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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 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 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
'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 - Online Reading and Conversation Series, September 2021 - March 2022
Wednesday 20 October, 7pmRegister for this event
Neil Hegarty and Elizabeth Mannion in conversation about Andrea Carter's Death at Whitewater Church: An Inishowen Mystery. Moderated by Liam McIlvanney.
More information: www.nli.ie/en/border-literatures.aspx
Neil Hegarty is a member of the Society of Authors, Irish PEN, and the Irish Writers' Centre.
Neil is represented by Véronique Baxter at David Higham Associates