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Welcome to Maura McHugh’s web site.
Maura writes, prose, comic books, plays, and screenplays, and lives in the west of Ireland.
If you wish to contact her you can always leave a message on her blog or drop her a note via the contact form.
News
- I’ll be a guest at 2D, the Northern Ireland Comics Festival, which is happening from 30 May – 2 June in Derry.
- Writer Lynda Rucker and I are setting up Laydeez do Comics – Dublin. The first meeting will be on 7pm – 9.30pm on Wednesday the 22 May, 2013 in the Rooftop Bar, 3rd floor, of the Odessa Club, 13 Dame Court, Dublin 2. Our guests are: Sarah McIntyre, Alan Nolan, and Maeve Clancy.
- I’ve written a short piece called ‘From Fan to Con-runner to Writer – different experiences of conventions’ for issue 15 of the fanzine, Journey Planet.
- I’ve been asked to be one of the Special Guests at ArcadeCon 2013, which is taking place from 5 – 7 July in the Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin.
- I’ve written an article for UK web site, Bad Reputation in honour of Women in Horror Month, called ‘More Women In Horror for 2013‘.
On 1 February, 2013 Twisted Fairy Tales was published in the USA by Barron’s Educational Series. It’s a 144 page large-size hardback, containing twenty classic fairy tales retold with a dark slant, accompanied by lavish illustrations by Jane Laurie. It’s available for order on Amazon.com.- I contributed to Paul Cornell’s Twelve Blogs of Christmas, and wrote about Twelve Drummers Drumming, in which I give a brief overview of the history of women drummers.
- At noon on Thursday, 8 November, 2012 I’ll be on the jury of the Script Pitching Competition, for the Galway Junior Film Fleadh, in the Town Hall Theatre. Best of luck to the short-listed candidates!
- After the closing performance of The Hallowe’en Sessions on November 3rd in London, there will be a Q&A with all the writers. Two nights are sold out already so get your tickets while you can.
