Sorcha McNamara, 'Reality is Quicksand'
10 June 2026, 6–7pm
A performative reading event and installation by visual artist Sorcha McNamara supported by Free Space at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios.
Workshop: Art Writing with Nicole Flattery
27 November 2021, 2pm - 4pm @ Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
Art Writing with Nicole Flattery is focused on art-writing and centred around the idea that everyone is capable of writing about art that draws them in - whether their response is critical, fiction or nonfiction.
There will be a discussion of a number of texts and a high level of participation and engagement involved. Writers at any stage are welcome.
Nicole Flattery's story collection Show Them A Good Time was published by The Stinging Fly and Bloomsbury in 2019. She is the winner of An Post Irish Book Award, the Kate O'Brien Prize, the London Magazine Prize for Debut Fiction and The White Review Short Story Prize. Her work has appeared in The Stinging Fly, the Guardian, The White Review and the London Review of Books. Nicole Flattery debut novel Nothing Special is forthcoming from Bloomsbury. Nicole Flattery is the TBG+S Commissioned Writer 2021.
This event takes place as part of Dublin Art Book Fair 2021: Manual, sponsored by Henry J Lyons and supported by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.
