Neil Hegarty
@neilhegarty.bsky.social
Writer, Dublin & Derry. Worlds, words.
Novels: The Jewel•Inch Levels.
Essays (ed.): Impermanence.
Dublin Review•Stinging Fly•Banshee•PVA•
Tangerine•Cyphers•Irish Times
📖 & 🌿 & 🏳️🌈 & 🎂
neilhegarty.com
Novels: The Jewel•Inch Levels.
Essays (ed.): Impermanence.
Dublin Review•Stinging Fly•Banshee•PVA•
Tangerine•Cyphers•Irish Times
📖 & 🌿 & 🏳️🌈 & 🎂
neilhegarty.com
Late light (at Doolin pier).
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Late light (at Doolin pier).
All set to chair Out on the Page, discussing queer visibility in writing and publishing, as part of Dublin Book Festival.
With thanks to @eatthestorms.com for devising such an excellent event.
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
With thanks to @eatthestorms.com for devising such an excellent event.
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
All set to chair Out on the Page, discussing queer visibility in writing and publishing, as part of Dublin Book Festival.
With thanks to @eatthestorms.com for devising such an excellent event.
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
With thanks to @eatthestorms.com for devising such an excellent event.
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Ready, steady...
Gearing up for last night's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social event at @molimuseum.bsky.social:
'Writing the Unspeakable', with Gaea Schoeters and Audrey Magee, in partnership with @literatureireland.bsky.social.
With thanks to great audience.
Gearing up for last night's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social event at @molimuseum.bsky.social:
'Writing the Unspeakable', with Gaea Schoeters and Audrey Magee, in partnership with @literatureireland.bsky.social.
With thanks to great audience.
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Ready, steady...
Gearing up for last night's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social event at @molimuseum.bsky.social:
'Writing the Unspeakable', with Gaea Schoeters and Audrey Magee, in partnership with @literatureireland.bsky.social.
With thanks to great audience.
Gearing up for last night's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social event at @molimuseum.bsky.social:
'Writing the Unspeakable', with Gaea Schoeters and Audrey Magee, in partnership with @literatureireland.bsky.social.
With thanks to great audience.
I'm delighted to be judging this edition of the Michael McLaverty Short Story Award - and the clock is ticking for entries! Just a few days to go now...
#ticktock
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#ticktock
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October 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I'm delighted to be judging this edition of the Michael McLaverty Short Story Award - and the clock is ticking for entries! Just a few days to go now...
#ticktock
linenhall.com/michael-mcla...
#ticktock
linenhall.com/michael-mcla...
'Mrs Hegarty' arrives for her ethereal annual visit.
October 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
'Mrs Hegarty' arrives for her ethereal annual visit.
This reminds me of Lady Catherine de Bourgh: 'If I had ever learned, I should have been a great proficient!'
October 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This reminds me of Lady Catherine de Bourgh: 'If I had ever learned, I should have been a great proficient!'
The finale of this year's RTE Short Story Competition is coming up:
Friday 25 Oct at the Pavilion, Dún Laoghaire - and live at 7pm on Arena, RTE Radio One, with @rickoshea.bsky.social.
What a pleasure it has been! - and thanks to fellow judges @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social and Tristan Rosenstock.
Friday 25 Oct at the Pavilion, Dún Laoghaire - and live at 7pm on Arena, RTE Radio One, with @rickoshea.bsky.social.
What a pleasure it has been! - and thanks to fellow judges @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social and Tristan Rosenstock.
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The finale of this year's RTE Short Story Competition is coming up:
Friday 25 Oct at the Pavilion, Dún Laoghaire - and live at 7pm on Arena, RTE Radio One, with @rickoshea.bsky.social.
What a pleasure it has been! - and thanks to fellow judges @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social and Tristan Rosenstock.
Friday 25 Oct at the Pavilion, Dún Laoghaire - and live at 7pm on Arena, RTE Radio One, with @rickoshea.bsky.social.
What a pleasure it has been! - and thanks to fellow judges @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social and Tristan Rosenstock.
October 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I'm coming to the end of my Paris writing residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais (CCI). It has been such a stimulating month: a time of focused thinking and writing, great conversations, cultural abundance, and new friendships. Thanks to all at the CCI and the Embassy of Ireland in Paris.
October 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I'm coming to the end of my Paris writing residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais (CCI). It has been such a stimulating month: a time of focused thinking and writing, great conversations, cultural abundance, and new friendships. Thanks to all at the CCI and the Embassy of Ireland in Paris.
To the Musée national Picasso-Paris today. This photograph shows the Pavilion of the Spanish Republic at the 1937 Paris International Exposition, as the Civil War was raging in Spain itself - and the first public exhibition of 'Guernica', here at centre.
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
To the Musée national Picasso-Paris today. This photograph shows the Pavilion of the Spanish Republic at the 1937 Paris International Exposition, as the Civil War was raging in Spain itself - and the first public exhibition of 'Guernica', here at centre.
Blue light on stone.
October 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Blue light on stone.
Pizdyets: On the morning after the parliamentary elections in Moldova, I read this brilliant essay by Philip Ó'Ceallaigh in @thedublinreview.bsky.social The Dublin Review 98.
September 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Pizdyets: On the morning after the parliamentary elections in Moldova, I read this brilliant essay by Philip Ó'Ceallaigh in @thedublinreview.bsky.social The Dublin Review 98.
Oscar and his friends today (at Père-Lachaise).
September 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Oscar and his friends today (at Père-Lachaise).
At the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris.
September 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
At the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris.
Very glad to have judged this year's RTE Short Story Competition, alongside Jan Carson and Tristan Rosenstock: the shortlist is now published. Great writing this year.
The winners are announced on 24 October.
@rteradio1.bsky.social @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
The winners are announced on 24 October.
@rteradio1.bsky.social @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Very glad to have judged this year's RTE Short Story Competition, alongside Jan Carson and Tristan Rosenstock: the shortlist is now published. Great writing this year.
The winners are announced on 24 October.
@rteradio1.bsky.social @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
The winners are announced on 24 October.
@rteradio1.bsky.social @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
A room with a view.
September 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A room with a view.
Arrival in Paris, and settling into a month's writing residency.
Thank you to Centre Culturel Irlandais for this wonderful opportunity.
Thank you to Centre Culturel Irlandais for this wonderful opportunity.
September 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Arrival in Paris, and settling into a month's writing residency.
Thank you to Centre Culturel Irlandais for this wonderful opportunity.
Thank you to Centre Culturel Irlandais for this wonderful opportunity.
'Super Trouper' is blazing away today.
September 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
'Super Trouper' is blazing away today.
A dahlia, at last!
September 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A dahlia, at last!
Dublin Book Festival is on the way - and I'm happy to be moderating two special events:
7 Nov: Writing the Unspeakable, with Gaia Schoeters and Audrey Magee;
8 Nov: Out on the Page, with Soula Emmanuel, Seán Hewitt, and Anne Walsh Donnelly.
join us!
dublinbookfestival.com/explore-the-...
7 Nov: Writing the Unspeakable, with Gaia Schoeters and Audrey Magee;
8 Nov: Out on the Page, with Soula Emmanuel, Seán Hewitt, and Anne Walsh Donnelly.
join us!
dublinbookfestival.com/explore-the-...
September 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Dublin Book Festival is on the way - and I'm happy to be moderating two special events:
7 Nov: Writing the Unspeakable, with Gaia Schoeters and Audrey Magee;
8 Nov: Out on the Page, with Soula Emmanuel, Seán Hewitt, and Anne Walsh Donnelly.
join us!
dublinbookfestival.com/explore-the-...
7 Nov: Writing the Unspeakable, with Gaia Schoeters and Audrey Magee;
8 Nov: Out on the Page, with Soula Emmanuel, Seán Hewitt, and Anne Walsh Donnelly.
join us!
dublinbookfestival.com/explore-the-...
All the colours.
September 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
All the colours.