DCU Book Club with Colin Barrett

Wild Houses by Colin Barrett is DCU Book Club's featured book in April 2026.

Colin, DCU Writer in Residence 2026, joins us as special guest for an in conversation event hosted by Dr Darren McCann, Assistant Professor in Creative Writing at Belvedere Library, DCU St. Patrick's Campus.

Wild Houses by Colin Barrett

A darkly comic account of frustration and misadventure in a small Irish town. A slow-burn study of character and fate that’s also an edge-of-your-seat thriller. When the reclusive Dev answers his door on Friday night he finds Doll – Cillian’s teenage brother – in the clutches of Gabe and Sketch. Jostled by his nefarious cousins and goaded by his dead mother’s dog, Dev is drawn headlong into the Ferdias’ revenge fantasy.

About the Author

Colin Barrett grew up in County Mayo, Ireland, and is a short story writer and novelist. His stories have been published in the Stinging Fly, Granta, Harper’s and the New Yorker. His first book, the short story collection Young Skins, won the Guardian First Book Award, the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Barrett’s second short story collection, Homesickness, made the New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year and was a Book of the Year in Oprah Daily and the Irish Times. His debut novel Wild Houses was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024. He is currently the Arts Council Writer in Residence at Dublin City University.

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