NUALA O'CONNOR

Category: Events

  • GALWAY LAUNCH – MENAGERIE

    Book launch for Menagerie, 16th May, 6pm: Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop in Galway City. Joint launch for Menagerie & Washing Windows V both from Arlen House Celebrating Arlen House at 50

  • STROKESTOWN POETRY FESTIVAL 2025

  • TELEPHONE EXCHANGE @CÚIRT

    Join us at the Cúirt Intl Literary Festival for specially commissioned stories, in a project run by Orla Higgins, called The Telephone Exchange. 09 April to 13 April 12:00pm–7:00pm Hall of the Red Earl, off Quay Street. Free, Ticketed. Immerse yourself in this digital literary installation produced exclusively for Cúirt International Festival of Literature. Take…

  • EVENTS – 2025

    21st March: Nora Barnacle Birthday event at Galway Grá Festival in Galway’s Latin Quarter. 4pm, Town Hall Theatre bar. Details here. 27th March: Launch of essay anthology Wired Our Own Way (New Island Books), 6pm, Hodges Figgis, Dublin. 28th March: Launch of short story anthology Take Six: Six Irish Women Writers (Dedalus Books), 6pm, Charlie…

  • Events in Early 2025

    My upcoming events for the year (so far) – updates as time goes on: 19th January: Online book club event with Irish Cultural Centre, Massachusetts. 5pm GMT. 29th January: The Word on Wednesday, Sligo Central Library, 6.30pm. Moderator: Niamh McCabe. In-person and livestream. More here. 19th February: Online interview about writing, at Canadian writer Rob…

  • EVENTS – AUTUMN 2024

    A roundup of upcoming events: KINSALE, 5th October, 2.45pm: Join me and Sinead Gleeson with Tara Flynn at Words By Water Literary Festival in Kinsale, Co. Cork. More here. DUBLIN, 10th October, 6pm: I am taking part in the ISLA Festival at the Cervantes Institute in Dublin in an event called Fascinating Lives, with Fernando Beltrán (Spain), and Irene…

  • CERVANTES INSTITUTE EVENT – Seaborne

    Round table discussion: “Fascinating lives” JOIN ME AND OTHERS ON the 10th October at the Cervantes Institute in Dublin for this event, Fascinating Lives: Delve into the life of adventurous and creative minds through the more recent books of three authors from Spain, Argentina and Ireland In a contemporary world where autobiography is very present,…

  • JUDGING ALLINGHAM FLASH

    A little reminder that I am judging the Allingham Flash Comp this year, and winners will be published in a special issue of the e-journal I edit, Splonk. See their Press Release below. 2024 Allingham Flash Fiction Competition Entries in the 2024 Allingham Flash Fiction Competition will be judged by Nuala O’Connor, acclaimed author of…

  • TRINITY COLLEGE INTERVIEW

    I had a conversation about my novel NORA with the great writer and journalist Martina Devlin for Inspiring Reads at Trinity College Dublin, where we both studied.

  • GLENVILLE PARK – CORK – LITERATURE DAY

    Join us in Cork on 6th July 2024 for a gorgeous day of literature, ladies, literary chats, and so in in the beautiful, historic surroundings of Glenville Park.