Readers Day - Writers in Conversation at Red Line Book Festival
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Readers Day – Writers in Conversation at Red Line Book Festival
Renowned writers from across the literary spectrum will participate in a day of readings and public conversations at Readers Day this Saturday, 17th October in the Civic Theatre, Tallaght. Chaired by Dermot Bolger, one of Ireland’s best known writers, this relaxing and intimate day of readings will feature award winning authors Jennifer Johnston, Mary Costello, Martina Devlin, Michael O’Loughlin, Carlo Gébler and Hugo Hamiliton talking about their experiences with their fathers, and popular broadcaster Joe Duffy, who recently launched his new book Children of the Rising.
“It’s pure indulgence”, said Patricia Fitzgerald, one of the organisers of the Red Line Book Festival, “sitting in a comfy seat having lots of people tell you stories all day”.
This year’s Readers Day event starts at 10.15am and runs to 4.00pm in the main auditorium in Tallaght’s Civic Theatre. Admission is €10/€8 and seats are limited. Bookings for this increasingly popular event can be made by phoning the booking office at the Civic Theatre on (01) 462 7477 or by e-mail to boxoffice@civictheatre.ie.
Readers Day – Writers in conversation with Dermot Bolger is the final event in the fourth annual Red Line Book Festival, a wonderful series of 33 events and 60 authors across seven days in October. The festival is funded by South Dublin County Council and managed by South Dublin Libraries and Arts. The programme aims to develop a high profile book festival for the county showcasing the best of national and international contemporary writing which will have a significant impact on the literary landscape of Ireland.
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For further details on events contact: Caroline Higgins or Patricia Fitzgerald on 01 4597834 or info@redlinebookfestival.com
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Jennifer Johnston is one of the foremost Irish writers. She has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize with Shadows on our Skin. Her other novels include Truth or Fiction, Foolish Mortals, The Gingerbread Woman, Two Moons and Shadowstory. She will read from her work and talk with Dermot Bolger about her childhood and her writings since her first book, The Captains and the Kings, appeared in 1972.
Mary Costello grew up in County Galway. Her collection of short stories, The China Factory, was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award. Her debut novel, Academy Street, has been shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2014 and the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year 2014.
Martina Devlin is an Omagh-born author and journalist. Her novels include The House Where It Happened, a ghost story inspired by Ireland’s only mass witchcraft trial; Ship of Dreams, about the Titanic disaster; and her latest book is About Sisterland, set in a near future ruled by women where it all goes horribly wrong.
Michael O’Loughlin has been one of the most arresting voices in Irish poetry. His latest book, In This Life, brings a new sensibility to bear on the disturbing realities of the new Ireland O’Loughlin returned to having lived abroad.
Carlo Gébler was born Dublin in 1954, son of the writers Edna O’Brien and Ernest Gébler. Carlo was raised by his mother and endured difficult visits to Dublin see his father, who became a reclusive and contrary figure until he succumbed to Alzheimer’s and Carlo became his guardian. Carlo has just published a new life of his father, entitled, The Projectionist, based on material mined from copious notes written by his father.
Hugo Hamilton was born and grew up in Dublin. His many novels include Surrogate City, The Last Shot, The Love Test and Every Single Minute. He is perhaps best known for his two internationally acclaimed childhood memoirs, The Speckled People and The Sailor in the Wardrobe, which detail his difficult relationship with his Irish speaking father who banned all English words from the house and with his gentle German mother who started a new life in Ireland after the horrors of war in Europe.
Joe Duffy, broadcaster, is the presenter of Ireland’s most popular daily radio show, Liveline, on RTE Radio 1. He also presents Joe Duffy’s Spirit Level on RTE television and writes a weekly column for the Irish Mail on Sunday. His interest in researching and writing about the forgotten children killed in 1916 was sparked by an art project he undertook in Easter 2013 for the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation.
Dermot Bolger is one of Ireland’s best known writers. This is his thirteenth year to curate and present Reader’s Day. This autumn sees the publication of his Selected Poems, That Which is Suddenly Precious. His 12th novel, Tanglewood, was acclaimed upon publication earlier this year. His stage adaptation of Ulysses toured China in spring 2015. He regularly writes for all of Ireland’s leading newspapers and in 2012 was named Commentator of the Year at the Irish Newspaper awards.
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