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The Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies and The WORD Centre for Creative Writing proudly presents,

Five Irish Writers.

A Spring Series of Public Readings by five of the most exciting contemporary Irish Writers.

EVENT ONE: Billy O'Callaghan

Billy O’Callaghan is the author of three short story collections: In Exile and In Too Deep (Mercier Press), and The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind (New Island Books), which was honoured with a Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Award and  selected as Cork's "One City, One Book" for 2017. His first novel, The Dead House, was published by Brandon Books/O'Brien Press, and in the U.S. by Arcade in 2018.  A recipient of the 2013 Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Award for Short Story of the Year, and a 2010 Arts Council of Ireland Bursary Award for Literature, his story, "The Boatman" was  shortlisted for the 2016 Costa Short Story Award. 

Speaker
Billy O'Callaghan
Hosted by
The Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies and The WORD Centre for Creative Writing
Venue
Humanity Manse