Wednesday 22nd February 2012

The Loft Bookshop, Twisted Pepper, 54 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1

doors 7pm

Free admission

Nuala Ní Chonchúir is a short story writer, novelist and poet, born in Dublin in 1970 and living in Galway. Her third poetry collection The Juno Charm was published in late 2011 by Salmon Poetry. Her fourth short story collection Mother America will be published by New Island in May 2012. Nuala’s story ‘Peach’, published in Prairie Schooner, has been nominated for the 2012 Pushcart Prize.

Nuala has won many short fiction awards including RTÉ radio’s Francis MacManus Award, the Cúirt New Writing Prize, the inaugural Jonathan Swift Award and the Cecil Day Lewis Award. She was shortlisted for the European Prize for Literature.

Her début novel You (New Island, 2010) was called ‘a heart-warmer’ by The Irish Times and ‘a gem’ by The Irish Examiner. Her third short story collection Nude (Salt, 2009)) was shortlisted for the UK’s Edge Hill Prize.

Nuala keeps a literary blog at www.womenrulewriter.blogspot.com and her website is www.nualanichonchuir.com

Nuala Ní Chonchúir is a short story writer, novelist and poet, born in Dublin in 1970 and living in Galway. Her third poetry collection The Juno Charm was published in late 2011 by Salmon Poetry. Her fourth short story collection Mother America will be published by New Island in May 2012. Nuala’s story ‘Peach’, published in Prairie Schooner, has been nominated for the 2012 Pushcart Prize.

Nuala has won many short fiction awards including RTÉ radio’s Francis MacManus Award, the Cúirt New Writing Prize, the inaugural Jonathan Swift Award and the Cecil Day Lewis Award. She was shortlisted for the European Prize for Literature.

Her début novel You (New Island, 2010) was called ‘a heart-warmer’ by The Irish Times and ‘a gem’ by The Irish Examiner. Her third short story collection Nude (Salt, 2009)) was shortlisted for the UK’s Edge Hill Prize.

Nuala keeps a literary blog at www.womenrulewriter.blogspot.com and her website is www.nualanichonchuir.com