Well this book is startlingly original, with the intersection of art and artist and living in the moment to the fore with a mysterious cult of women on a wild island as a background hum. Fiercely intelligent. 👏👏👏👏👏👏Congratulations Sinéad Gleeson

I’m about half way through myself! I just love it.

A 2023 highlight was composing the score for #TheCastaways streaming from today on Paramount+ UK & Ireland. Such an enjoyable experience working on this show with brilliant cast Celine Buckens Sheridan Smith @charrvega. Thanks Clapperboard Studios Juliet Martin

m.youtube.com/watch?v=c5QfPn…

📽️For [REACTIONS], 17 composers created new works for duos within Crash & our resident filmmaker Laura Sheeran captured a fly-on-the-wall view of the composers’ studio spaces, visual imagery, + text journaling, throughout the creative process

View here👀tinyurl.com/59krvuj8

This Thursday night The Works Presents on RTÉ 📺

Thrilled with the cover for my debut novel Hagstone, out April 11th 2024 with 4th Estate Books.

Thanks to Elaine Feeney and Louise Kennedy for blurbs, to Ola Galewicz for her stunning cover and to Matt Clacher & Kishani Widyaratna.

Pre-order: lnkfi.re/xZHHWt RCW Literary Agency

A group of Irish writers and Irish Artists For Palestine have organised four events - in Dublin, Belfast, Galway and Cork - with readings and music to raise money for
Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Tickets for three shows (Cork is sold out) on sale Monday at 10am.

Details will be here: linktr.ee/writersforpale…

I'm delighted that The Dawning Of The Day, my documentary for Eoin O Kelly was awarded Silver in the Best Music, Arts & Culture Documentary category IMRO Radio Awards last night!

I interviewed Marina Abramović for RA Magazine ahead of a major retrospective of her work at Royal Academy. Marina Abramović Institute

royalacademy.org.uk/article/marina…

If you're at Edinburgh International Book Festival this week...

Full alert for:
LANKUM
Grian Chatten
Ailbhe Reddy
Perlee
Lisa O'Neill Music
The Murder Capital
Stephen Shannon
John Blek
#DanielLuke
#TheBonk

Thanks for the music, folks!

Thrilled to be included in The Irish Times “10 best Irish albums of 2023 so far”. I’m in great company too. Loving the sound of the Perlee album. Thanks Tony Clayton-Lea

irishtimes.com/culture/music/…

Really love being on this Paul McDermott show. Members of The Crayon Set and SELK are current and former HRA band members and Stephen Shannon recorded our first album. Tis a small world!

Do not miss this wildly creative doc- a truly unique piece of doc as art

I'm really enjoying this album by Stephen Shannon, each track moves so well and never outstays it's welcome, well done Steve! Stephen Shannon
stephenshannon.bandcamp.com/album/fathoms