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Programming the Belfast Book Festival
June 2023
Neil Hegarty acts as programming associate at the Belfast Book Festival, featuring Deirdre Madden, Kerri ni Dochartaigh, Kathleen MacMahon, and a host of other writers. The Festival runs 13-18 June.
belfastbookfestival.com/whats-on
Neil Hegarty at Listowel Writers' Week
June 2023
Neil Hegarty joins Susannah Dickey and Emma Warnock for 'Essays from the Centre Culturel Irlandais', a discussion of Impermanence.
writersweek.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873634774
Neil Hegarty at Étonnants Voyageurs
May 2023
Neil Hegarty speaks about La surface de l'eau and Impermanence at Étonnants Voyageurs, St Malo: one of the great literary festivals of France.
etonnants-voyageurs.com/spip.php?page=invites&id_article=27093&id_rubrique=12
A Certain Heroism: a new essay for RTE Sunday Miscellany
April 2023
A Certain Heroism remembers the courage and persistence of Pat Hume and other discreet peacemakers who helped forge the Good Friday Agreement.
rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22233441/
Impermanence on radio: a new landmark series on RTE Radio One
March 2023
Impermanence has been transformed into a six-part radio series, reflecting on twenty-five years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The series begins with Neil Hegarty's essay Klondike, introduced by Nora Hickey M'Sichili.
rte.ie/radio/radio1/impermanence/
Neil Hegarty at the Ennis Book Club Festival
March 2023Neil Hegarty at Ireland's springtime festival, in conversation with Olivia Fitzsimons, Michelle Gallen, and Lucy Caldwell.
ennisbookclubfestival.com/etn/northern-irish-writing-flourishi202
Northern Soul at the Irish Writers' Centre
February 2023Neil Hegarty reads from 'Impermanence' at Northern Soul, the Irish Writers' Centre's exploration of writing and ideas from Northern Ireland.
irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/irish-writers-centre-unveils-northern-soul-roadshow-a-showcase-of-northern-irish-writing/
A new essay for RTE Sunday Miscellany
January 2023In Red Granite, Neil Hegarty considers Sweden, Ireland, and the allure of the western horizon. rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22190592/
Neil Hegarty at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace
December 2022Neil Hegarty, Nora Hickey M'Sichili, Brian McGilloway, and Nandi Jola discuss the writing of 'Impermanence' with Denzil McDaniel.
seamusheaneyhome.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873629045
Neil Hegarty discusses 'Impermanence' at the Dublin Book Festival
November 2002Impermanence editors Neil Hegarty and Nora Hickey M'Sichili join Henrietta McKervey and Kerri ni Dochartaigh to explore their essays, writing and the nature of impermanence.
dublinbookfestival.com/event/the-nature-of-impermanence/
Neil Hegarty and Mona de Pracontal at Trinity College Dublin
November 2022The French translation of Inch Levels was published by Éditions Joëlle Losfeld in October: and at this event hosted by the Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation, Neil Hegarty and translator Mona de Pracontal discuss the art of translation.
tcd.ie/literary-translation/upcoming-events/
Neil Hegarty at the Belfast Festival
October 2022Neil Hegarty joins Gail McConnell and Maria McManus to discuss the themes and context of 'Impermanence' with Denzil McDaniel.
belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/event/conversations-on-impermanence/
Neil Hegarty discusses 'Impermanence' at the Omagh Literary Festival
October 2022Neil Hegarty in conversation with Sam McBride at the Strule Arts Centre, discussing the evolution of the essays collected in Impermanence.
struleartscentre.co.uk/show/omagh-literary-festival-neil-hegarty-in-conversation-with-sam-mcbride/
Inch Levels is published in French translation as La surface de l'eau
October 2022La surface de l'eau is translated by Mona de Pracontal, and published by Éditions Joëlle Losfeld/Gallimard. It was launched by Clíona de Riordan at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris.
gallimard.fr/Catalogue/GALLIMARD/Joelle-Losfeld/Litterature-etrangere-Joelle-Losfeld/La-surface-de-l-eau
Kaleidoscope presents 'Burned', a new essay by Neil Hegarty
October 2022The EFACIS Kaleidoscope project explores the relationship between Irish writers and Europe.
kaleidoscope2.efacis.eu/writer/neil-hegarty
Neil Hegarty and Mona de Pracontal at Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
October 2022Neil Hegarty and Mona de Pracontal discuss the translation of Inch Levels into La surface de l'eau, published by Editions Joelle Losfeld on 6 October 2022.
www.centreculturelirlandais.com/en/whats-on/exhibitions-events/rencontre-avec-neil-hegarty
'A Ming Bowl', for RTE Sunday Miscellany
September 2002A new radio essay on the Spanish Armada, history, time, and space.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22142368/
'Do better': A new essay in The Stinging Fly
July 2022Neil Hegarty contributes to an essay season in The Stinging Fly, with reflections on the effects of time, patience, and self-knowledge. stingingfly.org/2022/07/28/notes-on-rejection/
Excellent reviews of Impermanence
July 2022The first reviews of Impermanence are full of praise. 'A wide-ranging, moving and beautifully written series of reflections on friendship, family, place and society,' writes the Irish Times.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2022/07/23/impermanence-lifts-us-up-and-beyond-the-enclosed-and-the-inevitable/?
'Supple, subtle, and surprising,' writes the Irish Independent.
www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/impermanence-what-lies-north-of-the-border-depends-on-whos-looking-41839601.html
RTE Sunday Miscellany feature
July 2022Neil Hegarty's radio feature on 'la mer d'Iroise'
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22116280/
Primadonna Festival lineup announcement
July 2022Neil Hegarty appears at this summer's Primadonna Festival, Suffolk.
www.primadonnafestival.com/year-2022/
Salon de Livre Insulaire, France
July 2022Neil Hegarty appears at the Salon de Livres, Ouessant, France
fr.calameo.com/read/006272294d0721d811eb5
Publication of Impermanence
June 2022Impermanence, a new collection of essays edited by Neil Hegarty and Nora Hickey M'Sichili, and published by No Alibis Press and the Centre Culturel Irlandais, is launched in Paris. Impermanence features essays by Jan Carson, Carlo Gebler, Henrietta McKervey, Nandi Jola, Gail McConnell, Neil Hegarty, Susannah Dickey, Maria McManus, Susan McKay, Paul McVeigh, Brian McGilloway, and Kerri ni Dochartaigh.
www.noalibispress.com/news/new-publication-impermanence
Residency on the isle of Ouessant, France
June 2022Neil Hegarty is awarded the Sémaphore du Creac’h writers' residency.
www.livre-insulaire.fr/
Focus on Northern Ireland at Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
June 2022Neil Hegarty takes part in a soirée of visual arts, literature, music and film from Northern Ireland.
www.centreculturelirlandais.com/en/whats-on/exhibitions-events/regards-sur-lirlande-du-nord/
Neil Hegarty judges Irish Novel Fair 2022
February 2022Neil Hegarty, Cauvery Madhavan and Gavin Corbett select the twelve Novel Fair finalists.
www.irishwriterscentre.ie/12-emerging-writers-selected-as-the-winners-of-novel-fair-2022/
Neil Hegarty on Shelfmarks podcast, with Zoe Comyns and Royal Irish Academy
December 2021New writing plus discussion of the Anthropocene, nature, and the climate crisis.
www.ria.ie/news/publications/shelfmarks-neil-hegarty
Queer Love: Emma Donoghue and Neil Hegarty in conversation with Paul McVeigh at the Dublin Book Festival 2021
8 November, 7pm-8pm GMTFree
ONLINE EVENT
More information: dublinbookfestival.com/programme/queer-love/
Neil Hegarty reviews The New Frontier: Reflections from the Irish Border
Irish Times, 24 October 2021.Read the review here:
irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-new-frontier-reflections-from-the-irish-border-true-north-1.4696516
Border Literatures, at the National Library of Ireland
Wednesday 20 October, 7pmRegister for this event
Neil Hegarty, Liam McIlvanney, and Elizabeth Mannion in conversation at the National Library of Ireland, discussing Andrea Carter's Death at Whitewater Church: An Inishowen Mystery.
More information: www.nli.ie/en/border-literatures.aspx
