Timothy O'Grady

Monaghan by Timothy O’Grady: plot wobbles under weight of geography

Characters seem like paintings or drawings, fixed and emblematic

Sat Jun 28 2025 - 04:59

Timothy O’Grady: ‘You feel miserable most of the time when you’re writing’

O’Grady discusses his fourth book, Monaghan, working on Stephen Rea’s memoir and the current political climate in the US

Sat Jun 21 2025 - 04:43

I Could Read the Sky: where music meets words and images

In Timothy O’Grady and Steve Pyke’s I Could Read the Sky, a novel made of words and photographs, an old man lying alone and sleepless in London remembers a migrant’s life. First published in 1997, it has been redesigned by the authors and reissued by Unbound with new unseen photographs. O’Grady writes here of the place of music in the book

Fri Aug 11 2023 - 05:00

Curious Journey: Timothy O’Grady on his book of interviews with Irish War of Independence veterans

First published in 1982 and now reissued, Kenneth Griffith’s book was born out of censorship

Wed Dec 14 2022 - 04:20

Dermot Healy: a modern master

To mark the publication of Dermot Healy’s Collected Short Stories and Fighting with Shadows, the editors, Neil Murphy and Keith Hopper, offer reflections on a writer’s writer

Wed Oct 21 2015 - 08:00

Only myself, said Cúnla: in memory of Dermot Healy by Timothy O’Grady

As part of ILF Dublin, Timothy O’Grady presents Only Himself, a star-studded celebration of Dermot Healy on May 24th. This essay is from Dermot Healy: Writing the Sky, to be published by Dalkey Archive Press

Fri May 22 2015 - 12:30

Timothy O’Grady on creating I Could Read the Sky, a book for Bealtaine

The award-winning book about emigration, a collaboration with photographer Steve Pyke, was inspired by John Berger, Dermot Healy and Martin Hayes and has inspired a film, a live show and songs by Iarla Ó Lionáird and Mark Knopfler

Mon May 18 2015 - 13:50