NUALA O'CONNOR

Category: Flash Fiction

  • IRISH TIMES STORY

    I have a seasonal short story in the Irish Times Magazine today, set by the sea in Donegal. You can read it here.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • NORA & OTHER EVENTS – LATE ’21

    I have several events coming up, many around my novel NORA, which was published here in Ireland in April with New Island Books, so I thought I’d do a preview/round-up list: 12th Sep, 9am GMT: SUNDAY MISCELLANY: I’ll be on RTÉ Radio 1 on Sunday morning with a radio essay about my relationship with my…

  • FLASH PANEL IN NZ VIDEO

    You can now watch the Truth and Lies in Short Forms panel for National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand. Go here.

  • NZ FLASH FICTION PANEL

    On Friday 18th June, at 10pm IST, I’m in New Zealand, with National Flash Fiction Day NZ, discussing truth and lies in flash fiction with a bunch of flash aficionados. Join us here!

  • Flash – Fictive Dream

    I have a new flash at Fictive Dream today. TW for pregnancy loss. Read it here.

  • 11th Dec. – READING WITH MÁIGHRÉAD MEDBH

    Máighréad Medbh and I will be doing an online flash fiction and poetry reading on Friday December 11th at 7pm, Irish time. We’d be delighted if you’d join us, to hear us read and celebrate the publication of Máighréad’s new book, Imbolg. Time: Dec 11, 2020 07:00pm GMTTo join the Zoom Event email in advance: maighreadmedbh@gmail.com * * * Nuala O’Connor lives in Co. Galway, Ireland. Her forthcoming fifth…

  • GIVEAWAY OF *BIRDIE*

    I’m doing a book giveaway over on my insta. One signed copy of *birdie* is up for grabs. This is an international giveaway. Go here to enter.

  • *BIRDIE* READING

    I recorded myself reading the title story from my flash chapbook *birdie*. You can listen/watch on YouTube here.