# Event Details - **Event Name**: An Evening with Colm Tóibín - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 31 May, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Sun, 31 May, 2026 at 09:30 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Don’t miss this special opportunity to hear one of our most celebrated writers, Colm Tóibín, in conversation with Professor Frank ShovlinAbout this EventDon’t miss this special opportunity to hear from one of the most celebrated writers of our time, Colm Tóibín, in conversation with Professor Frank Shovlin.Tóibín will discuss his striking new short story collection, The News from Dublin — a profound and deeply moving sequence of stories that span continents and generations, from wartime Ireland to Barcelona, Argentina and beyond. Moving between lives marked by exile, secrecy and loss, these luminous narratives explore family ties, displacement, and the enduring pull of home and memory.Born in Enniscorthy in 1955, Tóibín is the author of acclaimed novels and short story collections including The Empty Family, Brooklyn, The Master, The Magician and Long Island. A three-time Booker Prize finalist, he has also received the David Cohen Prize for Literature, served as Laureate for Irish Fiction (2022–2024), and was Chancellor of the University of Liverpool until 2017.He will be joined by Frank Shovlin, Professor of Irish Literature at the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies, and an acclaimed critic and editor, known for his work on Joyce and John McGahern, including The Letters of John McGahern (Faber & Faber) and the forthcoming biography John McGahern: A Writing Life.Doors will open at 6:30pm for a 7pm start https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/59df7b70-2c20-11f1-adf0-4de4cd755510-rimg-w740-h740-dcd8d9d7-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/liverpool/an-evening-with-colm-tóibín/100001985978946490 - **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fan-evening-with-colm-toibin-tickets-1985978946490 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 11.55, max: 28, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Liverpool - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: The Black-E - **lat**: 53.3994108 - **long**: -2.9765810999999758 - **full address**: The Black-E, 1 Great George Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Writing on the Wall (https://allevents.in/org/writing-on-the-wall/22551525) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/8d781c0d056c58207097b7639d0305645ff3e7fd016d95350b31d73cb0f3e97c-rimg-w1200-h1799-dc5c4734-gmir.jpg?v=1774865294 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/e76e0dff8cc9b163a5cd3c262a369a65a33468e2ccbde3bb9fe6beb4441a4952-rimg-w400-h400-dca77349-gmir.jpg?v=1774865293 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? 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