Charleen Hurtubise is a writer and artist based in Dublin. She is the author of two novels, The Polite Act of Drowning (2023)  and Saoirse, to be published in early 2026. Originally from Michigan, she has lived in Dublin for the past twenty-five years.  She explores a sense of displacement that comes with living a life suspended between two places, existing in coordinates that are neither Here nor There and how this paradox can never entirely be resolved. 

She has created, curated, and produced The Peatlands, a multi-media immersive collaborative visual arts project exploring Ireland’s unique ecological treasures.  Her varied education experiences have informed both her art and teaching practice, including studies with Royal School of Drawing, National College of Art and Design, the M.Sc. in Technology and Learning at Trinity College, and the MFA in Creative Writing from University College Dublin.

Selected Awards & Support

Creative Ireland, Co. Laois (2024)

Peatlands Community Engagement Scheme, National Parks & Wildlife (2022 & 2023)

Creative Communities/Creative Ireland, Co. Offaly (2023)

Heinrich Böll Cottage, Achill, Co. Mayo, Ireland  (2023)

dlr Creative Ireland Professional Development Bursary/Creative Ireland (2021)

Cill Rialaig Residency Award, Irish Writers Centre, Dublin (2020)

Professional Development Award, Arts Council of Ireland  (2020)

Engagement with New Technologies Bursary Award: SDCC/Creative Ireland (2020)

Fish Short Story Prize Longlist for ‘Milfoil’ (2018)

Literature Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland  (2015)

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