterly Fiction Contest. (Winner)

  • 2018

    2018 Short Fiction Prize – (Winner) writing.ie Short Story of the Year 2018 – (Shortlist)