Reading and Workshop in Paris

Nuala will read at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris. She will also give a workshop during her stay.
READING: La Médiathèque, Centre Culturel Irlandaise, 25th November, at 7.30pm
WORKSHOP: time and venue TBC

Check out Centre Culturel Irlandaise for more.

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What does an editor want? - Reading and Discussion
at the FRANK O'CONNOR SHORT STORY FESTIVAL

Thursday 18th September
Nuala along with Jon Boilard and Vincent McDonnell will read a story, then discuss the experience of assessing manuscript submissions, talk about what they were looking for and how the editorial experience has shaped how they now view their own work.

Venue: Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin Street. Time: 2.30pm. Admission: Free

Flash Fiction Workshop
at the FRANK O'CONNOR SHORT STORY FESTIVAL

Friday 19th September
Nuala presents a how-to session on Flash Fiction

Venue: Munster Literature Centre, Douglas Street. Time: 10am - 12pm.
Fee: €40. Participation limited to eight individuals. Phone 021-4312955 to book.

Tokyo International Poetry Festival

Nuala will read at the Tokyo Poetry Festival at 10am on Saturday the 1st of November. Venue: Liberty Hall, Meiji University
For more information click on TokyoPoetry.Net

Karlsruhe Book Festival

Ireland is the guest country at this year's Karlsruher Bucherschau in Karlsruhe, Germany, and Nuala will be reading on the 1st December at 8pm at the Meidinger Saal at the book festival, with fellow poets Ann Leahy and Matthew Sweeney. Other Irish writers reading at this three week event include Mike McCormack, Máighréad Medbh and Celia de Fréine.
Go to www.buecherschau.de for more.

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Tokyo International Poetry Festival

The list of guest poets taking part - including Nuala - at the Tokyo International Poetry Festival in Oct and Nov is now posted:
www.tokyopoetry.net

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PULP.NET

Nuala is interviewed as part of Pulp.Net's Literary Top 10 series.

Go to www.pulp.net to read it.

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Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Prize

This year, Nuala is the judge for the Seán O Faoláin Short Story Prize, for a story of up to 3000 words. Closing date 31st July. First prize €1,500.

For entry details see Munster Literature Centre

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UPCOMING READINGS

Nuala will do an outdoor reading, with Kevin Barry, on Wednesday the 2nd of July 2008
at the Chapelizod Festival 7.00pm, Park Lane Gate, Phoenix Park, Chapelizod village, Dublin 20.
See Chapelizod Festival for details

Nuala will also read (under canvas, probably!) at this year's Flat Lake Literary and Arts Festival at
Hilton Park in Monaghan, 23rd - 24th August. Time TBC.
Go to Flat Lake Literary and Arts Festival for more

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10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE SHORT STORY IN ENGLISH

Nuala will read with San Diego/Tijuana based writer Cristina Rivera-Garza at the 10th International Short Story Conference in University College Cork on Thursday 19th June.

Venue: O'Rahilly Building, UCC, Room 3.03. 5.15pm.

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As part of the conference, Nuala will also take part in an Editor's Roundtable on Friday the 20th June.

Venue: O'Rahilly Building, UCC, Room 1.32. 9.30am.

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SOUTHWORD 14 LAUNCH

Also in Cork on Thursday June 19th at 6.30pm in the City Library, Grand Parade, will be the launch of Southword 14, of which Nuala was the fiction editor.

Everybody welcome. Wine and soft drinks provided by the library. Please come and bring your friends!

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Workshop and Reading at Iniscealtra Festival


Sponsored by Poetry Ireland

Nuala will give a fiction and poetry workshop, as well as a reading, at the Iniscealtra Festival on the June Bank Holiday week-end.

Nuala will offer a two day creative writing workshop to writers of both fiction and poetry. There is an opportunity to submit work in advance to Nuala for guidance over the weekend.
Bookings limited to 10, so book early: 087 6968577; E: jgrady@iol.ie Cost €100

Reading at The Snug at 4.30pm Saturday 31st May.

See iniscealtra-artsfestival.org for More...

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REVIEW OF TATTOO : TATÚ

Marc Shuster has written a review of Tattoo : Tatú for Small Press Reviews.
Go to Small Press Reviews to read more.

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TREVOR BOWEN SUMMER SCHOOL

Nuala will teach a 2 day short fiction workshop at The Trevor Bowen Summer School in Mitchelstown, County Cork on Sat 24th and Sun 25th of May. Fee: €60. See their site for further info:

www.mitchelstownliterarysummerschool.com


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NUALA'S POEM ON THE DART

The Irish language version of the title poem from Nuala's new collection Tattoo-Tatú appears on the DART train as part of Poet's Corner. For anyone who doesn't get to see it in situ, this is what it looks like. All thanks to Nuala's agent Jonathan who arranged this.

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LOOK AND LISTEN!

Look out for Nuala's Irish poem Tatú on the DART train in Dublin over the coming weeks, courtesy of her agent Jonathan Williams, and to coincide with the PN08 Festival.

Listen out for Nuala on The Arts Show on Thursday April the 3rd, between 8 and 9 pm, on RTÉ Radio 1. She appears with the three other shortlistees for the Strong Award: Nell Regan, Billy Ramsell and Dave Lordan.

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STRONG AWARD SHORTLISTING

Tattoo ~ Tatú has been shortlisted for The Strong Award for Best First Poetry Collection. The award recognises first collections published in English or Irish, in Ireland, in 2007. It is presented in memory of the lives and work of Rupert and Eithne Strong.
Along with Nuala's book on the shortlist are Dave Lordan's The Boy in the Ring, Billy Ramsell's Complicated Pleasures, and fellow Arlen House author Nell Regan's Preparing for Spring.
Cork poet Louis de Paor is this year's judge and the award will be presented at the Strong Reading at 12pm, Sunday 6th of April, Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, as part of The Poetry Now Festival.
Admission €7/5

See the Poetry Now Festival website.

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THE SHORT REVIEW : ISSUE 5

The lastest issue of The Short Review is now online.
It features a review of Nuala's short fiction collection
The Wind Across the Grass, as well as an interview with her.

Go to The Short Review for more details.

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DUBLIN BOOK FESTIVAL

Author Reading With Patrick Chapman, Nuala Ní Chonchúir, Billy Ramsell and Enda Coyle-Greene.

City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2.
1:00pm, Sunday 9th March
Admission Free

See www.dublinbookfestival.com for more details.


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CALL FOR FICTION SUBMISSIONS FOR SOUTHWORD

Nuala is fiction editor of the Cork-based literary journal Southword this year and submissions are now open, until the end of March.

Submission Guidelines:

• Send no more than two short stories, up to 3,000 words each, to Southword, The Munster Literature Centre, Tigh Litríochta, Frank O'Connor House, 84 Douglas Street, Cork, Ireland.
• All manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced, on A4 paper.
• Sign each page and enclose an SAE.

Nuala looks forward to reading your best work.

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ENNIS BOOK CLUB FESTIVAL

Poetry Ireland, in association with the festival, presents a poetry reading with with Richard Tillinghast, Theo Dorgan and Nuala Ní Chonchúir.

The Clare Museum, Ennis
4.15pm, Saturday the 1st of March
Admission €10/8


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The Stinging Fly


The Spring 2008 issue of The Stinging Fly is out now and Nuala's story 'Madonna Irlanda' appears in it.

Also in this issue: an interview with Anne Enright; several poems from Jim Maguire; Belinda McKeon on her first year at the helm of the Poetry Now Festival; fiction from Gavin Corbett, Michael J. Farrell, Colm Liddy and Andrea McCartney; poetry from Anna Crowe, Alan Gillis, Kerry Hardie, Donna Mae Linton, Thomas McCarthy, Geraldine Mitchell and Mary O'Donnell among many others.

Go to The Stinging Fly for details.

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THE SHORT REVIEW

Nuala's review - first published in The Stinging Fly - of Sarah Salway's début fiction collection Leading the Dance, is in the current issue of The Short Review

Her comments in the review about the cover are now redundant as the publishers, Bluechrome, have wisely given Salway's book a great new look.

This issue of the review also has some interesting interviews with writers, including Nona Caspers and Rebecca Barry, about their collections.

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UPCOMING READINGS

Nuala will read at the following events in early 2008:

Ennis International Book Club Festival at The Old Ground Hotel, Ennis. Nuala reads with Theo Dorgan and Richard Tillinghast	Sat, 1st March	4.15pm
Dublin Book Festival, Dublin City Hall, Dame Street. Nuala reads with Patrick Chapman, Billy Ramsell and Enda Coyle-Greene	Sunday, 9th March	1pm
Trinity College, Carmarthen, Wales	Thurs, 13th March	tbc
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea Nuala reads with Menna Elfyn	Fri, 14th March	7.30pm
Siarscéal Festival, Clonalis House, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon	Fri, 4th April	7.00pm
10th International Conference on the Short Story in English, Cork.	19th to the 22nd June	tbc

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THE SHORT REVIEW

See Nuala's review of the Brandon Books anthology The Third Shore on Tania Hershman's brilliant new site, The Short Review:

www.theshortreview.com

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AUTHORTREK INTERVIEW

Nuala was interviewed by Authortrek this month. See what she had to say at: www.authortrek.com

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TATTOO : TATÚ SIGNING

Nuala will be signing copies of her new poetry collection Tattoo:Tatú at the Clé stand at The National Crafts Fair in the RDS on Saturday the 8th of December at 1pm. See The National Crafts And Design Fair Web Site for more information about the Fair.

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CLÉ AUTHOR & EDITOR TOUR

Nuala is taking part in the Clé - Irish Book Publishers Association - Reading Tour: On Friday 30th November 8pm, Bundoran Library, Co. Donegal, she appears with Geraldine Mills and Arlen House publisher and editor Alan Hayes. For more information see www.publishingireland.com

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Tattoo : Tatú GALWAY LAUNCH

The Galway launch for Tattoo : Tatú, Nuala's bilingual poetry collection, takes place on Thursday 22nd November 2007 at 7.30 pm in Galway City Library, Augustine Street, Galway. All welcome! Galway County Librarian, Pat McMahon will launch four Arlen House titles that night. The other books being launched are The Weight of Feathers by Geraldine Mills; Swimming with Pelicans : Ag Eitilt fara Condair by Deirdre Brennan; and Preparing for Spring by Nell Regan.

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SOUTHWORD

Nuala is delighted to be appointed as fiction editor for Southword for 2008. Southword is the literary journal of the Munster Literature Centre in Cork. As part of her editorship, she will be the judge for the 2008 Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Prize. See www.munsterlit.ie for submission guidelines for Southword and for details of how to enter the Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story competition.

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UPCOMING READINGS

Nuala's tour, to promote her new poetry collection Tattoo:Tatú, as part of the Arts Council's Touring Experiment, continues. Dates below:

Saggart Heritage Centre, Dublin	Sat 3rd Nov	8pm
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork	Fri 9th Nov	8pm

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FRANK O’CONNOR AWARD WINNER 2007

Nuala Ní Chonchúir, along with fellow jury members Segun Afolabi, Rick Moody and chairperson Patrick Cotter, have chosen the collection of short stories No One Belongs Here More Than You, by American writer and film-maker Miranda July, as the winner of the 2007 Frank O'Connor Award. The prize of 35,000 Euro was presented to Miranda on Sunday the 23rd of September at a ceremony in Cork 's City Hall. See the site for the winning book at www.noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com Big congratulations to Miranda and to all of the shortlisted writers (see their names below), each of whom has written an exceptional collection of stories.

The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue	Manuel Muñoz
Opportunity	Charlotte Grimshaw
Missing Kissinger	Etgar Keret
Valentines	Olaf Olafsson
The Separate Heart	Simon Robson

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TOURING EXPERIMENT - BILINGUAL POETRY READINGS

Nuala is the only individual author to be awarded funding under the Arts Council's Touring Experiment to promote her new poetry collection Tattoo:Tatú, published by Arlen House. Dates are as follows:

Tosnú Art Gallery, Ballinasloe	Sat 15th Sep	7pm
Na Línte Bookshop, Athlone	Fri 28th Sep	7pm
The White House, Limerick	Weds 3rd Oct	9pm
Boyle Library, Roscommon	Thurs 18th Oct	6.30pm
Saggart Heritage Centre (Reading & Workshop)	Sat 3rd Nov	TBC
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork	Fri 9th Nov	8pm

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POETRY INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

Gerry Murphy and Nuala Ní Chonchúir are the featured Irish poets this quarter (September 2007) on the Poetry International website.
Poetry International Web is a worldwide forum for poetry on the internet. It brings news, essays, interviews and discussion, as well as hundreds of poems by acclaimed modern poets from all around the world, both in the original language and in English translation.

Go to ireland.poetryinternationalweb.org

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'DEPARTURE' - STAGED READING, NEW YORK

A staged reading of the play 'Departure', which Nuala co-wrote with Grace Wessbecher, Laura Shamas and Dorothy K. Fletcher, takes place at the Irish Arts Center, 553 W. 51st Street, New York on Sunday the 6th of August 2007 at 7pm. The play is directed by Brad Malow.

See www.myspace.com/bradmalow

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FRANK O’CONNOR SHORTLIST 2007

Segun Afolabi, Nuala Ní Chonchúir and Rick Moody have shortlisted the following books, from a longlist of thirty-four, for the third Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award:

The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue	Manuel Muñoz
Opportunity	Charlotte Grimshaw
Missing Kissinger	Etgar Keret
Valentines	Olaf Olafsson
The Separate Heart	Simon Robson
No One Belongs Here More Than You	Miranda July

The overall winner will be announced in September 2007 at the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Festival in Cork, Ireland. The prize is €35,000. Previous winners of this award are Yiyun Li (2005) and Haruki Murakami (2006)

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LAUNCH OF TATTOO : TATÚ

The launch of Nuala's first stand-alone, bilingual poetry collection Tattoo : Tatú will take place at 6.30pm on Monday the 17th of September in The Dublin Unitarian Church, 112 St. Stephen's Green West, Dublin 2. Several Arlen House titles will be launched at the same event, including Nell Regan's first full collection. All welcome!

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CLÉ AUTHOR & EDITOR TOUR

Nuala is taking part in the Clé - Irish Book Publishers Association - Reading Tour this autumn:

Thursday 11th October 8pm, Caherciveen Library, Co. Kerry

Arlen House authors Geraldine Mills and Nuala Ní Chonchúir
with editor Alan Hayes

Friday 30th November 8pm, Bundoran Library, Co. Donegal

Arlen House authors Geraldine Mills and Nuala Ní Chonchúir
with editor Alan Hayes

For more information see www.publishingireland.com

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POETRY READING IN BALLINASLOE

Nuala will read with Órfhlaith Foyle at the Ballinasloe River and Arts Festival - An tSuca Fiáin, on Tuesday the 10th of July at 7.30pm, in Ballinasloe Library, off Society Street.

Born in Africa to Irish parents, Órfhlaith Foyle's first novel Belios was published in 2005 by Lilliput Press to critical acclaim. Patrick McGrath called it "a dark, rough, funny novel about a dying genius". A collection of Órfhlaith's poetry and short stories, Revenge, was published in September 2005 by Arlen House. She is currently working on her second novel.

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READING IN LIMERICK

Nuala will read at the Munster Literature Centre and the White House Poet's launch of Southword Literary Journal 12, at the White House Poetry Revival, Limerick, Wed 11th July 2007 at 9.00pm.

There will be a selection of readers from the issue including Aidan Murphy and James Harpur. Nuala will read from her story, published in the magazine, 'Juno Out of Yellow'.

This is the twelfth edition of the literary journal from the Munster Literature Centre; it's a biannual publication and it features both poetry and prose from a range of writers.

The Munster Literature Centre, Tigh Litriochta, is a resource centre established in 1993 to highlight, celebrate and promote all aspects of the literature of the Munster region of Ireland.

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Jonathan Swift Award

Nuala won first prize in the inaugural Jonathan Swift Creative Writing Awards with her story 'Mademoiselle O'Murphy'. The awards ceremony took place on Thursday June 21st 2007 at Saggart Heritage Centre, Dublin. Second place went to Joan Power and third to Mae Leonard. Philip Quirke took the top prize in the poetry section.

Congratulations to everyone who made the shortlists.

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People's College Writing Competition 2007

Nuala was a runner up in this competition. The awards ceremony took place at 7pm on Thursday June 7th at the Teacher's Club, Parnell Square, Dublin.

There were nine stories on the final list, and the winner was Alyn Fenn from Cork ; second was Evelyn Walsh and third Geraldine Mills. An all female list of winners – well done girls!

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In the Footsteps of Aidan Higgins Prose Writing Competition

Nuala was a runner up in the Original Prose Writing Competition, a writing competition run in conjunction with the 'Aidan Higgins at 80' Festival at Celbridge Abbey, Celbridge, Co Kildare on the 4th, 5th & 6th of May 2007.

Barty Begley won the top prize on the day. Congratulations to him.

Shortlist of Five

Animal Loves - by James Anderson
From an abandoned trip, years ago - Barty Begley
Amazing Grace - Nuala Ní Chonchúir
Downstairs - Victoria Neumark
At the Moulin de Kerjean - William Wall

Website: http://www.kildare.ie/aidanhiggins/

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Nuala is on the jury for the 2007 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award along with Rick Moody and Segun Afolabi.

The third Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award will be made in September 2007 at the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival in Cork, Ireland. The prize is for 35,000 euros (approx US$42,500). Eligible books are those by living authors, published for the first time, in English anywhere in the world, between September 2006 and August 2007 (selecteds, collecteds or books containing stories published in a previous volume of stories by the author will not be eligible). Translations are eligible. If a translation wins, the prize will be split evenly between translator and original author. Books must be entered by their publishers by March 31st 2007. In mid July a shortlist of four titles will be announced. Publishers will be contacted in early July and authors will have ten days to accept their position on the shortlist. Only authors who commit to attending the awards ceremony in Cork, Ireland in September 2007 will be deemed to have accepted a shortlist position. The Munster Literature Centre organisers of the prize will pay for hotel and economy travel expenses of shortlisted authors. Shortlisted authors will also be offered a fee of 500 euros if they agree to read at the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival.

Previous winners are Yiyun Li (2005) and Haruki Murakami (2006)

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