Martine McDonagh

Martine McDonagh

Martine McDonagh has worked in the music industry for 25 years.

Her first novel I have waited, and you have come was published in 2006. An extract appeared in The Brighton Book and a further short piece appeared in The Illustrated Brighton Moment.

She is currently working on her novel The People Upstairs and in 2010 was awarded funding by the Arts Council of England for the completion of this work.

McDonagh continues to work as General Manager for bands Fujiya & Miyagi and Oddfellow’s Casino. She lives in Brighton.

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Martine McDonagh

IHW reviewed in the Guardian

The Guardian reviewed I have waited on Saturday 21st April – read it here….also, my feature on writing dystopia, The Worst of All Worlds, appears in this month’s (June 2012) edition ...

I have waited – 2nd edition

The new edition of I have waited, and you have come is published this week with a lovely new cover by Anna Morrison and a slightly remixed text by me. Already picked up a couple of great reviews at Re...

Arts Council Award successful!

Much gratitude to the Arts Council for their financial support, which will help me to deliver my new novel The People Upstairs on schedule. To find out more about the Arts Council’s Grants for t...

Reading 10th October 2010

I will be reading short extracts from I have waited and my second novel From the Doghouse at Hotel Pelirocco in Brighton on Sunday 10th October. Headline author is Booker shortlisted MJ Hyland and I&#...

Vote again for I have waited!

I have waited has been put forward again for the People’s Book Prize! Even if you were kind enough to vote before, you can vote again here. Voting is open until 31st August. I haven’t won ...

E-book now available

I have waited has been published as an e-book. Currently only available via Amazon.com, but will soon be more widely available, so if you’re lucky enough to own one of those new ipad thingys you...

Reading in Brighton 16th May

I’ll be reading at the Doghouse open house in Brighton on Sunday 16th May. For obvious reasons I’ll be reading from my second novel From the Doghouse but will probably read a bit from I Ha...

Save BBC 6 Music

The proposed closure of 6 Music will be a disaster for those of us working in the Independent music sector. With no station to play alternative and new music at a time of day when people might actuall...

Forthcoming eBook

I’m very pleased to report that Myriad Editions have decided that as I Have Waited was the first novel to be published on their fiction list, it will also be their first ebook publication. IR...

Best books of 2009

Someone has very generously included I have waited in their best books of 2009 list: http://causticcovercritic.blogspot.com/2009/11/best-books-of-year-part-1-not-about.html...