Andrew Cunning

Andrew Cunning was born on the North coast of Ireland and now lives in North Belfast. He has a PhD in Literature and Theology and has taught at Queen’s University Belfast, University of Limerick and Trinity College Dublin. In 2017 Andrew travelled to Iowa City to meet and interview the American novelist Marilynne Robinson, the subject of his PhD thesis. In 2021 he published Marilynne Robinson, Theologian of the Ordinary with Bloomsbury. Inspired by the experience of meeting his literary hero, Clara and Christina is his first novel. Andrew now works in an all-ability boys secondary school, teaching English and literacy. 

Andrew’s attendance at this year’s festival is supported by the Irish Writers Centre