Very pleased to say that the University of Lincoln’s School of Creative Arts is celebrating the achievements of my colleague Sarah Stovell and I in the publication of our books this year, with our respective publishers Harper Collins and Routledge. This university launch will be a great means of discussing our research and practice with our colleagues and students.
What am afternoon, with Ally Mally, Alison Joseph and mask man extrordinaire Roddy Maude-Roxby . Wholly inspired by the art of the mask, and now 
intend to have an entire masked act in my new play.
In 2024, I’ll be Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Turin – the first step in what I hope will be a long and fruitful partnership between the University of Lincoln and the University of Turin. I’m excited at the prospect of teaching at one of Italy’s leading institutions, and just generally Italy!
Excited to launch the 2nd annual PLAYWRITING INTENSIVE at the University of Lincoln, July 12th & 13th, 2023. The event will feature 2-hour workshops over two days, from four top-flight playwrights: Fraser Grace, Nicola Baldwin, Athena Stevens and Dawn King. In addition, both days will culminate in a play-reading showcase from our MA playwriting students in the evening, and Friday 14th will feature a round-table discussion on the Gothic genre, with Dawn King.
Last Sunday my beloved father, Aiden Healy, died, aged 80. He reposed on Monday, was buried on Tuesday. I’ll miss him forever.
My book launch for “The Literary Manager’s Toolkit” took place on 13th of March, at 9 Lower Mall, Hammersmith – a house deeply woven into the tapestry of contemporary London theatre. It is here that the Royal Court Theatre was launched as a concept in 1955, and the address has been home to great theatre figures such as George Devine, Peter Gill, Donald Howarth, Nicholas Wright, David Lan, to name but a few. My book is dedicated to the late Donald Howarth, its most recent owner.
Industry figures travelled from France, York and beyond for the event and I was very touched by the support received. A taste of the event is in the pictures below.
I was very touched by playwright Simon Farquhar’s summary: Many congratulations to my dear friend Sue Healy on the launch of her book, The Literary Manager’s Toolkit. It’s a vital and long overdue guide to one of the key posts in a theatre, but Sue makes the book so much more, by making it part of the legacy of our dear friend, the late Donald Howarth, and a celebration and a testament to all that Donald, the Royal Court and all similar theatres strive for. I gave a rather candid interview for it which I am grateful for the chance of, and which I hope proves constructive, both for writers and for those who have such a powerful role in our journey. It’s a book years overdue which I am sure will immediately become a bible. A lovely celebration to launch this valuable work in the most apt of locations.
Link to book on Routledge site.
My interview with WLRfm, talking about my new book ‘The Literary Manager’s Toolkit’.
Scroll down to Deise Today 11.00-12.00, 44 mins in.
TFW your book is on sale in your hometown’s iconic book store. The Literary Manager’s Toolkit available from Waterford’s
Essential for anyone who works in the arts – brimming with advice and info on jobs, access, funding, residencies. Hope it goes down well in my hometown.
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