Upcoming (Autumn 2025) Writing Workshops

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    Tricks and Treats: A Halloween Feast of Prompts and Generative Writing (Virtual)

    October 26, 2025

    Just Write, Porto (Portugal)!

    Closed enrollment
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    The Objects of My Affection (virtual): Writing from Heirlooms, Photos and Memories

    November 1, 2025

    Irish Writers Centre, Dublin

    Info/register
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    Building a Scene (virtual): For fiction and nonfiction writers

    November 3, 12 pm EST at

    HerStories Project

    Info/register
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    Writing Your Personal Essay

    November 29, 2025

    Irish Writers Centre, Dublin

    Info/registration
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Recent (Autumn 2025) Workshops and Retreats

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Writing News and Publications

Writing News! My Fifth Book, Trespassers and Other Stories, coming in March 2025

I'm delighted to announce that my fifth book, "Trespassers and Other Stories" was published in March 2025 and launched on March 8th, International Women’s Day!

This collection of transatlantic fiction is available at the publishers and wherever good books are sold.

Unable to attend a live book event, but need your book signed by the author?

I can sign and mail you a bookplate to insert into the book.

I’m also scheduling book events and panel participations. Get in touch.

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“Ireland and Me:” A Personal Essay

Just came across this old essay of mine, “Ireland and Me” published in the Irish Times and later included in a multi-author e-book of the same title. The essay opens with a man stealing Guinness cans from an Irish Rail dining trolley. It closes with some still-relevant observations about the immigrant experience in America.

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