Biography
Born in Dublin in 1970, Nuala Ní Chonchúir is a full-time fiction writer and poet, living in Galway county. She has published three collections of short fiction, three poetry collections - one in an anthology, and one novel. Nuala holds a BA in Irish from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters in Translation Studies (Irish/English) from Dublin City University. She has worked as an arts administrator in theatre and in a writers' centre; as a translator, as a bookseller and also in a university library. Nuala teaches creative writing on a part-time basis.
Novel
You
New Island Books, Dublin
April 2010
Short Story Collections
Nude
Salt Publishing, London
September 2009
To The World of Men, Welcome
Arlen House, Galway
December 2005
The Wind Across the Grass
Arlen House, Galway
May 2004
Poetry Collections
The Juno Charm
Salmon Poetry, Co. Clare
November 2011
Portrait of the Artist With a Red Car
Templar Poetry, Derbyshire
November 2009
Tattoo:Tatú
Arlen House, Galway
2007
Molly’s Daughter in the ¡DIVAS! New Irish Women's Writing Anthology Arlen House, Galway June 2003
Drama
Editor
Faceless Monsters
The Atlantis Collective
2010
Southword 14 and 15
Munster Literature Centre
2008
¡DIVAS!A Sense of Place Arlen House, Galway 2005
Co-editor
(3 Titles) Arlen House, Galway September 2005
Journals and Magazines
Nuala’s poetry and fiction have appeared in publications such as The Stinging Fly, Mannequin Envy, Revival, New Irish Writing in The Sunday Tribune, Poetry Ireland Review, The SHOp, Irish Pages, Black Mountain Review, Litro (UK), Pen Pusher (UK), Garm Lu (Canada), Crannóg and Southlight (UK).
Anthologies
Her poetry has appeared in Galway - City of Strangers, the US anthology Generation X: In Their Own Words and the UK anthology 100 Poets Against The War.
Her fiction has appeared in These Are Our Lives, The Irish Feminist Review, Honeysuckle, Honeyjuice: A Tribute to James Liddy, The Cúirt Annual and Splinters.
Non-fiction has appeared in the County Lines, Sunday Miscellany, Quiet Quarter and A Sense of Place anthologies, and she has work forthcoming in the UK anthology Crowning Glory.
Radio
Nuala's novel You, will be broadcast on the Book on One in May on RTE radio one.
Her short fiction, non-fiction and poetry have featured on RTÉ radio, on the Francis Mac Manus broadcasts, on Sunday Miscellany and The Enchanted Way. Her non-fiction has featured on Lyric FM’s The Quiet Quarter.
Reviewing
Nuala reviews fiction and poetry for The Short Review, The Small Press Review and The Stinging Fly; she has also reviewed for The Sandstone Review, Vallum and Women’s Studies Review.
Reviewing
Nuala reviews fiction and poetry for The Short Review, The Small Press Review and The Stinging Fly; she has also reviewed for The Sandstone Review, Vallum and Women’s Studies Review.
Forthcoming
Nuala's fourth collection of poetry is forthcoming from Salmon Press.
She has a poem in an illustrated, limited edition Artist Book, James Barrett and the Doll in the Corner, which is produced by artist Kathy Marsh. Nuala also has three poems appearing in Buzz, an anthology published by Templar Poetry.