Sheila Armstrong
Genres: Fantasy
Sheila Armstrong is a writer from the north-west of Ireland. She is the author of How To Gut A Fish, a collection of short stories, and Falling Animals, a novel.
Her work has been translated into multiple languages and nominated for the Irish Book Awards, the Society of Authors Awards, the Kate O’Brien Award, the Edge Hill Prize, the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the European Union Prize for Literature.
Upcoming Events
Write by the Sea 2026
Write by the Sea is a weekend celebration of literature and writing that takes place in Kilmore Quay, County Wexford. This year’s festival will take place from 25 to 27 September 2026. Featuring Sheila Armstrong, Laetitia Devaux, Mary Costello, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Maeve Brennan, Kate Phelan, Sinéad Gleeson, Arnold Thomas Fanning, Molly Hennigan, Eoin Devereux, Moyra Donaldson, Jane Clarke, Richard Hayes, Anne Enright, Aoife Barry, Neil Tully, Orla Mackey, Natasha Brown, Kevin Power, Rosaleen McDonagh, Emilie Pine, Carlo Gébler, Andrea Carter, Rebecca Hannigan, Sam Blake, Jackie Lynam, Margaret Galvin, Philip Quirke, Paul Hennessy, Paul Cullen, Róisín Ingle, Dermot Bolger, Órfhlaith Foyle, Sarah Maria Griffin, Patrick Freyne, Louise Nealon, Francis Spufford, Ferdia Lennon, Rosamund Taylor, Andrew Cunning, Neil Hegarty, Neil Jordan, Pat McCabe, Alan Gilsenan, Sara Baume, Danielle McLaughlin, Gemma Tipton, Richard Ford, Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin, Eileen Morrissey, Peter Murphy
Some of Sheila Armstrong's Books:
