I spent a lovely afternoon at the Wexford Literary Festival in Enniscorthy on Sunday, having been invited to the presentation of the Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award 2017 as a shortlistee. I know you’re probably on the edge of your seat with anticipation, but I have to let you down easy and report that I did… Read More Back on the road to Enniscorthy
Well, you could knock me down with a feather. Despite announcing that the Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award shortlist would be revealed in a week’s time, the organisers of the Wexford Literary Festival actually released it yesterday – and there was yours truly’s name on it. It’s the second time around for me, as I was… Read More Shortlisted for the Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award 2017
A bit of happy news dropped into my inbox yesterday – a story of mine, ‘A Simple Loss of Balance’, has been longlisted for the Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award 2017. I was even happier to see the name of my writing group pal Sinéad Slattery on there too, plus a host of writers whose… Read More Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award 2017 longlist
Eagle-eyed regular readers may have noticed something particular about my weekly news round-up – it isn’t exactly what you might call weekly. In my defence, The Utterly-Random-Whenever-I-Feel-Inclined Herding really doesn’t have the same ring to it. But as we’re here now, we might as well look at some interesting writing bits and bobs I’ve seen knocking about… Read More The weekly herding: Abraham Lincoln, the value of art and the importance of support
There was much excitement at Word Herding Towers this weekend as I was invited to the Wexford Literary Festival for the results of the inaugural Colm Toíbín International Short Story Award. It was wonderful to have made the shortlist, along with a member of my writing group, Lourdes Mackey. Another member, Sinead Slattery, was longlisted, and we were delighted with… Read More Roadtrip to Enniscorthy for the Colm Toíbín Award
A close-up of the week’s prime writing blog posts, rounded up from the green, green grass of t’internet. Am I milking this whole herding thing too much? Time to put it out to pasture, possibly… The mystery of Joanne Clancy and the purloined books I regularly listen to a podcast by three writers who are at a… Read More The weekly herding: give and take
Normally at this point in the week, I’d be putting together my weekly blog post round-up and browsing sheep/cow/herd-related pictures with which to annoy my few brave readers. But I’ve delayed it slightly this week (though normal nonsense will resume shortly). Instead, I have an exciting piece of news to report – for me, anyway. I’ve been longlisted for… Read More Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award 2016 longlist
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