Talking Books

Talking Books - a series of conversations with Dermot Bolger

Date: Thursdays, April 16th, May 14th, June 11th, July 9th
Location: Deansgrange Library
Time: 7pm
Cost: Free, but advance booking is essential.Contact Deansgrange Library 01-285 0860 to reserve tickets.

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to present ‘Talking Books’, a series of intimate public conversations by novelist, playwright and poet Dermot Bolger with leading Irish writers about the art of writing and the everyday practices, routines and difficulties involved with creating a sustained piece of literature. Broadening out to include questions and comments from the audience, these evenings are intended to be enjoyed by emerging writers and by anyone interested in contemporary Irish writing. These conversations with Dermot Bolger are presented by DLR Arts in association with the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Library Service and will take place in Deansgrange Library at 7:00 pm on the dates listed below.

Thursday April 16th @ 7:00 pm
Dermot Bolger in conversation with Gerard Donovan, author of Schopenhauer’s Telescope and Julius Winsome.

Thursday May 14th @ 7:00 pm
Dermot Bolger in conversation with Brian Keenan, author of An Evil Cradling and Four Quarters of Light: An Alaskan Journey.

Thursday June 11th @ 7:00 pm
Dermot Bolger in conversation with Deirdre Purcell, author of Falling for a Dancer and Diamonds and Holes in My Shoes.

Thursday July 9th @ 7:00 pm
Dermot Bolger in a final conversation with Claire Kilroy, author of Tenderwire, & John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

Talking Books is part of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s Place and Identity programme of Per Cent for Art commissions funded through the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Further information: Ciara King, Public Art Programme AdministratorE: cking@dlrcoco.ie T: +353 (0)1 271 9529