The Irish Times in Conversation Series at the Dublin Book Festival
Saturday, 6 March
1.00pm: NELL MCCAFFERTY
Nell McCafferty is a civil rights campaigner and feminist and one of Ireland’s most respected and controversial journalists. Her books include Nell (Penguin Ireland); The Armagh Women (Co-Op Books); In the Eyes of the Law (Poolbeg); Vintage Nell (Lilliput) and, from Attic Press, The Best of Nell; Goodnight Sisters; Peggy Deery and A Woman to Blame: The Kerry Babies Case.
3.00pm: THOMAS KILROY IN CONVERSATION WITH DECLAN HUGHES
Thomas Kilroy has written sixteen plays for the stage, most of which have been presented
at the Abbey and published by Gallery Press. His latest play Christ Deliver Us! is currently on
at the Abbey. His novel The Big Chapel was recently reissued by Liberties Press.
Declan Hughes is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter, and co-founder of Rough Magic Theatre Company. He is author of the Ed Loy PI series, with the fourth title, City of Lost Girls, appearing in 2010.
Sunday, 7 March
1.00pm: MARY KENNY
Mary Kenny has been a journalist for over four decades and was a founding member of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement. Among her books with New Island are Goodbye to Catholic Ireland; Germany Calling; and Crown and Shamrock: Love and Hate between Ireland and the British Monarchy.
2.30pm: GORDON SNELL IN CONVERSATION WITH SARAH WEBB
Gordon Snall has a long and distinguished career, and, since the 1970s, has written more than forty books, mainly for children, many of which have been published in Ireland by Poolbeg, O’Brien Press and Glendale. Gordon is married to the writer Maeve Binchy and they live in Dalkey.
Sarah Webb was a children’s bookseller before becoming a writer. Among her books are the Amy Green, Teen Agony Queen series and Emma the Penguin (O’Brien Press).
4.00pm: EILEEN BATTERSBY IN CONVERSATION WITH DECLAN MEADE
Born in California, Eileen Battersby is Literary Correspondent of The Irish Times and four times winner of the National Arts Journalist of the Year award. She is author of Second Readings: From Beckett to Black Beauty (Liberties Press).
These are just some of the over 40 free events at the Dublin Book Festival
(6-8 March, Dublin City Hall)
