Acclaimed Author Mike McCormack To Read at UCC on October 7th

The School of English and Digital Humanities at UCC is thrilled to announce that acclaimed author Mike McCormack will read at an exclusive, open-to-the-public event at UCC on October 7th, 6.30pm. 

Mike McCormack is an award-winning Irish novelist and short-story writer. He was raised on a farm in County Mayo, and has published two collections of short stories, Getting It In the Head and Forensic Songs, and four novels — Crowe's Requiem, Notes from a Coma, Solar Bones, and This Plague of Souls.  

In 1996, he was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. In 1998, Getting It In the Head was voted a New York Times ‘Notable Book of the Year’. In 2006, Notes from a Coma was shortlisted for the Irish Book of the Year Award, and is currently on the Senior Cycle reading list for Leaving Certificate English. In 2016, Solar Bones (a book in a single sentence) won the Goldsmiths Prize, was long-listed for the Booker Prize, was named "Novel of the Year" by the Irish Book Awards, and won the Dublin International Literary Award (previously known as the IMPAC). His latest novel, This Plague of Souls, follows a painter named Nealon as he returns home from prison and sets out to find his wife and child amid brewing global unrest.  

Described as ‘a disgracefully neglected writer’ early in his career, the success of his later work has asserted him as one of the great Irish novelists. Over the years, his cutting edge work has been adapted for the screen and the stage. He lives in Galway with his wife, the artist Maeve Curtis, and their son, and is the Director of the University of Galway’s MA in Creative Writing. 

We are delighted to welcome Mike to UCC on October 7th (6.30pm) for a public reading and discussion of his superb work.  

Where: Dora Allman Room, The Hub, UCC Main Campus 

When: October 7th, 6.30pm 

Booking: Tickets are free, and all are welcome, but to ensure a seat register for this event at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/mike-mccormack-at-ucc-public-reading-discussion-tickets-1015172497267