Winter Papers 6

by Kevin Barry (Editor), Olivia Smith (Editor)

Vol 6 of Winter Papers, Ireland’s annual anthology for the arts, is published by Curlew Editions. It offers fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography, visual arts, along with craft interviews and in-conversation pieces on writing, film, theatre, photography and music.

– ‘a treasure trove of soul fuel with deep roots in Irish soil’ Irish Times

– Picked as an ‘Irish art book of the year’ Sunday Times Ireland

Edited by Kevin Barry and Olivia Smith

Kevin Barry is the award winning author of the novels Beatlebone and City of Bohane and the story collections That Old Country Music, Dark Lies the Island and There are Little Kingdoms.

Olivia Smith has published widely as an academic.

Volume 6 contributors and interviewees include:

Niamh Algar
Jill Beardsworth
Claire-Louise Bennett
Owen Boss
Susan Cahill
Jim Carroll
Cool C
Shane Curtin
Martin Dyar
Nidhī Zak/ Aria Eipe
Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi
ESTR
Oisín Fagan
Oliver Farry
Elaine Feeney
Nicole Flattery
Dónal Geheran
Siobhán Kane
Louise Kennedy
Roisin Kiberd
Eddie Lenihan
Louise Lowe
Tim MacGabhann
Una Mannion
John Patrick McHugh
Oonagh Montague
Peter Murphy
Kerri ní Dochartaigh
Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Conor J. O’Brien
Hugh O’Conor
Bríd O’Donovan
Radie Peat
Dominic Stevens
Jessica Traynor
Dave Tynan
Ruby Wallis
Keith Walsh

188 pages, Hardcover

Published October 1, 2020

About the author

Kevin Barry is an Irish writer. He is the author of two collections of short stories, and the novel City of Bohane, which was the winner of the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Reviews

[T P Kennedy · Rating 4 out of 5]

As with all these volumes, beautifully produce and a really interesting mix of images and words. It's an annual exposure to writing that I ordinarily wouldn't come across. The individual contributions vary in quality and impact but all are worth a read.