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Abel García Cortina

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I was born in Spain, but I have been living in Ireland for a while.

Some years ago I released an anthology with my MA classmates and we called it Adventure Hat.

I'm a committee member for The Theatre Room Galway where I ocassionally write, direct, or "act" in plays ...more

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Adventure Hat
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Aoife Buckley (Editor),

Eileen Bennett,

Niamh Dennis

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Amnesiac: A Memoir

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