Christine Dwyer Hickey
Christine Dwyer Hickey was born in Dublin and is a novelist and short story writer. Her novel The Narrow Land (2019) won two major prizes in the year 2020 – the Walter Scott Prize for Literary Fiction and the inaugural Dalkey Literary Award. 2020 also saw her novel Tatty (2004) chosen as UNESCOs Dublin One City One Book. Her latest novel Our London Lives is OUT NOW!
Our London Lives
Literary FictionOur London Lives has been shortlisted for Kerrygroup Novel of the Year
Our London Lives has been shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards
Praise for Our London Lives
‘This novelist deserves to hit the big time’ – John Self The Times
‘Sprawling yet intimate’ – The Guardian
‘Huge of heart and soaring of soul’ – Claire Kilroy
‘A London novel that captures the living moment of the city across decades’ – Paul Lynch
Reviews
John Self – The London Times – Read
The Irish Times – Read
The Guardian – Read
Independent – Read
Joan’s Pics (New Zealand) – Watch
Eric Karl Anderson – Watch
Christine Dwyer Hickey
Our London Lives
1979. In the vast and often unforgiving city of London, two Irish outsiders seeking refuge find one another: Milly, a teenage runaway, and Pip, a young boxer full of anger and potential who is beginning to drink it all away.
The Narrow Land
This is a story about loneliness and regret and the attempt to hold onto the American Dream in the post-war era. It is also the story of a troubled marriage and a fictional study of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
The Lives of Women
Insightful and full of suspense, this is an uncompromising portrayal of the suburbs and the cruelties brought about by the demands of respectability. A novel that truly makes us think about the lives of women.
Snow Angels, a full-length play.
Part psychological thriller, part ghost story, this is a modern tale, full of tension and mystery. Shot through with black humour, it questions contemporary Ireland and the current lost generation of young men who find themselves trapped by the expectations of society, family, women and self.
Date of First Production
05 March 2014
Production Notes
Produced by Dice Plays.
The House on Parkgate Street & Other Dublin Stories
With her customary wit and empathy, Christine Dwyer Hickey brings us an intimate portrayal of the city and some of its people in these beautifully observed stories, collected here for the first time.
The Cold Eye of Heaven
Epic in scope, rich in detail, and shot through with black humour, The Cold Eye of Heaven is a bitter-sweet paean to Dublin and a unique meditation on the life of one of its people.
Last Train from Liguria
Last Train from Ligura is a tale of displacement and one woman’s life-long struggle for survival. It is also the tale of her grandaughter Anna and how sixty years later she comes to uncover certain facts about her grandmother’s life.
Tatty
Tatty is the story of a Dublin family as told through the eyes of one of its children over a ten year period.
The Gatemaker
The third part of the trilogy opens in the suburb of Crumlin in one of the new corporation estates where the Dancer now lives.
The Gambler
This haunting novel, the second of the trilogy, is set for the most part in Dublin between the wars and is a disturbingly accurate picture of a family’s slow decline.
In Conversation With
Oxford Literary Festival
Oxford Literary Festival With Molly Aitken. Irish Voices: Our London Lives and Bright I Burn. Sunday, 30 March Weston Lecture Theatre 2.00pm
In conversation with Niall MacMonagle
Limerick Literary Festival Saturday, 22 February In conversation with Niall MacMonagle. Belltable Theatre 1.45pm
Irish Writers Weekend at the British Library
Sunday 24th. 15-30-16.45. The Irish Abroad. Kevin Barry, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Clair Wills.
Culture Club Interview with Matt Cooper
https://www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the-last-word-with-matt-cooper/culture-club-christine-dwyer-hickey
A Pathway to Ulysses
Dr Silvia Albertezza (University of Bologna) discusses the influence of James Joyce on the novels of Christine Dwyer Hickey and Joseph O’Connor.
Upcoming
Listowel Writers Week
Christine will be taking part in 80 at 80 celebrating the poetry of Paul Durcan presented by Niall MacMonagle
Listowel Writers Week
Christine will discuss Our London Lives with Niall MacMonagle, Listowel Arms Hotel 2.30pm
Borris House Festival of Writing & Ideas
Whole World, Short Form. Margaret Drabble, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Maggie Armstrong discuss the short story form with Alex Clark.
Dalkey Literary Festival
Writing from the Edge: Panel discussion Christine Dwyer Hickey, Elif Shafak, Donal Ryan, Nelofer Pazira-Fisk