Carrying Fire and Water by Deirdre Shanahan
The background and inspiration to the stories varies with each one. They came to me
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The background and inspiration to the stories varies with each one. They came to me
I’m not a big fan of weddings. I’m not averse to a glass of champagne,
The University of Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies recently announced that the winner of the
In late 1989, when I signed up to go to Sudan to work as a
John O’Donnell describes the origins of his first short story collection, Almost the Same Blue.
Strings too Short to Use is a story in Lorrie Moore’s first collection Anagrams. I
My Writing Process I’m usually excited on a writing day. I’ll eat something quickly, make
By late spring 2018 I had begun work with my friend Feargal Ward on a
If you’ve ever gorged yourself on food – anything from an exquisite eight course Michelin-starred
In mid January my fourth collection, The Boatman and Other Stories, was published by Jonathan
When I tell people, especially fellow writers, that I’ve completed The Watsons, one of Austen’s
Sitting down to write this piece about my writing journey, has brought refection on how
Skin is a story about a woman, Natalie, who struggles with binge eating and anxiety
Book 2 was actually Book 1. Night Swimming, out this month, was the first proper,
My mentor was a Beat Poet and he had a peculiar affinity for the ‘strange
Saltwater is a fictional novel with roots in my own experiences. I have always liked
Only Pig-Headed Dogs Can Write Novels ‘Everybody has a book in them’ – so the
Many years ago, while idling away at postgraduate studies, I lived in an overpriced, rundown
The Weight of a Text In September 2008 I left my job as a structural
Of all the hours of advice on creating fiction I’ve sat through , the one
