News
2021
Launch of Podcast 'The Art of Conversation' (11/5/21)
Invited to join Wexford Literary Festival Committee (5/6/21)
Publications
Featured piece with 'Wexford Stories' (23/3/21)
Published in the Hollyfort Writers' anthology 'New Directions; Maps and Journeys' (30/4/21)
Published in All Ears India's 'An Archive for Our Mothers' (9/5/21)
Published in 'Collected Thoughts Zine' (22/5/21)
Published in 'LitStream Magazine' May/June 2021 Issue (26/6/21)
Shortlisted for the Eoin Colfer International Children's Short Story Award (2/7/21)
Published in 'The Incandescent Review' (6/7/21)
The Irish Bookshop Show
'The Irish Bookshop Show' is a literature programme created by Red Books in order to attract customers
during lockdown. Álanna has a weekly slot.
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The Irish Bookshop Show (Episode One) The Legacy of the Stinging Fly (25/3/21)
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The Irish Bookshop Show (Episode Two) Boland Press; The Poet's Publisher (1/4/21)
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The Irish Bookshop Show (Episode Three) John Millington Synge (8/4/21)
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The Irish Bookshop Show (Episode Four) Samuel Beckett (15/4/21)
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The Irish Bookshop Show (Episode Five) Cúirt Festival and Cork World Book Festival (22/4/21)
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The Irish Bookshop Show (Episode Six) Exclusive interview with Irish literary great Colm Tóibín (29/4/21)
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The Irish Bookshop Show (Episode Seven) A Brief History of Zines (6/5/21)
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The Irish Bookshop Show (Episode Eight) Interview with Veronica Lombard and her debut anthology kite (13/5/21)
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The Irish Bookshop Show (Episode Nine) Interview with Ireland's most prolific writer, Paul Howard (3/6/21)
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The Irish Bookshop Show (Episode Ten): Bloomsday Special Interview with the Joyce fountain of knowledge, Nuala O'Connor (17/6/21)
Public Readings
A Tribute to Lawrence Ferlinghetti on Facebook Live (24/3/21)
Wexpressions (3/7/21)
2020
Publications
'Confinement' published in Quaranzine Magazine (17/4/20)
'Slipperfish' published in The Irish Times (12/5/20)
'Interruption' pu blished in Growing Pains Zine based in LA (9/7/20)
'Pains of Glass' published in the first issue of The Wexford Bohemian (14/8/20)
'His Box' published in the second issue of The Wexford Bohemian (31/10/20)
Public Readings
International Women's Day: A Celebration of Irish Female Writers (8/3/20)
Red Books, St. Peter's Square, Wexford Town
May Day: Bare Fisted Lit Special (1/5/20)
Lockdown Café Episode Two (29/5/20)
'Pains of Glass' Recorded Reading (17/8/20)
First guest on the first episode of 'The Irish Bookshop Podcast' (27/10/20)