Writing Childhood: An evening of literary events in aid of Barnardos

Panel events on writing childhood featuring Catherine Airey, Anna Fitzgerald, Charleen Hurtubise, Louise Nealon and more. Tickets available

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🕑: 04:45 PM - 05:45 PM
Writing Childhood Through Fiction
Host: Louise Nealon

Info: Louise Nealon (Snowflake) in conversation with Catherine Airey, (Confessions) Anna Fitzgerald (Girl in the Making) and Charleen Hurtubise (The Polite Act of Drowning). Louise Nealon’s debut novel, Snowflake, 2021, won Newcomer of the Year at the An Post Book Awards and was the One Dublin One Book choice for 2024. She has recently completed her second novel. Catherine Airey is of Irish-British ancestry with roots in Cork. Confessions is her first novel. Anna Fitzgerald grew up in Dublin and has recently completed her second novel. Charleen Hurtubise is originally from the U.S.A. Her second novel, Saoirse, is due for release in 2026. https://takeyourseats.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873672511

🕑: 06:15 PM - 07:15 PM
Retrospective on Edna O'Brien and John McGahern
Host: Lia Mills

Info: Lia Mills hosts a tribute to John McGahern’s The Dark and Edna O’Brien’s A Pagan Place (With Maureen O’Connor (Edna O’Brien and the Art of Fiction) and Michael G. Cronin (Revolutionary Bodies). Also featuring Emma Lowe and Freddy McKinley. Tickets available at https://takeyourseats.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873670955

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