Billy O’Callaghan

Genres: Cork | Irish Writing

Billy O’Callaghan is the author of four short story collections and four novels, including My Coney Island Baby, The Boatman and Other Stories and Life Sentences. His work has been translated into nineteen languages and his recent short stories have appeared in such journals as Agni, Fiction, the Kenyon Review, the Massachusetts Review, New Letters, New World Writing, Ploughshares, South Carolina Review and the Threepenny Review. His latest novel, The Paper Man, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2023. He is one of the contributors to “iointentionally offline”. Billy lives in Cork city. 

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Fáilte Ireland
Wild Atlantic Way
CCC Library & Arts Service
Cork County Council
Pure Cork
Creative Places West Cork Islands
Irish Examiner
Maritime Hotel