

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Meet Bestselling Author Colm Toíbín
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 03 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 03 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Bestselling author of Brooklyn and The Magician, Colm Toíbín, discusses his new collection of short stories, The News from Dublin.About this EventSave the Date!Join us for a very special evening...San Francisco's United Irish Cultural Center and Bookshop West Portal are delighted to jointly welcome the esteemed Colm ToÍbín, Irish author of Brooklyn and Long Island. We are thrilled Colm is returning to celebrate his new collection of stories, The News from Dublin, with us.There will be a cash bar. Tickets are required for admission and include one copy of The News from Dublin. Books will also be available for purchase at the event.This event will take place at the United Irish Cultural Center at 2700 45th Ave.SCHEDULE6:15pm: Bar and Doors openThere is no assigned seating, so arrive promptly to purchase any books and get your seats.7:00pm: Programming Begins8:00pm: Signing Line - author will personalize your books*click here to get tickets!*ABOUT THE BOOKCelebrated as "his generation's most gifted writer of love's complicated, contradictory power" ( Los Angeles Times), Colm Tóibín is a master of short fiction as well as the novel, able to summon an extraordinary intensity of emotion in a brief tale. The eleven stories transport readers across continents and eras.In "The Journey to Galway," a mother who has learned of the death of her son, a fighter pilot in World War I, travels to Galway to inform his wife and their three now fatherless children. "Sleep," originally published in The New Yorker, explores the rift between two lovers as one of them cannot reckon with his grief and fear after the death of his brother. Death, again, is a central character in the title story, "The News from Dublin," as Maurice Webster travels to Dublin to try to save his younger brother who is dying of tuberculosis. Maurice must petition the health minister for access to a new experimental drug, and this is the only hope.Tóibín's stories are rich with the complexities of family dynamics, the haunting pull of the past, and the quiet revelations that define our lives. His characters, whether navigating the aftermath of war, or forbidden love, or the desires of a girl in Catalan, or the quiet struggles mundane life, are rendered with illuminating, unforgettable empathy and insight.The News from Dublin is an exquisite introduction to Tóibín's short fiction for new readers who may have discovered Tóibín with the publication of Long Island, and a glorious new collection for longtime fans of this "achingly beautiful writer...with infinite compassion" (The Miami Herald).ABOUT THE AUTHORColm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including Long Island, an Oprah's Book Club Pick; The Magician, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; The Master, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Brooklyn, winner of the Costa Book Award; and Nora Webster, winner of the Hawthornden Prize, as well as three story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and was named the 2022-2024 Laureate for Irish Fiction by the Arts Council of Ireland. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature.!
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 42.99, max: 48.24, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: San Francisco
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: United Irish Cultural Center
- **lat**: 37.7360869
- **long**: -122.5029703
- **full address**: United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco, United States

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- **organizer**: BookShop West Portal (https://allevents.in/org/bookshop-west-portal/18558363)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 03 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 42.99 up to 48.24 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** BookShop West Portal
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, health-wellness, it
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