About
Charleen Hurtubise
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Charleen 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.
In the Studio
​​​Charleen created, curated, and produced The Peatlands, a multi-media immersive visual arts project exploring Ireland’s unique ecological treasures. She has an M.Sc. in Technology and Learning from Trinity College and an MFA in Creative Writing from University College Dublin, where she has facilitated Creative Writing seminars.
Creating animation scenes for the initial run of The Peatlands at the Pearse Museum in Rathfarnham.