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Beyond thrilled and honoured to announce that my short story, PEACE PROCESS has been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards. This is the most prestigious literary awards in Ireland. The public vote plays a huge part in determining the winner. Please consider voting for Peace Process here: https://www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
I moved to Ireland 26 years ago, living in Belfast during the dying days of The Troubles. This April marks the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement which marked peace in Northern Ireland. I wrote a short story set in this time and place and it was published April, 2023 by Variant Literature. Read… Continue reading Peace Process
Delighted that my flash fiction piece Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere on the Last Car of the Last Train to LA, I Fell in Love was shortlisted for the 2022 flash fiction prize.
Podcast of an interview I did with Deirdre Walsh at Radio Kerry. Link HERE
So I'm staring into the sunshine and my, isn't it a glorious day. Bow wows already bounced along the low-tide beach and sprawled on the musk-scent carpet with happy snorty sighs. And OH, what is this but Nuala O'Connor's Joyride to Jupiter at the top of one of my "To be Read at some point… Continue reading Joyride to Jupiter by Nuala O’Connor
On September 7th, I read an excerpt from an exciting new short story I've written especially for the XBorders project at the Irish Writers' Centre More here.
The first time I laid eyes upon Sean O’Reilly, I was inexplicably reminded of the guy in a wheelchair I saw across Zeitgeist, a motorbike dive bar trending out with hipsters in early 90s San Francisco. On the edge of the room, watching women in tight black and doc martens dancing on the bar, sipping… Continue reading Levitation by Sean O’Reilly
Barbara Byar 