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A writer from Dublin based in Cork, Aileen has an MA in English Literature from the University of Sheffield. Apart from HeadStuff, she has also written for The Bohemyth, and her work received an honourable mention in the Atlantic Short Story Contest. She ran away with the circus and can usually be found there when not in HeadStuff Towers.

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Dance of Reality | Cork’s Circus for Gaza Cabaret

Aileen Ferris Oct 9, 2018 0
Imagine that you've been trapped in the same 40km strip of land your whole life. Imagine that you usually don't have access to electricity, and that clean water is rare and precious. Imagine not being able to plan for the future, with…
Literature

The Lit Review | 127 | Kingfisher Writers Retreat

Aileen Ferris Jul 1, 2018 0
In this edition of The Lit Review, Literature Editor Aileen runs through this month's literary news, announcements, submission calls and the Kingfisher Writers Retreat, to be held in July. News Independent Bookshop Week Book Award winners…
Literature

The Lit Review | 126 | Tara Flynn’s Rage-In

Aileen Ferris Jun 4, 2018 0
HeadStuff's very own Tara Flynn's new book, Rage-In is out!  Launches to be held in Dublin and Cork.  This month also sees poetry award deadlines, ILFDublin Off The Page events announced, other book launches and a digital release of Kathy…
Literature

Book Review | The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne

Aileen Ferris May 30, 2018 0
It’s been a month since I finished reading John Boyne’s latest novel, The Heart’s Invisible Furies, and I haven’t quite gotten over it yet. A radical statement, about a novel?  Perhaps, but Boyne’s story and characters have remained with me…
Literature

The Lit Review | 125 | Yeats International Summer School scholarships

Aileen Ferris May 7, 2018 0
It's Literature Editor Aileen's run-down of this fortnight's literary news, events, competitions and submission calls.  Watch out for one of our own writers here at HeadStuff launching his first book this week!  Full info below. News Yeats…
Literature

“First come the characters and setting and the story” | Interview with E.R. Murray

Aileen Ferris Apr 25, 2018 0
Children’s author E.R. Murray is a Middlesbrough transplant in West Cork.  She has also lived in both Dublin and Spain, among other places, and her sense of place has a great influence on the setting of her novels.  Ebony Smart, the…
Literature

Lit Review | 124 | Cork World Book Festival

Aileen Ferris Apr 22, 2018 0
The Lit Review is back, with book festivals in Dublin and Cork, poetry and short story competitions, workshops and more. Competitions & submission calls RTE Radio 1 Short Story Competition The 2018 RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Competition in…
Literature

Lit Review | 123 | Poetry Day Ireland

Aileen Ferris Apr 9, 2018 0
This fortnight's Lit Review sees Literature Editor Aileen cover upcoming events such as Poetry Day Ireland and A Poet's Rising, as well as the Bristol Short Story Prize and more. News Novel Fair 2019 The Irish Writers Centre launches Novel…
Literature

Lit Review | 122 | Banshee submissions, Cúirt International Festival of Literature & more

Aileen Ferris Mar 26, 2018 0
Welcome to this round of the Lit Review. Banshee journal, Coast to Coast Irish Issue, the Jane Martin Poetry Prize, MoJo journal, and the Sycamore Review are all open for submissions until the end of March.  Cúirt International Festival of…
Literature

Lit Review | 121 | International Literature Festival Dublin

Aileen Ferris Mar 12, 2018 0
Welcome to this round of the Lit Review. The International Literature Festival Dublin is looking for volunteers, Sally Rooney's second novel is released in September, The Stinging Fly wants unpublished writers, One City One Book celebrates…
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