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S. Kirk Walsh

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Born

Detroit , The United States

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Historical Fiction, Fiction

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William Trevor, Edward P. Jones, Colm Toibin, Alice Munro.

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S. Kirk Walsh is the author of THE ELEPHANT OF BELFAST, which will be published in the U.S. in April 2021, and as THE ZOOKEEPER OF BELFAST in the UK, the Commonwealth, and Ireland in April and September 2021. Her essays, reviews, and stories have been published in many publications, including The New York Times Book Review, Longreads, the Virginia Quarterly Review, StoryQuarterly, Electric Literature, and others. Over the years, she has been the recipient of fellowships and residencies at Ucross, Yaddo, Ragdale, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Walsh is the founder of Austin Bat Cave, a writing and tutoring center that provides free writing workshops for young writers throughout the greater Austin area. In 2018, the literary magaz ...more

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	The Elephant of Belfast: A Novel 3.47 avg rating — 4,953 ratings — published 2021 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One More Warbler: A Life with Birds by Victor Emanuel, S. Kirk Walsh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.01 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Zookeeper of Belfast by S. Kirk Walsh (Goodreads Author), Charlotte McCurry (narrator), Hodder & Stoughton (publisher) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hi Everyone,

With EOB in paperback, I continue to visit book clubs here in Austin and around the country (via zoom). If you are interested in a book-club visit, please send along a message or an email via my website.

More details here: https://www.skirkwalsh.com/book-clubs

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"Love was a room that appeared when you stepped into it." ...more
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"We all have our station in life—people, stars, cities—and even if no one looked after Carney and no one suspected him capable of much at all, he was going to make himself into something." ...more
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