Billy O'Callaghan

Background

Billy O'Callaghan was born in Cork in 1974, and grew up in Douglas village, where he still lives.

Career

Billy O'Callaghan is an Irish short story writer, born in Douglas, Cork. His first collection of short stories, In Exile, was published by Mercier Press in 2008. This was followed a year later by a second collection, In Too Deep (also published by Mercier Press).

Then, in 2013, his third collection, The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind, was published by New Island Books. O'Callaghan's short stories have been published in: Absinthe: New European Writing, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, the Bellevue Literary Review, Bliza, Confrontation, The Fiddlehead, Hayden’s Ferry Review, the Kenyon Review, the Kyoto Journal, the London Magazine, the Los Angeles Review, Narrative Magazine, the Southeast Review, Southword, Underground Voices, Versal, and Yuan Yang: a Journal of Hong Kong and International Writing, and many other literary journals and magazines around the world. His stories have also been translated into Polish and Turkish, and have been broadcast on RTÉ Radio One's The Book On One, Sunday Miscellany and the Francis McManus Award series.

O'Callaghan compiled a non-fiction book, Learning from the Greats: Lessons on Writing, from the Great Writers, which was published in 2014 by Cork City Libraries as part of their Occasional Series. He also regularly reviews books for the Irish Examiner.

Works

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  • In Too Deep: and other short stories

    (With its stories of lost love and shared secrets, tender ...)

  • The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind: and Other Short Stories

    (This new collection by Billy O'Callaghan explores everyda...)

  • The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind: and Other Short Stories by Billy O'Callaghan (2014) Paperback
  • The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind: and Other Short Stories by Billy O'Callaghan (2014-02-18)