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NORA & Bloomsday 2021

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NORA at Bowling Green

NORA and I will be doing several events for Bloomsday 2021.

Ahead of Bloomsday I was interviewed by Chiara Liberio for Radio Dublino on 90.3FM. The piece is here at 16 minutes in.

For Bloomsday, Elisabetta D’Erme interviews me for Il Piccolo, the newspaper in Trieste, Italy, that Joyce wrote for, about Joyce, Nora, and my trip to Trieste. Link here.

13th June, 6pm IST: I will be reading for the Cercle littéraire irlandais and Irish Embassy in Paris. More here.

14th June, 10pm IST: I will in conversation with Kerri Maher on Instagram at 5pm EST/10pm IST. Kerri’s book about Sylvia Beach appears in 2022.

15th June, 5pm IST/6pm ECT: I will be discussing NORA with the Irish Embassy of Belgium Book Club.

* 16th June, Bloomsday *

6pm IST: I am taking part in the James Joyce Centre in Dublin’s annual Bloomsday flagship event for Ulysses: Readings and Songs which runs on Facebook Live from 6pm.

7pm IST/2pm ET: I will be discussing life writing and NORA with the University of Notre Dame & the Kylemore Book Club. More here.

7pm IST, RTÉ 1 television: I will be on Nationwide talking about NORA with Anne Cassin. We go to Galway city and explore Nora and James Joyce’s haunts there. We also go to Kennys book shop.

7.30pm IST: I am talking about NORA with the Consulate General of Ireland in Atlanta, Georgia on Bloomsday as part of their celebrations. More here.

I will be interviewed by founding editor of the The Stinging Fly literary magazine, Declan Meade, for The Stinging Fly podcast. It will be available on Bloomsday here.

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17th June, 7pm Berlin/6pm Ireland: I will be reading from and discussing NORA with Melanie Neumann of the Embassy of Ireland in Berlin. Sign up here.

NORA ON ARENA

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You can listen to me talking about NORA to Seán Rocks on Arena here now. It’s a Cúirt Literature Festival special and I am the first guest on so no slooshing through the programme required!

My Cúirt event is on Friday 23rd April at 5.30pm, when I speak with the glorious Galway girl Elaine Feeney. We filmed at Ashford Castle. Book for free or pay-what-you want here.

NORA in CANADA

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I am taking part in the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, as part of Dublin Book Festival‘s appearance there.

Look out for me, Breda Brown, and NORA on the 29th of April at 3pm GMT. More here.

Caoimhe White reviewed NORA on the DBF site here.

Nationwide and NORA – photos

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I had a lovely day filming in Galway, for Nationwide with Anne Cassin and Camerman Matt Kelly of RTÉ. We went to Rahoon, Bowling Green, Presentation Road, and ended up at Kennys Book shop in Liosbán. Great fun, despite the wind and ‘muttering rain’. Broadcast date TBC. Thanks to Dean Kelly and Finbar McLoughlin for photos.

Nuala O’Connor in Kennys Book shop
James Joyce poetry plaque in Rahoon Cemetery
Nuala O’Connor at Nora Barnacle Museum, Bowling Green
Nora Barnacle museum sign
Presentation Convent, Galway
Tom Kenny, Nuala O’Connor, Anne Cassin
Nuala O’Connor signing NORA, Kennys Book shop

UPCOMING EVENTS – NORA

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NORA publishes here in Ireland on the 10th April with New Island Books and I have some events/readings coming up to celebrate the book. We have two launch events planned, one each for Dublin and Galway. More below:

26th March, 8pm GMT: American writer Jillian Cantor and I will be discussing bio-fiction, to celebrate the publication of her novel Half Life about Marie Curie. In association with Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Arizona. More here.

9th April, 7pm: Launch online in Dublin on 9th April in association with MOLI. Interview with Katherine McSharyy of the National Library of Ireland. Register here.

11th April – essay about Nora Barnacle on Sunday Miscellany. 9am to 10am on RTÉ Radio 1.

14th April: UCC Creative Writing Programme online event – 6pm. Free event! Register here.

23rd April: Launch online in Galway on 23rd April in association with the Cúirt Festival. I’m interviewed by Elaine Feeney. Time 5.30pm. Free or optional ticket purchase. Book here.

29th April: I’m taking part in the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, as part of Dublin Book Festival‘s appearance there. Look out for me, Breda Brown, and NORA on the 29th. More here.

NORA @ CÚIRT

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The Cúirt International Festival of Literature programme is now announced! I am appearing on Friday the 23rd of April at 5.30pm in conversation, about my novel Nora, with the fab Elaine Feeney.

The event is a pre-record, from Ashford Castle, and will be watchable on YouTube. Bookings open now here.

Bio-fiction event with Jillian Cantor

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Please join the fantastic Jillian Cantor and me at our virtual event on the 26th March from Poisoned Pen bookstore, Arizona, to discuss her novel on Marie Curie and mine on Nora Barnacle.

1pm MST / 8pm GMT

Sign up here: Jillian and Nuala bio-fiction event