Douglas author honoured

An internationally acclaimed author named has been chosen as this month’s Cork Person of the Month.

Douglas-based author Billy O’Callaghan has been honoured with the April Cork Person of the Month Award. The author is a recipient of multiple awards including the Bord Gáis Energy Book Award, and has previously been shortlisted for the Costa Short Story Award.

His collections of short stories and novels have achieved international acclaim, and have been translated into a dozen languages. Billy O’Callaghan's latest novel, ‘Life Sentences’, published earlier this year, is based on three generations of his own family, who were blighted by famine, war and loss.

Speaking about Billy’s success, awards organiser Manus O’Callaghan said: “We’re excited to celebrate Billy’s national and international success with the April Cork Person of the Month Award.”

Billy O’Callaghan’s name now goes forward for possible selection as Cork Persons of the Year at the annual Gala Awards Lunch on 21 January 2022.