About
Aimée Walsh is a writer from and living in Belfast.
Her debut novel Exile will be published in the UK and Ireland by John Murray Press in May 2024.
For rights and further book enquiries please contact Aimée’s agent: Eleanor Birne at RCW Literary Agency (eleanor@rcwlitagency.com).
For UK & Ireland publicity queries please contact: Anna-Marie Fitzgerald at John Murray Press (anna-marie.fitzgerald@johnmurraypress.co.uk).
Her short story ‘Drop Out’ was longlisted for The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2023. Extra Teeth published her short story ‘Severance’ in May 2022.
Articles and reviews have appeared in: Service95, Stylist Magazine, Dazed, RTÉ, The Irish Times, Refinery29 (US, Germany, Australia, and UK), The Independent (UK and Ireland), and The Observer. Her work has been translated into German and Spanish.
For up to date articles please see here. If you’re interested in commissioning an article from Aimée, please use the contact form.
In Spring 2022, she was a participant in the Faber Academy short story workshop ran by Lucy Caldwell. In 2021, she was the recipient of Arts Council of Northern Ireland Emerging Writers Bursary in conjunction with the Irish Writers’ Centre.
Aimée also holds a PhD in Irish Literature and Cultural History. Her first academic monograph Writing Resistance in Northern Ireland was published by Liverpool University Press in April 2024. For enquiries about Writing Resistance, please use the contact form.
