Tag Archives: Nuala Ní Chonchúir

Nuala O’Connor & Sarah Maria Griffin at the LexIcon (October 23rd)

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Lia Mills

This blog is disgracefully late, but I still want to record elements of a most enjoyable interview/conversation that took place in the Dun Laoghaire LexIcon a fortnight ago between Nuala O’Connor (Nuala Ní Chonchúir) and Sarah Maria Griffin (SMG), current … Continue reading →

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GUEST BLOG: Write the Book You Want to Read? by Nuala O’Connor

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Lia Mills

It’s a treat for me to host a guest blog by Nuala O’Connor – who has featured in earlier blogposts as Nuala Ní Chonchúir – to mark the publication of her new novel Becoming Belle, a historical novel set (mostly) in … Continue reading →

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Interview with Nuala O’Connor (Miss Emily)

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Lia Mills

Nuala, congratulations, Miss Emily is a powerfully absorbing novel. You create a compelling, vivid impression of 19th century Amherst, the Dickinson household and the interior world of Ada, their Irish servant. And just when a reader thinks they know where the story is … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction or Prose Poem?

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Lia Mills

This is what’s exercising my sluggish, rain-soaked brain at the minute: what is the difference between flash fiction and a prose poem? Narrative, you might suggest – as Nessa O’Mahony did, very helpfully, when I posted the question on Twitter … Continue reading →

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Fly Italian

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Lia Mills

This morning I found a lovely thing in my Inbox:  the most recent issue of Inkroci, which includes my short story “Flight” in both Italian and English, translated by Anna Anzani (thanks, Anna!)  I can’t put words on how it … Continue reading →

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Interview

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Lia Mills

The lovely Nuala Ní Chonchúir, who is a human dynamo when it comes to supporting other writers, has published a generous interview with me on her Women Rule Writer blog:  http://womenrulewriter.blogspot.ie/ This is because my new novel, Fallen, is officially out … Continue reading →

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Interview with Nuala Ní Chonchúir

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Lia Mills

Nuala Ní Chonchúir has a new novel The Closet of Savage Mementoes. There’s already a buzz about this novel and her next, Miss Emily, already signed with Penguin in the US.  Nuala took time out from preparations for her launch to answer a … Continue reading →

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Stinging Fly Launch

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Lia Mills

The Writers’ Centre was jammed to the rafters for the launch of the latest issue of The Stinging Fly.  Declan Meade talked about the transition to Tom Morris’s stewardship and introduced the issue’s featured poet, Dimitra Xidous, whose first collection … Continue reading →

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The Stinging Fly

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Lia Mills

The latest issue of the Stinging Fly – Issue 27 – has arrived, with fiction guest-edited by Nuala Ní Chonchúir. There’s a substantial section devoted to flash fiction.  In her intro Nuala Ní Chonchúir talks about the terminology: ‘flash’ fiction versus … Continue reading →

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WIPs & the writing process: a blog tour Q & A

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Lia Mills

Thanks to the fabulous ERMurray who has passed the 2014 writers’ Q & A blog-tour torch to me. The idea is that you answer the following three questions about your work, then ask the same questions of another writer whose work … Continue reading →

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