"We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling."
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Credit Author's photos: John Kelly
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Welcome
Born in Dublin in 1958, studied English and French Literature at University College, Dublin. He moved to New York in 1980 where he married Christine Breen, whom he had met while she was also a student at UCD. His first job in New York was opening boxes of books in Fox & Sutherland’s Bookshop in Mount Kisco. In 1985, he and Chris left America to attempt to make lives as writers in Ireland. On April 1st they moved to the cottage in west Clare that Chris’s grandfather had left eighty years before. They have two adult children, a dog named Finn and a cat called Thanks. Niall’s first four books, published between 1987 and 1995, were co-written with Chris and tell of their life together in Co Clare.
We are excited to announce that, in 2021, we have taken the Kiltumper Writing Workshops online. The first online workshops in fiction took place in January/February this year, with 20 writers from around the world. Another series of Online Workshops is scheduled for April 2021. Places can be secured by payment of a non-refundable deposit of €100HEREor use the contact pageif you have any questions.
Niall Williams in conversation with Dani Gill March 30th
The Ennis Bookclub Festival runs for the month of March. Many great writers appearing. Contact here.
Bloomsbury and Bloomsbury USA will publish IN KILTUMPER, A Year in an Irish Garden by Niall and Christine in August 2021. Both a chronicle of a gardening year and a glimpse of a lifetime of writing and gardening, it will be Niall and Christine’s first co-authored book in 25 years.
We are excited to announce that, in 2021, we have taken the Kiltumper Writing Workshops online. The first online workshops in fiction took place in January/February this year, with 20 writers from around the world. Another series of Online Workshops is scheduled for April 2021. Places can be secured by payment of a non-refundable deposit of €100HEREor use the contact pageif you have any questions.
The film, FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE, directed by Polly Steele and starring Mark Rylance is currently in pre-production.
Other television and feature film screenplays are in development. Niall and Christine have recently adapted Helen Cullen’s novel, THE LOST LETTERS OF WILLIAM WOOLF for Mainstreet Pictures.
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