Irish poet sidesteps Covid lockdowns to deliver a virtual residency in Nanjing

Creative writers are among those who have benefitted from a formal twinning agreement made between Jiangsu province and Cork County Council in 2017, writes Jo Kerrigan
Irish poet sidesteps Covid lockdowns to deliver a virtual residency in Nanjing

Scenery of Qinhuai River in Nanjing. During Covid restrictions, Nanjing Writers’ Centre hosted several virtual residencies with overseas writers, including writers from Ireland.

William Wall is a successful and wide-ranging writer with a PhD in creative writing from UCC. 

Six novels have come from him to date, most recently Suzy Suzy (2019) and Grace’s Day (2018), plus three collections of short fiction and four collections of poetry. 

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