ENGLANDER WINS O'CONNOR 2012

Nathan Englander Photo: Telegraph

Nathan Englander has won the 2012 Frank O'Connor Award for his short story collection What we Talk about When We Talk about Anne Frank. He will appear at the Cork International Short Story Festival in September, the programme for which is now online here.

I am teaching a four day short story workshop at the same festival (there a are a couple of places still available) and I'm reading with D W Wilson, on Thursday the 20th September at 7.15pm in Triskel Christchurch.

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In other news, novelist Kevin Power is teaching a one-day novel writing workshop this weekend at the Irish Writers' Centre in Dublin. €80.

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 In other other 'news', I am sitting here working with the heat on, a body warmer on, and a scarf around my neck. It's July for God's sake! Arrgghhhh!