Fiction Masterclass

O'Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

O'Donoghue Centre, University of Galway, Ireland

Join Sarah Moss – prize-winning author of novels Ghost Wall, Summerwater and Ripeness , as well as numerous other works in memoir, prose and non-fiction – in conversation with Joey Connolly. Beginning with a conversation about Sarah’s insights on questions of practice of being a writer, and on craft, style and technique in fiction, the event will also include a chance to pose your questions about writing to one of our generation’s most beloved novelists. SARAH MOSS writes novels, memoir, essays and literary journalism. Her books include Ghost Wall, Summerwater, and most recently Ripeness and My Good Bright Wolf, which won Saltire Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2025. Summerwater was adapted for TV and shown on Channel 4 in November 2025. She has been nominated for prizes including the Women’s Prize, the Wellcome Prize, the Polari Prize and the RSL Ondaatje Prize, and was made Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2019. Sarah has a BA, M.St. and D.Phil from Oxford University and has taught and directed Creative Writing MA and MFA programmes at the universities of Exeter, Iceland, Warwick and University College Dublin. She designed and teaches Granta’s Advanced Fiction course. Born in Scotland, she grew up in northern England and after moving around Britain and Europe, is now settled in Dublin.