Desmond Hogan
Encyclopedia
Desmond Hogan is an Irish
writer.
Hogan was born in Ballinasloe in east County Galway
, Ireland
. His father was a draper. Educated locally at St. Grellan’s Boys’ National School and St. Josephs’s College
, Garbally Park. Some of his earliest work was published in The Fountain, the Garbally college annual
.
After leaving school, Hogan travelled to France
, ending up in Paris
just after the student riots of 1968 . He later studied at University College Dublin
, where he received a BA
in 1972 and an MA
in 1973.
In 1971 he won the Hennessy Award. The Irish Writers' Co-operative, formed by writer Fred Johnston, Neil Jordan and playwright Peter Sheridan at a meeting in a Dublin restaurant, were to publish Hogan's 'The Ikon Maker', which was also the Co-op's first publication. While in Dublin, he worked as a street actor and had a number of plays - A Short Walk to the Sea, Sanctified Distances, and The Squat - produced in the Abbey Theatre
and the Project Arts Centre
. RTÉ
and BBC Radio
broadcast some of his plays, including Jimmy. He also published stories in small magazines like Adam and the Transatlantic Review
.
Later he moved to London, living in Tooting, Catford
and Hounslow
and then later as a lodger in the Hampstead
home of Anthony Farrell
, a young Irish publisher. Friends and acquaintances from this period included: writer Jaci Stephen, biographer Patrick Newley, Kazuo Ishiguro
and his partner, Lorna. Hogan also participated in poetry and literature readings held at Bernard Stone's Turrett Bookshop on Floral Street in Covent Garden
.
His debut novel, The Ikon-Makers, was written in 1974 and published in 1976.
In 1977, he was the recipient of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
. In 1978, he participated in the Santa Cruz
Writers Conference. In the early 1980s, Hogan was represented by the Deborah Rogers agency, which also had Peter Carey, Bruce Chatwin
, Ian McEwan
and Salman Rushdie on its books. In 1980, he won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
for his Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea collection of short stories. In 1981, he appeared in Granta
.
In 1989, Hogan left London and was a Hudson Strode Fellow at the University of Alabama
. In 1991, Hogan was awarded a place on the DAAD
(German Academic Exchange) Berlin Artists' Programme fellowship which enabled him to live in that city.
Hogan returned to Ireland in 1995, living in Clifden
, Co. Galway. For a period, he lived in an old caravan in Co. Limerick
along North Kerry/West Limerick border. In 1997, he lectured in short fiction at the University of California, San Diego
.
He was a judge in the 2005 Frank O'Connor
International Short Story Prize worth €50,000.
Hogan features in a number of major anthologies of modern Irish literature. Colm Tóibín
has identified 'Winter Swimmers' as one of his finest stories. According to Robert McCrum
, former Literary Editor of The Observer
, Hogan is one of "one of Ireland's finest writers". Fellow Irish author, Colum McCann
, claims that Hogan, along with Benedict Kiely
, is one of two Irish writers who have influenced him greatly .
In July 2008, Hogan admitted a charge of aggravated sexual assault
against a 15 year old boy in Hogan's home in Ballybunion
. In Oct 2009, Hogan was given a two year suspended jail sentence, placed on the sex offenders register and ordered not to have unsupervised contact with children under 18.
He currently lives in Dublin.
The Leaves on Grey
A Curious Street
A New Shirt
Farewell to Prague
Children of Lir: Stories from Ireland
Stories: the Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea, Children of Lir
The Mourning Thief and Other Stories
Lebanon Lodge
A Link With the River. Stories
Elysium: Stories
Lark's Eggs: New and Selected Stories
Old Swords and other stories
Sanctified Distances (1976)
The Squat (1976)
The Mourning Thief (TV)
The Ikon Maker (1980)
"The Birth of Laughter", in Joseph Hone (ed), Irish Ghost Stories, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977, ISBN 0-241-89680-0
"Southern Birds", in: Granta (1980) 3, ISBN 0-14-014577-X
in: T. J. Binding (ed.), Firebird 1: Writing Today, London: Penguin/Allen Lane, 1982.
"Alan’s Novel", in: Robin Robertson (ed.), Firebird 3, London: Penguin, 1984, ISBN 0-14-006797-3
Introduction to Kate O’Brien’s, Without my cloak, London: Virago, 1984, ISBN 0-86068-760-0 pbk (also Harmondsworth: Penguin 1987, ISBN 0-14-016155-4 and London: Virago, 2001, ISBN 0-86068-760-0)
"The Tipperary Fanale", in: Judy Cooke & Elizabeth Bunster (eds.), The Best of Fiction Magazine, London: J.M. Dent, 1986, pp. 236–249, ISBN 0-460-02464-7
"Guy "Micko" Delaney" (novelette), in: Robin Baird-Smith (ed.), Winter’s Tales, New Series: 4, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1988, pp. 21–45, ISBN 0-312-02480-0
"The cold wind and the warm", in: Alberto Manguel & Craig Stephenson (eds), In another part of the forest : an anthology of gay short fiction, New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1994, ISBN 0-517-88156-X
David Marcus (ed.), Alternative Loves: Irish Gay and Lesbian Stories, Dublin: Martello Books, 1994, ISBN 1-86023-001-6
"Jimmy", in: David Leavitt & Mark Mitchell (eds.), The Penguin Book Of Gay Short Stories, New York: Viking, 1994, ISBN 0-670-85152-3 (republished in 2004, ISBN 0-14-101005-3)
"A Curious Street", in: Dermot Bolger (ed.), The Vintage Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction, New York: Vintage, 1995, ISBN 0-679-76546-8
"Afternoon", in: Steve MacDonagh (ed.), Brandon Book of Irish Short Stories, Dingle: Brandon, 1998, ISBN 0-86322-237-4
"A country dance", in: Colm Tóibín (ed.), The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction, London: Penguin, 1999, ISBN 0-14-029849-5 and ISBN 0-670-89108-8
"The bombs", in: John Somer and John J. Daly (eds.), Anchor Book of New Irish Writing: The New Gaelach Ficsean, Anchor, 2000, ISBN 0-385-49889-6
"Eine seltsame Straße", in: Dirck Linck (ed.), Sodom ist kein Vaterland. Literarische Streifzüge durch das schwule Europa, Berlin: Querverlag, 2001, pp. 175–182, ISBN 3-89656-066-2
"Airedale", in: William Trevor (ed.), The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories, Oxford: Oxford UP, 2002, ISBN 0-19-280193-7
Andrew O'Hagan and Colm Tóibín, New Writing 11, Picador 2002, ISBN 0-330-48597-0
"Barnacle Geese", in: Sebastian Barker (ed.), The London Magazine, June/July 2004, ISSN 0024-6085
"Iowa", in: Sebastian Barker (ed.), The London Magazine, February/March 2005, ISSN 0024-6085
"Rose of Lebanon", in: Rebecca Bengal (ed.), American Short Fiction, Issue 33, Winter 2006, ISSN 1051-4813
"Shelter", in: Sebastian Barker (ed.), The London Magazine, February/March 2005, ISSN 0024-6085
"The Hare's Purse", in: Stacey Swann, Rebecca Bengal, Jill Meyers (ed.), American Short Fiction, Issue 38, Summer 2007, ISSN 1051-4813
Ireland
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writer.
Hogan was born in Ballinasloe in east County Galway
County Galway
County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...
, Ireland
Ireland
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. His father was a draper. Educated locally at St. Grellan’s Boys’ National School and St. Josephs’s College
Garbally College
Garbally College is a Catholic, boys-only, secondary school based in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. It is officially known as St Joseph's College .-History:...
, Garbally Park. Some of his earliest work was published in The Fountain, the Garbally college annual
Annual publication
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.
After leaving school, Hogan travelled to France
France
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, ending up in Paris
Paris
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just after the student riots of 1968 . He later studied at University College Dublin
University College Dublin
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, where he received a BA
Bachelor's degree
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in 1972 and an MA
Master's degree
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in 1973.
In 1971 he won the Hennessy Award. The Irish Writers' Co-operative, formed by writer Fred Johnston, Neil Jordan and playwright Peter Sheridan at a meeting in a Dublin restaurant, were to publish Hogan's 'The Ikon Maker', which was also the Co-op's first publication. While in Dublin, he worked as a street actor and had a number of plays - A Short Walk to the Sea, Sanctified Distances, and The Squat - produced in the Abbey Theatre
Abbey Theatre
The Abbey Theatre , also known as the National Theatre of Ireland , is a theatre located in Dublin, Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904. Despite losing its original building to a fire in 1951, it has remained active to the present day...
and the Project Arts Centre
Project Arts Centre
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. RTÉ
RTE
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and BBC Radio
BBC Radio
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broadcast some of his plays, including Jimmy. He also published stories in small magazines like Adam and the Transatlantic Review
Transatlantic Review
Transatlantic Review was a literary journal founded and edited by Joseph F. McCrindle in 1959, and published at first in Rome, then London and New York...
.
Later he moved to London, living in Tooting, Catford
Catford
Catford is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-Architecture:...
and Hounslow
Hounslow
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and then later as a lodger in the Hampstead
Hampstead
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home of Anthony Farrell
Anthony Farrell
Anthony Farrell was an English/Welsh rugby league player. He played for England, Wales, Huddersfield Giants, Sheffield Eagles, Leeds Rhinos, Widnes Vikings and Halifax, playing at , or ....
, a young Irish publisher. Friends and acquaintances from this period included: writer Jaci Stephen, biographer Patrick Newley, Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro OBE or ; born 8 November 1954) is a Japanese–English novelist. He was born in Nagasaki, Japan, and his family moved to England in 1960. Ishiguro obtained his Bachelor's degree from University of Kent in 1978 and his Master's from the University of East Anglia's creative writing...
and his partner, Lorna. Hogan also participated in poetry and literature readings held at Bernard Stone's Turrett Bookshop on Floral Street in Covent Garden
Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St. Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit and vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and the Royal Opera House, which is also known as...
.
His debut novel, The Ikon-Makers, was written in 1974 and published in 1976.
In 1977, he was the recipient of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature was created in 1976 by the notable Irish American businessman, Dr Dan Rooney, owner and chairman of the NFL franchise, Pittsburgh Steelers....
. In 1978, he participated in the Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
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Writers Conference. In the early 1980s, Hogan was represented by the Deborah Rogers agency, which also had Peter Carey, Bruce Chatwin
Bruce Chatwin
Charles Bruce Chatwin was an English novelist and travel writer. He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel On the Black Hill...
, Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan
Ian Russell McEwan CBE, FRSA, FRSL is a British novelist and screenwriter, and one of Britain's most highly regarded writers. In 2008, The Times named him among their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945"....
and Salman Rushdie on its books. In 1980, he won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of literature by an author from the Commonwealth aged 35 or under, written in English and published in the United Kingdom...
for his Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea collection of short stories. In 1981, he appeared in Granta
Granta
Granta is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centers on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real." In 2007, The Observer stated, "In its blend of...
.
In 1989, Hogan left London and was a Hudson Strode Fellow at the University of Alabama
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
. In 1991, Hogan was awarded a place on the DAAD
German Academic Exchange Service
The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD is the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation....
(German Academic Exchange) Berlin Artists' Programme fellowship which enabled him to live in that city.
Hogan returned to Ireland in 1995, living in Clifden
Clifden
Clifden is a town on the coast of County Galway, Ireland and being Connemara's largest town, it is often referred to as "the Capital of Connemara". It is located on the Owenglen River where it flows into Clifden Bay...
, Co. Galway. For a period, he lived in an old caravan in Co. Limerick
County Limerick
It is thought that humans had established themselves in the Lough Gur area of the county as early as 3000 BC, while megalithic remains found at Duntryleague date back further to 3500 BC...
along North Kerry/West Limerick border. In 1997, he lectured in short fiction at the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
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.
He was a judge in the 2005 Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor
Frank O’Connor was an Irish author of over 150 works, best known for his short stories and memoirs.-Early life:...
International Short Story Prize worth €50,000.
Hogan features in a number of major anthologies of modern Irish literature. Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín is a multi-award-winning Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic, and, most recently, poet.Tóibín is Leonard Milberg Lecturer in Irish Letters at Princeton University in New Jersey and succeeded Martin Amis as professor of creative writing at the...
has identified 'Winter Swimmers' as one of his finest stories. According to Robert McCrum
Robert McCrum
Robert McCrum , is an English writer and editor. He served as literary editor of The Observer for more than ten years. In May 2008 he was appointed Associate Editor of the Observer and was succeeded as literary editor by William Skidelsky...
, former Literary Editor of The Observer
The Observer
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, Hogan is one of "one of Ireland's finest writers". Fellow Irish author, Colum McCann
Colum McCann
Colum McCann is an Irish writer of literary fiction. He is a Professor of Contemporary Literature at European Graduate School and Professor of Fiction at CUNY Hunter College's Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing with fellow novelists Peter Carey, twice winner of the Man Booker Prize,...
, claims that Hogan, along with Benedict Kiely
Benedict Kiely
Benedict "Ben" Kiely was an Irish author and broadcaster from Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland.-Early life:Benedict Kiely was born in Dromore, County Tyrone to Thomas John and Sara Alice Kiely. He was the youngest of six children, the others were Rita, Gerald, Eileen, Kathleen and Macartan; four of...
, is one of two Irish writers who have influenced him greatly .
In July 2008, Hogan admitted a charge of aggravated sexual assault
Aggravated sexual assault
Aggravated Sexual Assault is when one commits an aggravated assault of a sexual nature and who wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the complainant....
against a 15 year old boy in Hogan's home in Ballybunion
Ballybunion
Ballybunion or Ballybunnion is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Kerry, Ireland, from the town of Listowel. There are castle ruins near the town, although all that remains is a single wall, and two golf courses in the area including the famous Ballybunion Golf Club, a top class Links...
. In Oct 2009, Hogan was given a two year suspended jail sentence, placed on the sex offenders register and ordered not to have unsupervised contact with children under 18.
He currently lives in Dublin.
Novels
The Ikon Maker- Dublin, Co-Op Books, 1976
- London: Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative, 1979, ISBN 0-904613-55-0
- New York: Braziller, 1979, ISBN 0-8076-0929-3
- London: Pulsiver, 1987, ISBN 0-948849-00-2 (PB)
- London: Faber and Faber, 1993, ISBN 0-571-16768-3 (PB)
The Leaves on Grey
- London, Hamish Hamilton, 1980, ISBN 0-241-10364-9
- New York: Braziller, 1980, ISBN 0-8076-0948-X
- Thorndike Press, USA, 1980 ISBN 0-89621-258-0 (Large Type)
- London: Pan Books, 1981, ISBN 0-330-26287-4
A Curious Street
- London: Hamish Hamilton, 1984, ISBN 0-241-10758-X
- New York: Braziller, 1984, ISBN 0-8076-1099-2 (HB)
- London: Pan, 1985, ISBN 0-241-10758-X (PB)
- Published in German as: Eine merkwürdige Straße, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1997, ISBN 3-518-40827-5
A New Shirt
- London: Hamish Hamilton, 1986
- London: Faber and Faber, 1987, ISBN 0-571-14911-1
Farewell to Prague
- London: Faber and Faber, 1995, ISBN 0-571-17427-2
Short Story collections
Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea and Other Stories- London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979, ISBN 0-241-10123-9 (HB)
- New York: Braziller, 1980, ISBN 0-8076-0934-X (HB)
Children of Lir: Stories from Ireland
- London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981, ISBN 0-241-10608-7
- New York: Braziller, 1981.
Stories: the Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea, Children of Lir
- London: Picador, 1982, ISBN 0-330-26624-1 (PB)
The Mourning Thief and Other Stories
- London, Faber and Faber, 1987
Lebanon Lodge
- London: Faber and Faber, 1988
- London: Faber and Faber, 1989, ISBN 0-571-15313-5 (PB)
A Link With the River. Stories
- [US edition of The Mourning Thief and Lebanon Lodge]
- New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1989, ISBN 0-374-18461-5 (HB), ISBN 0-374-53003-3 (PB)
Elysium: Stories
- Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag, 1995, ISBN 3-351-02817-2
Lark's Eggs: New and Selected Stories
- Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 2005, ISBN 1-84351-071-5
Old Swords and other stories
- Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 2009, ISBN 1-84351-144-1
Travel Writing
The Edge of the City: A Scrapbook 1976-91- Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1993, ISBN 1-874675-03-1
- London: Faber & Faber, 1993, ISBN 0-571-16881-7
Plays
A Short Walk to the Sea (1976)- staged by the Abbey Theatre, Dublin on 20 October 1976.
- published with Paschal Finnan's The Swine and the Potswalloper, by Co-Op Books, Dublin in 1979.
Sanctified Distances (1976)
- staged by the Abbey Theatre, Dublin on 9 December 1976.
The Squat (1976)
- Performed at the Project Arts Centre's Festival, Dublin in 1976.
The Mourning Thief (TV)
- his first television play.
The Ikon Maker (1980)
- staged by Green Fields and Far Away Theatre Company, touring UK 1980.
Contributions and introductions in edited volumes, journals, magazines, etc.
in: Kevin Casey (ed.), Winter's Tales From Ireland 2, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1972, ISBN 0-7171-0592-X"The Birth of Laughter", in Joseph Hone (ed), Irish Ghost Stories, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977, ISBN 0-241-89680-0
"Southern Birds", in: Granta (1980) 3, ISBN 0-14-014577-X
in: T. J. Binding (ed.), Firebird 1: Writing Today, London: Penguin/Allen Lane, 1982.
"Alan’s Novel", in: Robin Robertson (ed.), Firebird 3, London: Penguin, 1984, ISBN 0-14-006797-3
Introduction to Kate O’Brien’s, Without my cloak, London: Virago, 1984, ISBN 0-86068-760-0 pbk (also Harmondsworth: Penguin 1987, ISBN 0-14-016155-4 and London: Virago, 2001, ISBN 0-86068-760-0)
"The Tipperary Fanale", in: Judy Cooke & Elizabeth Bunster (eds.), The Best of Fiction Magazine, London: J.M. Dent, 1986, pp. 236–249, ISBN 0-460-02464-7
"Guy "Micko" Delaney" (novelette), in: Robin Baird-Smith (ed.), Winter’s Tales, New Series: 4, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1988, pp. 21–45, ISBN 0-312-02480-0
"The cold wind and the warm", in: Alberto Manguel & Craig Stephenson (eds), In another part of the forest : an anthology of gay short fiction, New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1994, ISBN 0-517-88156-X
David Marcus (ed.), Alternative Loves: Irish Gay and Lesbian Stories, Dublin: Martello Books, 1994, ISBN 1-86023-001-6
"Jimmy", in: David Leavitt & Mark Mitchell (eds.), The Penguin Book Of Gay Short Stories, New York: Viking, 1994, ISBN 0-670-85152-3 (republished in 2004, ISBN 0-14-101005-3)
"A Curious Street", in: Dermot Bolger (ed.), The Vintage Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction, New York: Vintage, 1995, ISBN 0-679-76546-8
"Afternoon", in: Steve MacDonagh (ed.), Brandon Book of Irish Short Stories, Dingle: Brandon, 1998, ISBN 0-86322-237-4
"A country dance", in: Colm Tóibín (ed.), The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction, London: Penguin, 1999, ISBN 0-14-029849-5 and ISBN 0-670-89108-8
"The bombs", in: John Somer and John J. Daly (eds.), Anchor Book of New Irish Writing: The New Gaelach Ficsean, Anchor, 2000, ISBN 0-385-49889-6
"Eine seltsame Straße", in: Dirck Linck (ed.), Sodom ist kein Vaterland. Literarische Streifzüge durch das schwule Europa, Berlin: Querverlag, 2001, pp. 175–182, ISBN 3-89656-066-2
"Airedale", in: William Trevor (ed.), The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories, Oxford: Oxford UP, 2002, ISBN 0-19-280193-7
Andrew O'Hagan and Colm Tóibín, New Writing 11, Picador 2002, ISBN 0-330-48597-0
"Barnacle Geese", in: Sebastian Barker (ed.), The London Magazine, June/July 2004, ISSN 0024-6085
"Iowa", in: Sebastian Barker (ed.), The London Magazine, February/March 2005, ISSN 0024-6085
"Rose of Lebanon", in: Rebecca Bengal (ed.), American Short Fiction, Issue 33, Winter 2006, ISSN 1051-4813
"Shelter", in: Sebastian Barker (ed.), The London Magazine, February/March 2005, ISSN 0024-6085
"The Hare's Purse", in: Stacey Swann, Rebecca Bengal, Jill Meyers (ed.), American Short Fiction, Issue 38, Summer 2007, ISSN 1051-4813
Readings
- 1970s: Participated in readings in The Sarsfield Bar, Rutland Street. Limerick. Organised by John Liddy.
- 26 July 1989: Galway Arts Centre, Galway Arts Festival.
- 2002: Sean Dunne Literary festival
- 21–22 September 2002: Annual International Frank O'Connor Festival of the Short Story
- 8 July 2004. Dublin. Launch of Munster Literature Centre journal Southword.
- 2004: Galway County Library
- 20 April 2005: Cúirt International Festival of Literature, Galway. Along with Ronan Bennett.
Critical appraisal
- Paul Deane, "The Great Chain of Irish Being Reconsidered: Desmond Hogan's A Curious Street", Notes on Modern Irish Literature, vol. 6, 1994, pp. 39–47.
- Theo D’Haen, "Desmond Hogan and Ireland’s Postmodern Past", in Joris Duytschaever/Gert Lernout (eds.), History and Violence in Anglo-Irish Literature, Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1988, pp. 79–84.
- Theo D’Haen, "Desmond Hogan and Ireland’s Postmodern Past", in Birgit Bramsback/Martin Croghan (eds.), Anglo-Irish and Irish Literature: Aspects of Language and Culture, Uppsala: Uppsala University, 1988, vol II, pp. 137–142.
- Jerry Nolan, "Travelling With Desmond Hogan: Writing Beyond Ireland", ABEI Journal - The Brazilian Journal of Irish Studies, Special Issue No. 5, June 2003.
- Susan Rochette-Crawley, "'The Awkward Grace of a Legend:' Violence and Transfiguration in Desmond Hogan's The Children of Lir".
External links
- Lilliput Press, the author's publisher
- Just as there are parentheses within sentences there are parentheses within our lives, Documentary on One, RTÉ 1 radio, 25 September 2005.
- The Vanishing Man, essay in The Observer, 14 November 2004.
- Denis Donoghue, "Making the most of Dublin", New York Times, July 16, 1989.