Kevin Doyle is the author of the political crime thrillers - To Keep A Bird Singing (2018) and A River of Bodies (2019) – published by Blackstaff Press. Set in the Cork and west Cork, the books explore the murky world of Special Branch collusion with a network of abusers inside the Catholic Church. David Park described To Keep A Bird Singing as “… a thrilling debut that looks corruption in the eye and never blinks.” Books Ireland’s verdict was “highly, highly recommended”.

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Born in Cork, he attended UCC where he studied chemistry. After completing a Masters in Organic Synthesis, he worked in the pharma sector in Ireland and the United States. After travelling extensively in Australia, Asia and Central America he returned to Ireland where he now lives. ​His short stories have been published in many literary journals in Ireland, the UK, the USA and in Australia. Shortlisted for awards such as the Hennessy Literary Award, The Seán O’Faoláin Prize and The Ian St James International Short Story Award, he has won the Tipperary Short Story Prize and the Michael McLaverty Award. His stories have been included in notable anthologies such as Irish Writers Against War and The Hennessy Book of Irish Short Fiction and From The Plough To The Stars. A full listing can be found here. With illustrator, Spark Deeley, he wrote the award-winning children’s picture book The Worms That Saved the World. A member of both the Irish Writers Union (2021-23) and Writers Guild of Ireland, Kevin was Chairperson of the IWU from 2021-23.

 

As well as being a technical writer, he was worked extensively in the community sector as a creative writing teacher. He has contributed to a range of projects under the aegis of Cork City Library, including the award-winning tactile books project, Growing Imaginations, which has created over thirty original stories for library users with additional needs.

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In addition, Kevin has written extensively about Irish and radical politics from an anarchist/ libertarian socialist perspective. He has been active over many decades in a range of campaigns as diverse as Support The Miners, Free Nicky Kelly, Dunnes Strike Support Group, Free The Old Head, Grassroots Network Against War, Am-Bush, The Anti-Water Tax Campaign and Together For Yes (Repeal 8th).