Life after law: Madeleine D'Arcy unveils debut story collection
ALTHOUGH Madeleine D’Arcy’s writing career kicked off relatively late in life, the Macroom native, who is in her early fifties, is philosophical about her journey. “You’re never too old,” says D’Arcy, whose debut collection of short stories, Waiting for the Bullet, will be launched on April 26 at Triskel Christchurch as part of the Cork World Book Fest.
D’Arcy won the Hennessy Award for First Fiction and the overall Hennessy Award for New Irish Writer in 2010, and says: “Sometimes, what you might consider lost time is actually growing up time and it’s never too late to do something. I’m not saying that everyone has a book in them or can write a book but everyone has some kind of dream or creative desire. Sometimes, in life, you have to wait.”
