Public Reading Events Eamon enjoys reading his work at physical or online events. Before and during the pandemic he read at the Irish Writers’ Centre’s (Dublin) Taking the Mic events, and during covid found Wednesday Writers Todmorden and the wonderfully named Flight of the Dragonfly Open Mic events. He’s looking forward to going back to the Brixton Bookjam London.

A Brief History

Eamon grew up above the small corner shop run by his parents in an area of central Dublin, known at the time as “little Jerusalem.” His early experiences helping in the business gave him a deep sense of connection to his native place. After a series of short-term jobs in motorcycle servicing, courier deliveries, boiler maintenance, bar work, and community development, he joined a window installation company where he held variety of posts. While there, he became a campaigner in the fledgling gay liberation movement, serving three terms as spokesperson for Ireland’s National Gay Federation. He moved to London in the mid 1980’s following the collapse of the window company. After two years working with Haringey Council’s Lesbian and Gay Unit (including the anti-Clause 28 campaign) he became involved in social housing development, which became his chosen career.

Eamon began his lifelong interest in learning about storytelling with classes at the People’s College in 1970s Dublin, before going on to study at London’s Goldsmiths and later Birkbeck College, attending summer schools at the Irish Writers’ Centre, and more recently joining masterclasses with admired American poet Diana Goetsch (via Paragraph Workspace in NY).

Eamon’s short stories have been published in literary magazines including Tees Valley Writer, Automatic Pilot, and Chroma. The Journal of Truth and Consequences nominated his Fear of Landing for a Pushcart Prize, and Nataí Bocht was included in Quare Fellas, a collection of LGBT+ fiction published by Basement Press in Ireland. He is currently working on revisions to his novel A Very Foolish Dream (now called The Woes of Camillus Staunton) which was Highly Commended in the 2019 Novel Fair sponsored by the Irish Writers’ Centre in Dublin.

Foolish Dream was also chosen by The Literary Consultancy in London for inclusion in Michael Langan’s “underrepresented communities” assessment programme.

Crowdfunding Dolly Considine’s Hotel is the first of Eamon’s novels to be published. Read why he chose crowdfunding here.