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Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin

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Contact: Contact me through my website contact form: https://www.niamhnimhaoileoin.com/contact
Local authority: Edinburgh City
Languages: English
Author type: Writer
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Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin is an Irish writer, living and working in Edinburgh. Their work focuses on themes of identity and belief, grief, immigration and emigration, LGBTQ+ issues, faith, family and activism.

Niamh’s debut novel, Ordinary Saints, was published in 2025. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards, the Women’s Prize Discoveries and the Kate O’Brien Award. It was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and won the PFD Queer Fiction Prize. They’ve also been published in Gutter, Fierce Salvage: A Queer Words Anthology, the Irish Times, Open Book, the New Statesman and many other publications.

Niamh has spoken at literary festivals and bookshops all over Scotland, England and Ireland. As a workshop facilitator and mentor, they’ve worked with a wide range of community groups, charities and campaigns, including LGBTQ+ festivals, unpaid carers, Paralympic athletes, trade union reps, and feminist activists.

Niamh is an experienced book event chair and writing workshop facilitator.

(Photo credit: Julie Broadfoot)

Websites featuring the author

Local authorities will visit

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Events will deliver

Chairing events; Mentoring; Panel event; Professional development, CLPL or CPD; Reading; Residency; Talk; Workshop

Audience will work with

Adult learners; Care-experienced people; Carers; English as an additional language (EAL); Intergenerational learning; Outdoor learning; Adults with additional support needs; People experiencing mental health problems; People living with dementia; Prisoners & young offenders; Reluctant readers; Vulnerable young people (under 18); Vulnerable adults; Vulnerable older people; Young people in the community (e.g. Youth clubs, Guides, Scouts); Young people with additional support needs (under 18) (ASN/SEN)

Topics of work

Activism & protest; Class & society; Contemporary fiction; Death, grief & bereavement; Discrimination & prejudice; Editing & editing your own work; Emigration & immigration; Human rights; LGBTQIA+ characters; Politics; Publishing & getting published; Religion & beliefs

Age groups published for

Adults

Age groups will work with

0-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-11; 12-14; 15-18; 18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+