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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, she is a survivor of [[Acute promyelocytic leukemia]] and has had a [[hip replacement]].<ref name="IrishmanAbroad"/><ref name="Con review"/>
'''Sinéad Gleeson''' is an Irish 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> She has won the [[Irish Book Award]].<ref name="Book Awards"/>
==Career==
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, she is a survivor of [[Acute promyelocytic leukemia]] and has had a [[hip replacement]].<ref name="IrishmanAbroad"/><ref name="Con review"/>


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 is 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>
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 is 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>

Revision as of 09:32, 4 February 2023

Sinéad Gleeson is an Irish writer, editor and freelance broadcaster.[1] She has won the Irish Book Award.[2]

Career

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.[3][4] Some of the essays in this work document Gleeson's struggle through illness, she is a survivor of Acute promyelocytic leukemia and has had a hip replacement.[1][3]

Gleeson has been a book and music reviewer for The Irish Times' The Ticket arts supplement and presents The Book Show on RTÉ Radio 1.[1] She has been a judge for the Choice Music Prize.[5] She is a writer in residence at University College Dublin.[6]

Works

As Editor
  • Silver Threads of Hope, New Island Books, 2012 ISBN 1848401817, in aid of Console
  • The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers, New Island Books, 2016 ISBN 1848405480
  • 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[8]
  • The Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories, 2020 ISBN 9781788548809
  • This Woman's Work: Essays on Music, Hachette Books, 2022, ISBN 9780306829000 (with Kim Gordon)
As Author
  • Constellations, Picador books, 2019 Essay collection ISBN 1509892745 Houghton Mifflin March 2020 in USA
  • A Little Unsteadily Into Light (2022, New Island Books)[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jarlath Regan (30 June 2019). "Sinéad Gleeson". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (302 ed.). SoundCloud. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Enright and Bressie take home Irish Book Awards". RTÉ News. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b Evans, Martina (6 April 2019). "Constellations review: Dazzling essays about a woman's body". IrishTimes.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ^ Freyne, Patrick (30 March 2019). "Sinéad Gleeson: 'I have a mortality complex. I think I'm going to run out of time'". IrishTimes.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Here is the Choice Music Prize shortlist for Irish Album of the Year 2015". Entertainment.ie. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  6. ^ Leonard, Sue (17 May 2019). "Author Sinéad Gleeson offers a masterclass in the restrictions suffered by Irish women". IrishExaminer.com.
  7. ^ "The Long Gaze Back 2019". DublinOneCityOneBook.ie. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Ireland's favourite books for 2016 have been announced". The Journal. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  9. ^ "A Little Unsteadily Into Light". New Island Books. Retrieved 28 January 2023.


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