Reading from 'Joyride to Jupiter' at Kennys Bookshop

THE UNSINKABLE BRIDIE

Bridie, the main character from 'Letters' in my book Mother America has been proclaimed unsinkable by Anakana Schofield in The Guardian. See the Top 10 Unsinkable characters in literature here.

Extract from 'Letters' here on YouTube:

BOOK TRAILER - OF DUBLIN AND OTHER FICTIONS

I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Athlone Literary Festival yesterday. Bill Whelan and Prof. James Flannery were both lovely panel-mates. Good, decent men. We had an interesting discussion on the diaspora and Irishness.

When we got home, myself and my husband finished making a short book trailer we've been working on for Of Dublin and Other Fictions. We had fun putting it together - I hope you enjoy it!

KENNY'S YOUTUBE VIDEO OF 'MOTHER AMERICA'

As I mentioned a few days ago Kenny's Book Shop made a video of me reading the title story from the book - the story 'Mother America'. It is now live on the Kenny's YouTube Channel.

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Dermot Duffy AKA Freddy Futom was the winner of the book for International Short Story Day. Congrats Dermot :)

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The Irish Times mentions my trip to Arkansas today - myself and the other Irish delegates head off on Tuesday to the International Conference on the Short Story. Excitement! I want to thank The Arts Council and the Arts Office in Galway County Council for the support that has made it possible for me to go.

LAUNCH VIDEO

I was in the lovely Kenny's Book Shop in Galway this morning to sign copies of Mother America. Dean Kelly also made a video of me reading the title story 'Mother America'. It will be live on the Kenny's YouTube Channel soon.

Meantime here's a video of middling quality of the launch of the book last Thursday in The Winding Stair book shop. Eoin Purcell speechifys, I read, and the front door creaks.

MADE IN BALLINASLOE

Here is mine and Úna Spain's contribution to the Group 8 exhibition (on all this week!), Made in Ballinasloe. My poetry, Úna's images and, towards the end, video footage.

YouTube READING OF 'PEACH'

So I am off on my Nebraska trip tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to getting going and to meeting my fellow readers and all the Prairie Schooner crew at the launch events in Lincoln.

I made a video of me reading 'Peach', my story that is in Prairie Schooner, and have posted it on YouTube. Because YouTube only allows clips, rather clunkily I've had to chop it up into four parts. But it's there anyway, for anyone who has oodles of time on their hands. Part 1 is below, the other parts are handily called Peach Part 2 etc.

Cheerio and talk to you all next week!