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Reading 2
Irish Writers' Centre reading on Tuesday 25th October at 7.30pm
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Deirdre Purcell |
| Deirdre Purcell was born and brought up in Dublin, and educated there and in a County Mayo convent. Before turning to the writing of fiction, she lived through an eclectic set of careers, including acting, as a member of the permanent company of Ireland`s National Theatre (The Abbey), and journalism for all media - for which she won Ireland`s top awards. She has written numerous fiction and non-fiction bestsellers and currently presents a radio programme for RTE. Deirdre's fiction include, amongst others, Children of Eve, A Place of Stones, That Childhood Country, Ashes of Roses, Pearl and Days We Remember. |
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Martin Malone |
Martin Malone is the author of five novels, a memoir, a short story collection and several radio plays. His first novel Us was shortlisted for the K.I. Irish Fiction Award and won the John B.Keane/Sunday Independent Literary Award. His novel The Broken Cedar was IMPAC nominated. RTE TV optioned another novel, After Kafra, while his latest novel, The Only Glow of the Day, was recently and successfully transferred to stage as Rosanna Nightwalker – the Wren of the Curragh. He is a winner of RTE’s Francis MacManus Short Story Award and the Killarney International Short Story Prize; and also the recipient of several literature bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland. Kildare County Council awarded him the inaugural Cecil Day Lewis Literature Bursary.
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Michael J Farrell |
| Michael J Farrell grew up in County Longford, Ireland. He has edited the annual literary reviews, Everyman and Aquarius. He was an editor at the National Catholic Reporter in the US. His novel Papabile won the Thorpe Menn Award in 1998.In 2009 he published a collection of short stories Life In The Universe (The Stinging Fly Press). His stories have appeared in Let's Be Alone Together (The Stinging Fly Press, 2008) and The Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories, 2006-2007, while another was runner-up for the RTE Francis McManus Award in 2006. |
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| To book places at the Limerick and Cork readings, please contact those venues directly. |
| Admission is free to the readings at the Irish Writers' Centre but donations are very welcome. To reserve your seat, call or email the Centre. |
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