Caoilinn Hughes
caoilinnhughes.bsky.social
Caoilinn Hughes
@caoilinnhughes.bsky.social
Irish writer.
Novels: THE ALTERNATIVES, THE WILD LAUGHTER and ORCHID & THE WASP. Short stories about the place.
So looking forward to returning to my alma mater, specifically to the Seamus Heaney Centre, alongside phenomenal playwright Conor McPherson and musician Mark McCambridge of Arborist. 🙏🏻 @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

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Seamus Heaney Fellows 2025-26: Caoilinn Hughes, Mark McCambridge and Conor McPherson
The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast has announced the appointments of Caoilinn Hughes, Mark McCambridge and Conor McPherson as the Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows for 2025-26.
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September 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Go Vona.
Vona is a legend.
Professor Vona Groarke at an appointment ceremony for her new role as The Ireland Chair of Poetry, which took place in the National Concert Hall yesterday. Vona Groarke will be the 10th Ireland Professor of Poetry, and her tenure will run from until November 2028.

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September 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Fresh off the BBC Radio 4 airwaves @bbcsounds.bsky.social, here is Ruth Bradley reading an abridged version of my shortlisted story "Two Hands" 🙌🏻
First published in the @parisreview.bsky.social

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BBC Radio 4 - BBC National Short Story Award, BBC National Short Story Award 2025, Two Hands by Caoilinn Hughes
Caoilinn Hughes' story is under consideration for the BBC National Short Story Award 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Reposted by Caoilinn Hughes
We're absolutely delighted to share the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award 2025 which very proud to be a part of 👏 #BBCNSSA
September 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
What a dream to be shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award with @universitypress.cambridge.org on its 20th anniversary. You'll be able to listen to the abridged story on BBC Radio 4 + @bbcsounds.bsky.social next week, read by Ruth Bradley. It was first pubd in @parisreview.bsky.social. 🙏🏻
September 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Hello! New to using this platform, but thought to share a piece I wrote for @theguardian.com about long distance train travel and the lineage of writers who have traversed Europe by rail.

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
James Joyce went by train from Dublin to Trieste. A hundred years on, it’s a very different experience
It is more than a century since Joyce crossed Europe by rail but there is still inspiration to be found on the overland journey to Trieste
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM