Category: Interviews

  • ULYSSES 100 EVENTS

    I’m busy, naturally, as we get closer to the Ulysses 100 anniversary on 2.2.22, so here are a few of the events & things you can catch me at: 22nd January 2022 – I have a piece about the background to writing Ulysses – how life was for Nora and Joyce – in the Irish…

  • BURNING BOOKS PODCAST

    Ruth McKee of Books Ireland interviewed me for the Burning Books podcast and you can listen to it here or wherever you get your pods. We talk about tiny dolls, giving up alcohol, and what books I’d grab if my house was burning. More here.

  • TERTULIA BOOKS, WESTPORT

    I had a fab time at Westival in Westport, this weekend gone by. My event was hosted by the magical Tertulia Books, run by Bríd and Neil, and they gave me such a warm welcome to their beautiful shop and town. They are up for a book award at the APIBAS (as is NORA!), and…

  • HEWITT SCHOOL INTERVIEW

    I will be talking about NORA, with Belfast writer Maureen Boyle, at the John Hewitt Summer School at the Marketplace Theatre, Armagh, 13:30 IST, Wednesday 28 July 2021. This event will stream too. More here.

  • WEST CORK LITERARY FESTIVAL

    Join me, Connie Palmen, and Martina Devlin on Monday 5th July at West Cork Literary Festival, for a discussion about bio-fiction and historical fiction. Think Joyce/Barnacle & Hughes/Plath. More here.

  • Writers at Work – Rachel J. Fenton interview

    Today I welcome writer, artist, poet, graphic novelist, and all round Renaissance woman, Rachel Fenton, for a Writers at Work interview. Rachel was born in Yorkshire and now lives in Oamaru, in Aotearoa’s South Island. Co-author of Island to Island (Dala/ Upstart Press), co-editor of Three Words, An Anthology of Aotearoa Women’s Comics (Beatnik), her…

  • CREATIVE PLACES & FACES POD INTERVIEW

    I had a lovely time being interviewed by Spain-based Irish author Jackie De Búrca. You can listen in to our chat here.

  • BERLIN EVENT

    I had a gorgeous time talking with the Irish contingent in the Irish Embassy Berlin about NORA and James Joyce. You can watch back here: https://youtu.be/kSY8Zbdxbb8

  • 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!