Four writers, all leading classes during this year's Stinging Fly Summer School, discuss the joys and challenges of reading.
Emily S. Cooper finds a quiet beauty in Kathryn Scanlan's spare, unflinching stories.
How a ‘blockbuster sci-fi contagion plot’ has caused one teacher to question the meaning and value of the traditional writing workshop.
The Stinging Fly Summer School is moving online this year – July 13th to 17th – book your place now.
Our summer issue features new fiction from Louise Hegarty and Niamh Campbell, poetry from Nidhi Zak and Manuela Moser, and an essay on K-Pop from Lisa McInerney. Pre-order now!
Adania Shibli's third novel, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette, considers the implications of historiography under occupation.
Cathy Sweeney's stories have already attracted a band of fanatical devotees, and this first collection is as marvellous as we could have hoped for. A unique imagination, a brilliant debut. — Kevin Barry
9th March 2020
25th November 2019
31st October 2019
Four writers, all leading classes during this year's Stinging Fly Summer School, discuss the joys and challenges of reading.
How a ‘blockbuster sci-fi contagion plot’ has caused one teacher to question the meaning and value of the traditional writing workshop.
A lecture on the facets of writing and being a writer, first delivered at Bray Literary Festival in September 2019.