Author

Noel O'Regan 6 posts 0 comments

Noel O Regan is the recipient of the 2014 Sean Dunne Young Writers Award and a Leonard A. Koval Memorial Prize, as well as being a prize winner in the Bridport Prize and Writing Spirit Award. He has been shortlisted for numerous other awards, is a Pushcart Prize nominee, and his fiction has appeared in publications in Ireland and abroad, including The Stinging Fly, Ambit and The Penny Dreadful. He was the 2013/2014 Kerry County Council Writer-in-Residence.

Literature

The Lit Review |63| Trump Erotica, Costa Winner & More

Noel O'Regan Jan 30, 2016 0

Trump Erotica Trump erotica is now officially a thing. (Trumpotica, anyone?) Written by comedian Elijah Daniel – in four hours, no less – the erotic gay book, entitled Trump Temptation: the Billionaire and the Bellboy is currently…

Literature

The Lit Review |62| Philip Pullman, Guillermo Del Toro & More

Noel O'Regan Jan 23, 2016 0

Oxford Literary Festival Outcry The past week has been an unsettling time for the Oxford Literary Festival. The controversy began when acclaimed author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, Philip Pullman, decided to resign as patron of the…

Literature

The Lit Review|61| Period Pratchett, Bowie’s Favourite Books & More

Noel O'Regan Jan 16, 2016 0

Periodically Pratchett In an exciting turn of events, over 45,000 people have so far signed a petition to name one of the four recently discovered elements due to be added to the Periodic Table as “Octarine”. This petition is seen as a…

Literature

The Lit Review |45| Goldsmiths Shortlist, Banshee & More

Noel O'Regan Oct 1, 2015 0

Barry on Goldsmiths Shortlist Irish novelist and short story writer, Kevin Barry, has woken up to good news this morning. His yet-to-be-released novel, Beatlebone, has made the shortlist for the prestigious Goldsmiths Prize. The novel,…

Literature

Review | The Ginger Man by J.P. Donleavy

Noel O'Regan Aug 20, 2015 0

This classic twentieth century Irish novel has been rereleased in a special hardback edition by Lilliput Press in time for the sixtieth anniversary of its publication. The Ginger Man follows the story of Sebastian Dangerfield, an…

Short Fiction

Stop-off

Noel O'Regan Feb 1, 2014 1

I stand by the window of our sleeping compartment, ignoring you. The land we pass is mountainous and wild, and I know we’re high up because my ears keep popping. ‘Oh Shane, it’s really sore. Feel it, it’s burning up,’ you say. I touch the…