Darragh Martin

Darragh Martin is teaches English at the University of Suffolk. Darragh writes novels, plays, and stories for children; his fiction has been shortlisted for an Irish Book Award and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. Darragh is particularly interested in the Environmental Humanities and creative responses to the climate crisis; he has taught courses on climate culture and collaborated on artistic projects with the Free Word Centre and climate scientists at Durham University. Darragh is passionate about access to arts education and has worked on creative writing projects with survivors of torture, women who were incarcerated, and primary and secondary school students. Before coming to Suffolk, Darragh completed a PhD on a Fulbright scholarship at Columbia University and held positions at New York University and Birkbeck College.