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.
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NORA IN NEW YORK
I’m off to NYC next week for the last of my NORA events – it’s been a wild, action-packed two years.
Anyone NY-based can catch me at one (or all!) of the following events – I’d love to see you. Register early!
Thurs 8th Dec: On the 8th I’m at the Jefferson Library (where the trial for Ulysses took place) for a film, launch, and in-convo with Jane Applegate and Kerri Maher, and you can register here.
Fri. 9th Dec: I’m doing a Meet the Author lunch on Fri. Dec. 9th, with my agent Gráinne Fox, at the Irish Business Organization of New York. More here.
Fri. 9th Dec: Also on the 9th I’ll be at the Center for Fiction with the James Joyce Society and there is more at this link here.
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, Queens Uni Belfast – 15th September, 3.45pm – panel on bio hist fiction. See here.
Clifden Arts Festival, Galway – 18th September, 3pm – reading and discussion with Ray Burke. More here.
Culture Night – Town Hall Theatre, Ballinasloe – 23rd September, 7pm – Group 8 exhibition. More here.
Write by the Sea, Kilmore Quay, Wexford – 25th September, 11.45am – reading/discussion with Prof. Derek Hand. More here.
Moli, Dublin – Ulysses for the Rest of Us – 29th Sep., 5pm – discussion with Conner Habib. More here.
Bray Literary Festival – 30th Sep., 7.30pm – One Dublin One Book event with Rónán Hession. More here.
Echoes Festival, Dalkey, Dublin – Past Lives event – 1st October, all day – More here.
ICI, Berlin – 7th oct, 7pm – After Joyce event, with Adrian Duncan. More here.
Seamus Heaney Homeplace – 16th October, 2pm – Imagined Lives event with Martina Devlin. More here.
A Very Special Launch Event – 19th October – more to come!
Irish Writers Weekend, London – 26th & 27th November – my event is on the 27th – more here.
New York – two events on 8th and 9th December – more to come!
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!
This event is part of a UFSC and NEI project Ulysses100 Through Brazilian Eyes, launched by the Embassy of Ireland in Brazil and the Consulate General of Ireland in São Paulo, to celebrate the centenary of the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses.
RODDY DOYLE @ POLITICS & PROSE
Roddy Doyle and I had a great chat about short fiction and his new collection at Politics and Prose. Watch it back on YouTube now: https://youtu.be/p2m6VmEpj5I
Roddy Doyle interview
I’m interviewing Roddy Doyle, online at Politics and Prose in Washington, about short fiction. This event celebrates the USA publication day for Roddy’s book Life Without Children, which is a warm, funny, poignant collection of ten stories. Join us! 5pm USA, 10pm Ireland. More here.
SOLAS NUA EVENT W/ ALICE MILLER
Next Monday 19th July, Alice Miller and I will have a conversation about Georgie Hyde-Lees, Nora Barnacle, Yeats, Joyce, and biofiction for Solas Nua. Sign up here: https://solasnua.org/events/pp-live-nuala-oconnor-alice-miller-conversation
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.
INTERVIEW – EXAMINER
Sue Leonard – ghostwriter and journalist – interviewed me for the Irish Examiner about NORA, writing, and life in general. You can read the result of our enjoyable chat here.