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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…
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ELECTRONIC SHEEP X NUALA O’CONNOR
Fantastic launch tonight at the beautiful Royal Society of Antiquaries house on Merrion Square, Dublin, for Electronic Sheep x Nuala O’Connor ‘I am Ireland’ scarf (the Nora Barnacle scarf!). The genius designers Helen Delaney and Brenda Aherne have used the entire text of the tiny ‘Ireland’ chapter of my novel NORA for the scarf, and…
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NEW YORK EVENTS – DECEMBER 2022
I’m ending the Ulysses 100 year with two NORA events in New York city. 8th December, 6pm to 8pm – Screening of the film ‘The Tale Behind Ulysses’ (which I’m in) at Jefferson Courthouse Library & after-film discussion panel with Producer Jane Applegate and author Kerri Maher, whose book The Paris Bookseller is being celebrated…
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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…
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Events – NORA & more
I will appear at the following festivals/conferences/venues in the next few months: Llangwm Literary Festival, Wales (with Culture Ireland support) – 12th and 13th August – reading and flash workshop. See here. Drumshanbo Written Word Weekend, Leitrim – 27th August – reading and short fiction workshop. See here. Telling Stories, Centre for Public History conference,…
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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…
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1 DUBLIN 1 BOOK
The whole month was a blast, from my first stop in London, on to Galway, then lots of events in Dublin, and finally to Monaco. It was exhausting and educational, a pleasure and a privilege. Thanks to Anne-Marie Kelly and Jackie Lynam of the Dublin Unesco City of Literature office in Dublin City Libraries, all…
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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…
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ONE DUBLIN ONE BOOK – we’re off!
One Dublin One Book is in full swing – I started in London at the Irish Literary Society at the end of March, and, on the 1st April, we had our inaugural Irish event at St Nicholas Collegiate Church in Galway – both nights word- and music-filled, and wonderful. Thanks to all the organisers –…
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JOYCE in BRAZIL
I’m taking part in a roundtable for NEI in Brazil (online) today as part of Ulysses 100. Join us on YouTube here. Discussion of Joyce’s family, life and work in contemporary literature, film, radio drama, and exhibition with me, Alan Gilsenan, Áine Stapleton and Colin Murphy. With thanks to Beatriz Kopshitz Bastos for having us!…