UCC Lecturer in Creative Writing, Mary Morrissy, presented “Raising the Past and Entering it”, a lecture on the writing of historical fiction at the University of Florence on Tuesday, October 20th. She’s also giving a lecture today (Thursday, October 22nd) at the University of Sassari, Sardinia, , where she will read during the “Ottobre in Poesia” festival from her forthcoming collection of short stories, Prosperity Drive.