NUALA O'CONNOR

Tag: James Joyce

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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 –…

  • 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!…

  • 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…

  • NORA IN NYT TOP 10

    I’m very pleased the New York Times names my novel NORA among the 10 best historical novels of 2021. ‘A lively fictional rendition of Nora Barnacle, the minimally educated, blue-collar woman who propped up one of literature’s most challenging highbrow writers.’ Huge thanks to Alida Becker. Lovely to be in there with personal faves Alison…