Keiran Goddard is an internationally published novelist, poet and social theorist. His first collection was shortlisted for the William Blake prize, his debut novel HOURGLASS was listed for the Desmond Elliott prize and his latest novel I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING has been published to widespread acclaim, nominated for the Gordon Burn Prize, and is currently in production as a major feature film ( adapt - Enda Walsh, Dir- Clio Barnard, prod - BBC ). He also writes regularly as a critic for The Guardian and The Observer.