Fly Roundtable: Writers and reading

Four writers, all leading classes during this year's Stinging Fly Summer School, discuss the joys and challenges of reading.

Blog Post 10th July 2020

I had to keep on

Poetry Issue 41/Volume 2: Winter 2019-20

Danielle McLaughlin wins The Sunday Times Short Story of the Year award

'A Partial List of the Saved' receives the richest prize for a single short story in the English language.

News 13th September 2019

Evelyn Conlon Reads ‘The Park’

Evelyn Conlon reads 'The Park', her story about Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland in 1979, and discusses its relevance to the country today.

Podcast 20th August 2018

‘Sweet Home’, the debut collection by Wendy Erskine

The Stinging Fly Press is proud to introduce another essential new voice in Irish fiction.

News 17th August 2018

Martina Evans Reads Sinéad Morrissey

Declan Meade is joined in the studio by Martina Evans. They read and discuss 'The Day I Brought Water', a short story by Belfast poet, Sinéad Morrissey.

Podcast 23rd July 2018

Act Now: An Interview with Una Mullally

"I don’t think I’ve ever felt as motivated about anything in my life. Nothing worthwhile is ever easy, and this is a real battle."

Interview 17th May 2018

Autonomy: An Interview With Kathy D’Arcy

"If people are okay with the right to travel, then like it or not they’re okay with abortion – they just don’t want it happening here, and that’s cruel and ridiculous."

Interview

Danny Denton Reads Nicole Flattery

In this month's episode of the Stinging Fly Podcast, Danny Denton reads and discusses the surreal tragicomedy of Nicole Flattery's 'Show Them A Good Time'.

Podcast 27th February 2018

Interview with Sean O’Reilly

Ahead of the publication of his latest collection, 'Levitation', we look back at a 2003 interview with Sean O'Reilly from the magazine's archives.

Interview Issue 15, Volume One: Summer 2003

Fly Roundtable: The short story and the novel

Alan McMonagle, Billy O'Callaghan and Ethel Rohan have all published their first novels this year. Here they discuss the challenges of moving from the short story to the longer form.

Blog Post Interview 30th May 2017

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