Writing News

Publication of Last Respects...
2025-04-30 11:19 My story Last Respects at Maggie O'Malley's Wake has been published in Necessary Fiction.   I love the simple and clean aesthetic of the Necessary Fiction website. No images, no sidebars, ...
Reading at Cúirt
2025-04-09 23:03 Today at the Cúirt festival in Galway I read my prize-winning story at the Nun's Island Theatre in front of a lovely appreciative audience. I had a grand time beforehand in the green room (ME IN T...
Writing Workshop with Chanel Sutherland
2025-03-26 18:36 I attended an original and thought-provoking writing workshop today at Atwater library led by the prize-winning writer Chanel Sutherland. The focus was on writing multi-layered stories and Chanel shar...
Cúirt New Writing Prize - WINNER!
2025-03-12 11:30 Well bloody hell, my story Deconstruction has won the 2025 Cúirt New Writing Fiction Prize judged by Wendy Erskine. Yes, the brilliant Wendy Erskine, author of Dance Move and The Benefactors.     ...