Absolutely delighted to note I’ve been awarded a Varuna Residency Fellowship next year, 2020, to complete work on my draft novel manuscript The Dark Place – a contemporary Australian Gothic.
Absolutely delighted to note I’ve been awarded a Varuna Residency Fellowship next year, 2020, to complete work on my draft novel manuscript The Dark Place – a contemporary Australian Gothic.
Culture Night 2019 is fast approaching.
Lúnasa has passed, hay has been harvested, the long stretch in the evenings is slipping away. Autumn is forever my favourite season.
I’ve been commissioned, alongside a small group of writers and musicians, to perform in Swords Castle on Friday the 20th of September from 7-9pm. Entry is free to all.
Full programme to be announced on Tuesday, August 6th: www.culturenight.ie
My short story Molly & Jack at the Seaside finally found a home after 15 long years on my hard drive in No Alibis Press’ anthology of experimental fiction: Still Worlds Turning.
You can read about Molly’s long and circuitous path to finding a publisher here.
A snippet to whet your appetite:
Molly and Jack are lovers. His friends call him Jimmy. They go down, to the beach, close by the harbour, on Tuesday evenings, and wriggle in the sand. Molly and Jack are close friends. His nickname is Jimmy. They play on the beach. They like to play in the sand. They like the seaside. Well, then again now, he wriggles really, against her; and she lies there thinking of apple trees.
You can pay money to read the rest here & wherever good books are sold.
Still Worlds Turning, edited by Emma Warnock, includes stories by many legends and an introduction by June Caldwell: