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Colum McCann and Pól Ó Braonáin - 18 November 2019
Thirteen Ways of Looking – Interview - 18 November 2015
Colum with Pat Kenny on RTE Radio1 - 18 November 2013
WTC Provides Back Story For Colum McCann’s ‘Spin’ - 19 November 2009

Books

American Mother - 1 September 2023
Apeirogon - 7 October 2019
Thirteen Ways of Looking - 19 January 2019
Transatlantic - 25 April 2015
Let The Great World Spin - 29 April 2014
Zoli - 29 April 2013
Dancer - 29 April 2012
Everything in this Country Must - 29 April 2011
This Side of Brightness - 29 April 2010
Songdogs - 29 April 2009
Fishing the Sloe-Black River - 29 April 2008
The World Unfurled - 29 April 2007

Collected Works

Dessert - 8 September 2016
Overdue: the Country of Literature - 4 August 2016
In the Morning, All Will Be Forgiven - 11 July 2016
But Always Meeting Ourselves - 26 May 2016
The Word Made Flesh - 9 May 2016
What Baseball Does to the Soul - 7 April 2016
The Music of What Happens - 26 February 2016
The Darkness - 1 February 2016
Leaving Home - 14 January 2016
A Dublin Christmas - 3 December 2015
Looking for the Rozziner - 3 December 2015
Riverrun, Riverrun - 3 December 2015
Extended Author’s Note & Victim Impact Statement: Thirteen Ways of Looking - 25 September 2015

Excerpt

Excerpt from Transatlantic - 3 June 2013

Feature 2

Narrative 4 - 28 September 2015

Feature 4

Featured

About Colum - 9 May 2013

Film & Video

Video Trailer for Apeirogon - 5 December 2019
Let The Great World Spin: All respects to heaven, I Like It Here - 19 November 2019
Let The Great World Spin: This is the House that Horse Built - 19 November 2019
Let The Great World Spin: Those Who Saw Him Hushed - 19 November 2019
“Stories can be muscular” - 26 November 2017
Film: Everything in this Country Must - 25 April 2005

Help

Site Map - 12 December 2010

Interview

Video Trailer for Apeirogon - 5 December 2019
Colum McCann and Pól Ó Braonáin - 18 November 2019
Thirteen Ways of Looking – Interview - 18 November 2015
Colum with Pat Kenny on RTE Radio1 - 18 November 2013
PEN Conversation with Michael Ondaatje - 29 April 2013
National Book Award Interview - 28 April 2013
Let The Great World Spin Q&A - 27 April 2013
Zoli Interview: Q&A with Laura McCaffrey - 26 April 2013
Zoli Interview: Q&A with Michael Hayes - 25 April 2013
Dancer Interview - 24 April 2013
This Side of Brightness Interview - 23 April 2013
Conversation with Sasha Hemon - 22 April 2013
Identity Theory: Colum interviewed by Robert Birnbaum - 21 April 2013
WTC Provides Back Story For Colum McCann’s ‘Spin’ - 19 November 2009
“McCann joins ranks of the great” (Irish Times) - 19 November 2009

Letters to Young Writers

Letter to A Young Writer, Redux - 29 December 2016
Be Exhausted When You Finish - 22 December 2016
What Should I Read When Working on a Novel? - 15 December 2016
Where Should I Write? - 9 December 2016
Be a Hero, Be a Fool - 1 December 2016
Tell The Truth - 25 November 2016
Get Lost, Get Found - 17 November 2016
Why Do We Tell Stories? - 10 November 2016
Reality and Fiction - 3 November 2016
The Bus Theory - 27 October 2016
Avoid the Labels - 20 October 2016
Google Isn’t Deep Enough - 13 October 2016
Punctuation: It’s Not A Throwaway Thing (Comma) - 6 October 2016
Writing Dialogue - 29 September 2016
How Do You Bring Fresh Eyes to Your Stories? - 21 September 2016
Plot - 14 September 2016
Violently Embracing the Violent - 8 September 2016
The Problem of Sincerity - 1 September 2016
Who What Where When How and Why - 18 August 2016
No Rust on Your Sentences Please - 18 August 2016
Take a Break - 11 August 2016
Seeking Structure - 4 August 2016
Write Yourself a Credo - 28 July 2016
The Habit of Hoping - 21 July 2016
Creating Characters - 14 July 2016
Who’s Your Ideal Reader? - 7 July 2016
Blurbs (or The Art of Literary Porn) - 1 July 2016
Allow the Reader’s Intelligence - 23 June 2016
Read, read, read - 16 June 2016
Rejoyce - 9 June 2016
If You’re Done, You’ve Only Just Begun - 2 June 2016
How Old is a Young Writer? - 26 May 2016
Smash That Mirror - 19 May 2016
Don’t Be A Dick - 12 May 2016
A Hero of Consciousness - 5 May 2016
No Literary Olympics - 28 April 2016
Finding the Right Editor - 21 April 2016
What If I Don’t Get An Agent? - 14 April 2016
How To Get An Agent - 7 April 2016
Be A Camera - 31 March 2016
Shape the Truth - 24 March 2016
Writing is Entertainment - 17 March 2016
Fail. Fail. Fail. - 10 March 2016
Embrace the Critics - 4 March 2016
The Terror of the White Page - 26 February 2016
To MFA or Not to MFA? - 19 February 2016
There Are No Rules - 11 February 2016
Your Last Line - 4 February 2016
Your First Line - 29 January 2016
Don’t Write What You Know - 22 January 2016
Read Aloud - 14 January 2016
Letter to a Young Writer - 3 December 2015

News & Events

Video Trailer for Apeirogon - 5 December 2019
Welcome to the Newsletter - 5 November 2019
Praise for Apeirogon - 7 October 2019
Apeirogon Tour - 25 April 2019
Patriots of Elsewhere - 13 October 2016
Extended Author’s Note & Victim Impact Statement: Thirteen Ways of Looking - 25 September 2015
National Book Award Interview - 28 April 2013
Colum McCann talks about winning the National Book Award (IrishCentral) - 19 November 2009
WTC Provides Back Story For Colum McCann’s ‘Spin’ - 19 November 2009
“McCann joins ranks of the great” (Irish Times) - 19 November 2009

Newsletter

Newsletter #2 - 21 January 2020
Newsletter #1 - 21 January 2020
Welcome to the Newsletter - 5 November 2019

Print

Dessert - 8 September 2016
Overdue: the Country of Literature - 4 August 2016
But Always Meeting Ourselves - 26 May 2016
The Word Made Flesh - 9 May 2016
What Baseball Does to the Soul - 7 April 2016
The Music of What Happens - 26 February 2016
Leaving Home - 14 January 2016
A Selection of Newspaper and Magazine Articles - 19 November 2015
Colum McCann talks about winning the National Book Award (IrishCentral) - 19 November 2009
“McCann joins ranks of the great” (Irish Times) - 19 November 2009

Seasonal Stories

The Darkness - 1 February 2016
A Dublin Christmas - 3 December 2015
Looking for the Rozziner - 3 December 2015

Statements

Patriots of Elsewhere - 13 October 2016
Looking for the Rozziner - 3 December 2015
Extended Author’s Note & Victim Impact Statement: Thirteen Ways of Looking - 25 September 2015

Young Writers Archive

Letter to A Young Writer, Redux - 29 December 2016
Be Exhausted When You Finish - 22 December 2016
What Should I Read When Working on a Novel? - 15 December 2016
Where Should I Write? - 9 December 2016
Be a Hero, Be a Fool - 1 December 2016
Tell The Truth - 25 November 2016
Get Lost, Get Found - 17 November 2016
Why Do We Tell Stories? - 10 November 2016
Reality and Fiction - 3 November 2016
The Bus Theory - 27 October 2016
Avoid the Labels - 20 October 2016
Google Isn’t Deep Enough - 13 October 2016
Punctuation: It’s Not A Throwaway Thing (Comma) - 6 October 2016
Writing Dialogue - 29 September 2016
How Do You Bring Fresh Eyes to Your Stories? - 21 September 2016
Plot - 14 September 2016
Violently Embracing the Violent - 8 September 2016
The Problem of Sincerity - 1 September 2016
Who What Where When How and Why - 18 August 2016
No Rust on Your Sentences Please - 18 August 2016
Take a Break - 11 August 2016
Seeking Structure - 4 August 2016
Write Yourself a Credo - 28 July 2016
The Habit of Hoping - 21 July 2016
Creating Characters - 14 July 2016
Who’s Your Ideal Reader? - 7 July 2016
Blurbs (or The Art of Literary Porn) - 1 July 2016
Allow the Reader’s Intelligence - 23 June 2016
Read, read, read - 16 June 2016
Rejoyce - 9 June 2016
If You’re Done, You’ve Only Just Begun - 2 June 2016
How Old is a Young Writer? - 26 May 2016
Smash That Mirror - 19 May 2016
Don’t Be A Dick - 12 May 2016
A Hero of Consciousness - 5 May 2016
No Literary Olympics - 28 April 2016
Finding the Right Editor - 21 April 2016
What If I Don’t Get An Agent? - 14 April 2016
How To Get An Agent - 7 April 2016
Be A Camera - 31 March 2016
Shape the Truth - 24 March 2016
Writing is Entertainment - 17 March 2016
Fail. Fail. Fail. - 10 March 2016
Embrace the Critics - 4 March 2016
The Terror of the White Page - 26 February 2016
To MFA or Not to MFA? - 19 February 2016
There Are No Rules - 11 February 2016
Your Last Line - 4 February 2016
Your First Line - 29 January 2016
Don’t Write What You Know - 22 January 2016
Read Aloud - 14 January 2016
Letter to a Young Writer - 3 December 2015

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