CKFictionClinic

08/05/2024

One space has become available for Residential Writers' Retreat in Carlow, May 23rd - 29th 2024.

For more information or to book a place, please contact [email protected]

30/04/2024

'She is one of the most brilliant writers ever' - Stanley Tucci 'desperate' to meet Irish author Irish Independent

Stanley Tucci spent two nights in Dublin earlier week, but it wasn’t nearly enough time to explore the capital, he told the Irish Independent.

09/04/2024

How Dialogue Works with Claire Keegan

Clayton Whites Hotel, Wexford Town

September 27, 28 & 29, 2024.

9am to 12:30pm daily

Tuition: €380

This course is designed for those who are writing or reading fiction and have an interest in coming to a deeper understanding of how scenes and dialogue work — and why they sometimes don’t. Claire Keegan will be discussing short stories and excerpts from novels and leading you through the prose with her insights on how to write dialogue. Everyone with an interest in reading or writing fiction is most welcome to attend.

To book a place, please contact [email protected]

Please visit the attached for further information.

With Claire Keegan Clayton Whites Hotel, Wexford Town September 27, 28 & 29, 2024. 9am to 12:30PM daily Tuition: €380 This course is designed for those who are writing or reading fiction and ha…

04/03/2024

The World of the American Short Story with Professor Mary McCay.

Hosted by Claire Keegan.

November 30th and December 1st 2024.
Clayton/Whites Hotel, Wexford Town, 9am to 5pm, both days.

This course will examine eight short stories in the context of the political, cultural, and ethical environment of different eras and a variety of environments in the United States. Mary McCay has paired the short stories to present the different ways that men and women writers react to their worlds and respond to the major concerns of their society.

For more information, please visit attached link.

With Professor Mary McCay. Hosted by Claire Keegan. November 30th and December 1st, 2024 Clayton/ Whites Hotel, Wexford Town, 9am to 5pm, both days Tuition: €450 This course will examine eight shor…

15/02/2024

Three spaces are available for How Fiction Works - Brisbane. If interested in booking a place, please contact [email protected]

How Fiction Works with Claire Keegan - Brisbane.

North Lakes Hotel, 22 Lakefield Drive, North Lakes QLD 4509, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

April 29th, 30th & May 1st, 9:30am until 4pm daily

Claire Keegan, internationally acclaimed author, invites you to join her for How Fiction Works, which will run from 9:30am to 4pm daily. These seminars will explore and demonstrate the characteristics and differences between the short story and the novel. She will discuss the structure of narrative, character, tension, point of view, dialogue, character, time and setting.

The course may be of particular interest to those who write or read fiction – but anyone with an interest in reading or understanding how fiction works is most welcome to attend.

For further information, please visit https://ckfictionclinic.com/2023/10/01/how-fiction-works-brisbane/

11/02/2024

Women and The City: Professor Mary McCay’s 8 Week Spring Online Course

March 12th – April 30th 2024

19:30 – 21:30 GMT

13:30 – 15:30 CST

Cities have an impact on the characters who inhabit them. They create the atmosphere, the culture, the societal and personal relationships, and the prejudices that have an impact on the people’s lives. Cities create an historical context and verisimilitude. They can be welcoming, freeing or dehumanising and repressive. We will examine how women live and work in cities and how cities impact their sense of self and their relationships as well as how power is distributed in those relationships. The novels examine the way women define themselves and negotiate the cities as they seek autonomy and agency.

The Course is an 8-week Zoom course. The cities we will cover are Rome, Paris, London, Dublin, New York, Chicago, and New Orleans.

For further information, please follow attached link.

March 12th – April 30th 2024 19:30 – 21:30 GMT 13:30 – 15:30 CST Cities have an impact on the characters who inhabit them. They create the atmosphere, the culture, the societal an…

11/02/2024

March 12th - April 30th 2024 19:30 - 21:30 GMT 13:30 - 15:30 CST Cities have an impact on the characters who inhabit them. They create the atmosphere, the culture, the societal and personal relationships, and the prejudices that have an impact on the people’s lives. Cities create an historical context and verisimilitude. They can be welcoming, freeing or dehumanising and repressive....

March 12th – April 30th 2024 19:30 – 21:30 GMT 13:30 – 15:30 CST Cities have an impact on the characters who inhabit them. They create the atmosphere, the culture, the societal an…

31/01/2024

“…the best-selling author for 2023 for Hodges Figgis was Claire Keegan… she ‘was head and shoulders above anyone else’ with all her titles selling very strongly… ‘Claire Keegan has been phenomenal. We can’t keep her in stock.’”

A history of Dublin in 12 streets outsold Bono’s Surrender memoir and contributed to revenues increasing at Waterstones’ Irish unit by 9pc last year to €13.22m.

15/01/2024

Niamh Towey, Bernice Harrison, Ann and Róisín Ingle discuss Claire Keegan’s So Late in the Day in this hilarious podcast. Listen through attached link or any podcast platform.

The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle

26/12/2023

How Fiction Works with Claire Keegan - Brisbane.

North Lakes Hotel, 22 Lakefield Drive, North Lakes QLD 4509, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

April 29th, 30th & May 1st, 9:30am until 4pm daily

Claire Keegan, internationally acclaimed author, invites you to join her for How Fiction Works, which will run from 9:30am to 4pm daily. These seminars will explore and demonstrate the characteristics and differences between the short story and the novel. She will discuss the structure of narrative, character, tension, point of view, dialogue, character, time and setting.

The course may be of particular interest to those who write or read fiction – but anyone with an interest in reading or understanding how fiction works is most welcome to attend.

For further information, please visit https://ckfictionclinic.com/2023/10/01/how-fiction-works-brisbane/

12/12/2023

“These stories… have new and powerful things to say about the ever-mystifying, ever-colliding worlds of contemporary Irish women and the men who stand in their way.”

The chasm between men and women is so vast in Claire Keegan's story collection, "So Late in the Day," that her characters might as well speak different languages. (In two of the three stories, they do.) Each of these tight, potent stories takes place over just a few hours, and each explores the f

09/12/2023

An Evening with Claire Keegan at the DLR LexIcon.

Friday, December 15th, 7pm to 9pm

Keegan will join teacher and critic, Niall MacMonagle, in conversation.

This is a fundraising event for the National Print Museum in conjunction with the Short Stories in Print project.

To book, please follow link attached.

Keegan will join teacher and critic, Niall MacMonagle, in conversation. The discussion will be followed by a festive reception.

19/10/2023

A Stage Reading of Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan | Tue 19 December, 8pm - Pavilion Theatre

To book a ticket, please visit attached link.

The Booker Prize nominated novel will be brought from the page to life in this stage reading, directed by Ben Barnes and accompanied by original music by Eleanor McEvoy.

30/09/2023

Iron Mountain Literature Festival

The Dock, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
Friday 6th - Sunday 8th October 2023

Claire Keegan will give a series of seminars over the three days of the festival on ‘How Literature Works’.

The Iron Mountain Literature Festival looks to ideas central to and arising from an exploration of place, home and identity and the role of literature in shaping an understanding of history and human experience.

17/09/2023

Claire Keegan in conversation with Wayne Price.

Wednesday 20th September, 7-8pm BST

Book free ticket using link below.

Booker-shortlisted, Irish novelist, Claire Keegan, is also undisputed master of the novella and the most accomplished writer of short fiction working today. | WayWORD is a youth-led arts festival brought to you by the WORD Centre for Creative Writing, University of Aberdeen.

04/08/2023

Claire Keegan in conversation with Wendy Erskine
Saturday August 5th, 3pm to 4pm at Strule Arts Centre.

The Omagh Literary Festival: Honouring Benedict Kiely celebrates over 20 years of promoting the work of Benedict Kiely and other contemporary Irish writers. Since 2002, the Committee has invited over 100 speakers including academics, journalists, writers, playwrights, and poets for example Colum McCann, Michael Longley, Sinead Gleeson, among many other distinguished guests.

Further details below

Omagh Literary Festival – Claire Keegan in conversation with Wendy Erskine Home What's On Tickets available 22nd Annual Literary Festival Honouring Benedict Kiely Claire Keegan in conversation with Wendy Erskine 3pm - 4pm The Omagh Literary Festival: Honouring Benedict Kiely celebrates over 20 yea...

11/07/2023

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss the story “So Late in the Day,” which was published in a 2022 issue of the magazine.

01/07/2023

How Fiction Works with Claire Keegan will be held at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, on October 6th, 7th & 8th from 9am to 1pm daily.

Along with Claire's exploration of the short story and the novel, these seminars will provide insight into a wide array of literary devices and techniques.
Discussions will be centred around three McGahern short stories and his novel, The Barracks.

To book a place, please contact [email protected]

A deposit of €100 and a completed booking form secures your place.

19/04/2023

A place has become available for The Ways We Read, taught by Professor Mary McCay. To book your space, please contact [email protected].

Hosted and attended by Claire Keegan, this residential six-day course explores the different perspectives on both the critical and the creative processes involved in understanding literature and in creating it.

This course will introduce different ways in which reading creative works changed as different critical theories developed, and it will help writers focus on how they hone their own creative processes.

For further information, follow the link to website attached.

The Ways We Read: Different Theories of LiteratureA Residential Course on Literature with Professor Mary McCay Fee: 1,400 euros (includes tuition, meals and accommodation) Claire Keegan is hon…

14/03/2023

Join Claire Keegan and Kathleen Murray in Arklow Library on Tuesday 28th March at 7pm for an evening of reading and discussion of Kathleen's wonderful new novel "The Deadwood Encore."
Learn more about Kathleen's life and writing from www.kathleenmurray.ie

03/03/2023

Claire Keegan, internationally acclaimed author, invites you to join her for How Fiction Works, which will run from 9am to 1pm daily. These seminars will explore and demonstrate the characteristics and differences between the short story and the novel.

This event will be held from September 22nd to 24th in White’s Hotel in Wexford Town Centre, in the Oscar Wilde Suite.

She will discuss the structure of narrative, character, tension, point of view, dialogue, character, time and setting. Keegan will also invite discussion of some well-known Irish stories, and a John McGahern novel. The course may be of particular interest to those who write or read fiction — but anyone with an interest in reading or understanding how fiction works is most welcome to attend.

To book a place, please contact [email protected]. A deposit and completed booking form secures your place.

For more information go to ckfictionclinic.com or follow attached link.

https://ckfictionclinic.com/2023/03/03/how-fiction-works/

Claire Keegan, internationally acclaimed author, invites you to join her for How FictionWorks, which will run from 9am to 1pm daily. These seminars will explore anddemonstrate the characteristics a…

24/02/2023

Spaces are still available for The Ways We Read, with Professor Mary McCay.

Claire Keegan is honoured to be hosting Professor Mary McCay’s six-day course exploring the different perspectives on both the critical and the creative processes involved in understanding literature and in creating it.

As an undergraduate in New Orleans, Claire Keegan was inspired to write by Professor McCay, who opened up the world of literature and its possibilities through her teaching and mentorship. Claire will be attending and making significant contributions to this course daily.

To book your space or for further information regarding the course please contact [email protected].

The Ways We Read: Different Theories of LiteratureA Residential Course on Literature with Professor Mary McCay Fee: 1,400 euros (includes tuition, meals and accommodation) Claire Keegan is hon…