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{{short description|Irish writer, editor and freelance broadcaster}}
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'''Sinéad Gleeson''' is an [[Irish Book Award]]-winning<ref name="Book Awards"/> writer, editor and [[freelance]] broadcaster.<ref name="IrishmanAbroad">{{cite podcast |title=Sinéad Gleeson |url=https://soundcloud.com/an-irishman-abroad/sinead-gleeson-episode-302 |author=Jarlath Regan |authorlink=Jarlath Regan |edition=302 |date=30 June 2019 |work=[[An Irishman Abroad]] |publisher=[[SoundCloud]] |accessdate=1 July 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Having edited the work of others, in 2016's ''The Long Gaze Back'' and 2017's ''The Glass Shore'', she released her first book ''Constellations'', a collection of personal essays, in 2019.<ref name="Con review">{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/constellations-review-dazzling-essays-about-a-woman-s-body-1.3834316 |title=Constellations review: Dazzling essays about a woman's body |date=6 April 2019 |first=Martina |last=Evans |website=[[IrishTimes.com]] |url-access=subscription |accessdate=1 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/sinéad-gleeson-i-have-a-mortality-complex-i-think-i-m-going-to-run-out-of-time-1.3834214 |title=Sinéad Gleeson: 'I have a mortality complex. I think I'm going to run out of time' |date=30 March 2019 |first=Patrick |last=Freyne |website=[[IrishTimes.com]] |url-access=subscription |accessdate=1 July 2019}}</ref> Some of the essays in this work document Gleeson's struggle through illness<ref name="IrishmanAbroad"/><ref name="Con review"/>
'''Sinéad Gleeson''' is an Irish author and artist.<ref name="IrishmanAbroad">{{cite podcast |title=Sinéad Gleeson |url=https://soundcloud.com/an-irishman-abroad/sinead-gleeson-episode-302 |author=Jarlath Regan |authorlink=Jarlath Regan |edition=302 |date=30 June 2019 |work=[[An Irishman Abroad]] |publisher=[[SoundCloud]] |accessdate=1 July 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Her essay collection, ''Constellations: Reflections from Life'', won Non-Fiction Book of the Year at 2019 Irish Book Awards and the [[Dalkey Book Festival|Dalkey Literary Award for Emerging Writer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/sinead-gleeson-scoops-dalkey-book-festivals-10000-emerging-writer-award-39301757.html |title=Sinead Gleeson scoops Dalkey Book Festival's €10,000 emerging writer award |date=20 June 2020 }}</ref> It was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. It was published in the US by Mariner Books and translated into several languages. She is the editor of ''The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers'', ''The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland'' and ''The Art of Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories''.


Gleeson has also engaged in multi-disciplinary collaborations with artists and musicians, including commissions from City Gallery Wellington, The Wellcome Collection, [[BBC]] and Frieze. In 2021, she collaborated with composer Stephen Shannon and artist Aideen Barry on an installation, By Slight Ligaments, for the Limerick City Gallery and artirts Alice Maher and Rachel Fallon on another installation, The Map / We Are The Map, for the Rua Red. She is co-editor with [[Kim Gordon]] of ''This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music'', published by [[Hachette Books]] in 2022.
Gleeson has been a book and music reviewer for [[The Irish Times]]' ''The Ticket'' [[The arts|arts]] [[Supplement (publishing)|supplement]] and presents ''[[RTÉ Radio 1#Sunday|The Book Show]]'' on [[RTÉ Radio 1]].<ref name="IrishmanAbroad"/> She has been a judge for the [[Choice Music Prize]].<ref>{{cite web |year=2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702090123/https://entertainment.ie/music/here-is-the-choice-music-prize-shortlist-for-irish-album-of-the-year-2015-260367/ |url=https://entertainment.ie/music/here-is-the-choice-music-prize-shortlist-for-irish-album-of-the-year-2015-260367/ |website=[[Entertainment.ie]] |accessdate=2 July 2019 |title=Here is the Choice Music Prize shortlist for Irish Album of the Year 2015 |url-status=live |archivedate=2 July 2019}}</ref> She was a writer in residence at [[University College Dublin]].<ref>{{cite web |date=17 May 2019 |title=Author Sinéad Gleeson offers a masterclass in the restrictions suffered by Irish women |first=Sue |last=Leonard |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/culture/author-sinead-gleeson-offers-a-masterclass-in-the-restrictions-suffered-by-irish-women-924938.html |website=[[IrishExaminer.com]]}}</ref>

Her debut novel, ''Hagstone'' was published by 4th Estate in April 2024.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001yhfn</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
:As Editor
:As editor
*''Silver Threads of Hope'' [[New Island Books]], 2012 {{ISBN|1848401817}}, in aid of [[Console (charity)|Console]]
* ''Silver Threads of Hope'', [[New Island Books]], 2012 {{ISBN|1-84840-181-7}}, in aid of [[Console (charity)|Console]]
*''The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers'', New Island Books, 2016 {{ISBN|1848405480}}
* ''The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers'', New Island Books, 2016 {{ISBN|1-84840-548-0}}
** winner 2015 Best Irish Published Book of the Year [[Irish Book Awards]]<ref name="Book Awards">{{citeweb |work=[[RTÉ News]] |url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/1125/749202-authors-gather-for-book-awards-shortlist-reveal/ |title=Enright and Bressie take home Irish Book Awards |date=25 November 2015 |accessdate=1 July 2019}}</ref>
** winner 2015 Best Irish Published Book of the Year [[Irish Book Awards]]<ref name="Book Awards">{{cite web |work=[[RTÉ News]] |url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/1125/749202-authors-gather-for-book-awards-shortlist-reveal/ |title=Enright and Bressie take home Irish Book Awards |date=25 November 2015 |accessdate=1 July 2019}}</ref>
** 2018 [[Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive]]'s ''[[Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive#One City One Book|One City One Book]]''<ref>{{cite web |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030051119/http://www.dublinonecityonebook.ie/books/long-gaze-back/ |accessdate=1 July 2019 |title=The Long Gaze Back 2019 |url=http://www.dublinonecityonebook.ie/books/long-gaze-back/ |archivedate=30 October 2017 |website=[[DublinOneCityOneBook.ie]]}}</ref>
** 2018 [[Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive]]'s ''[[Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive#One City One Book|One City One Book]]''<ref>{{cite web |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030051119/http://www.dublinonecityonebook.ie/books/long-gaze-back/ |accessdate=1 July 2019 |title=The Long Gaze Back 2019 |url=http://www.dublinonecityonebook.ie/books/long-gaze-back/ |archivedate=30 October 2017 |website=[[DublinOneCityOneBook.ie]]}}</ref>
*''The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Woman Writers from the North of Ireland'' {{isbn|184840557X}}, winner 2016 [[TheJournal.ie]] Best Irish Published Book of the Year, [[Irish Book Awards]]<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-book-awards-3085533-Nov2016/|title=Ireland’s favourite books for 2016 have been announced|date=17 November 2016|work=The Journal|accessdate=1 July 2019}}</ref>
* ''The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Woman Writers from the North of Ireland'' {{ISBN|1-84840-557-X}}, winner 2016 [[TheJournal.ie]] Best Irish Published Book of the Year, [[Irish Book Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-book-awards-3085533-Nov2016/|title=Ireland's favourite books for 2016 have been announced|date=17 November 2016|work=The Journal|accessdate=1 July 2019}}</ref>
* ''The Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories'', 2020 {{ISBN|978-1-78854-880-9}}
* ''This Woman's Work: Essays on Music'', [[Hachette Books]], 2022, {{ISBN|978-0-306-82900-0}} (with [[Kim Gordon]])

:As author
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* ''Constellations'', [[Picador (imprint)|Picador Books]], 2019 Essay collection {{ISBN|1-5098-9274-5}} Houghton Mifflin March 2020 in USA


:As Author
:As contributor
* ''A Little Unsteadily Into Light'' (2022, New Island Books)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newisland.ie/fiction/a-little-unsteadily|title=A Little Unsteadily Into Light|website=New Island Books|access-date=28 January 2023}}</ref>
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*''Constellations'', [[Picador (imprint)|Picador books]], 2019 Essay collection {{isbn|1509892745}} Houghton Mifflin March 2020 in USA
* [https://www.4thestate.co.uk/products/hagstone-sinead-gleeson-9780008626648/ Hagstone], a novel, [https://www.4thestate.co.uk/ 4th Estate Books], 2024, {{ISBN|978-0-00-862664-8}}


==References==
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Revision as of 17:47, 21 April 2024

Sinéad Gleeson
Born1974
Dublin, Ireland
Occupations
  • Author
  • artist

Sinéad Gleeson is an Irish author and artist.[1] Her essay collection, Constellations: Reflections from Life, won Non-Fiction Book of the Year at 2019 Irish Book Awards and the Dalkey Literary Award for Emerging Writer.[2] It was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. It was published in the US by Mariner Books and translated into several languages. She is the editor of The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers, The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland and The Art of Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories.

Gleeson has also engaged in multi-disciplinary collaborations with artists and musicians, including commissions from City Gallery Wellington, The Wellcome Collection, BBC and Frieze. In 2021, she collaborated with composer Stephen Shannon and artist Aideen Barry on an installation, By Slight Ligaments, for the Limerick City Gallery and artirts Alice Maher and Rachel Fallon on another installation, The Map / We Are The Map, for the Rua Red. She is co-editor with Kim Gordon of This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music, published by Hachette Books in 2022.

Her debut novel, Hagstone was published by 4th Estate in April 2024.[3]

Works

As editor
  • Silver Threads of Hope, New Island Books, 2012 ISBN 1-84840-181-7, in aid of Console
  • The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers, New Island Books, 2016 ISBN 1-84840-548-0
  • The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Woman Writers from the North of Ireland ISBN 1-84840-557-X, winner 2016 TheJournal.ie Best Irish Published Book of the Year, Irish Book Awards[6]
  • The Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories, 2020 ISBN 978-1-78854-880-9
  • This Woman's Work: Essays on Music, Hachette Books, 2022, ISBN 978-0-306-82900-0 (with Kim Gordon)
As author
As contributor

References

  1. ^ Jarlath Regan (30 June 2019). "Sinéad Gleeson". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (302 ed.). SoundCloud. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Sinead Gleeson scoops Dalkey Book Festival's €10,000 emerging writer award". 20 June 2020.
  3. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001yhfn
  4. ^ "Enright and Bressie take home Irish Book Awards". RTÉ News. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ^ "The Long Gaze Back 2019". DublinOneCityOneBook.ie. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Ireland's favourite books for 2016 have been announced". The Journal. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  7. ^ "A Little Unsteadily Into Light". New Island Books. Retrieved 28 January 2023.


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