Join the Irish Writers Centre Roaming Writer in Residence, Jan Carson for a host of tiny train stories garnered from her recent adventures riding the trains of Ireland. Jan will be accompanied by singer-songwriter, Hannah McPhillimy, showcasing songs written during her recent travels in America. Courtesy of Belfast Lit Crawl
Dr. Glen Gendzel will introduce the great Irish American fin de siècle humourist Finley Peter Dunne, who wrote in the voice of ‘Mr. Dooley’, a fictional Chicago barman from Roscommon. Dooley dispensed opinions on everything from politics and foreign policy to philanthropy and pianos in the parlour. Myles Dungan will bring Mr. Dooley to life with dramatic readings that may or may not do justice to the original.
Set in Kells, Co. Meath during the 1970s, the romantic thriller charts journalist Sarah McCarthy as she uncovers family secrets and links to both sides of the Troubles. The 29-year-old Navan native has received a number of accolades for her writing, When not writing fiction, she writes murder mystery scripts on Etsy. The novel is available on Amazon Kindle : https://amzn.to/2H5jTAL
Work in Progress Award winning poet (Sound Archive, Cabaret) and obsessive ‘muso’, Nerys Williams reads extracts from her forthcoming memoir of life in Wales in the 1980s and 90s. There will be lots of post-punk, goths, a bit of grunge and some midwifery..
During the month of May Hinterland received submissions from writers of Short Stories. Judged by members of Kells Arts Club the winner will give a reading from the winning entry.
The sea is invading President Tyrone Trout's luxury Co.Meath golf course. He wants to build a wall and he wants the Irish to pay for it. A cast of thousands read extracts from a ‘work in progress.’
