Upcoming Readings and Talks

                

                                  Upcoming Readings 

We are delighted to announce a series of public readings by renowned poets, short story writers and novelists who are visiting Limerick during 2014 as part of the City of Culture Literature and Writing Legacy Project.
As the readings are sponsored by City of Culture, there is no entrance fee unless otherwise indicated below.
For further information, including a list of upcoming creative writing workshops, please email the following:

visitingwriterslimerick2014@gmail.com

AUGUST			Writers-in-Residence: Mike McCormack (11-24 August) and Richard Blanco (25 August – 8 September)
22	Sun Wei and Mike McCormack	Fiction	Public Reading	Library, Dooradoyle	19.00-21.00
28	Richard Blanco	Poetry	Public Reading	The Granary Library, Michael Street.	20.00

SEPTEMBER			Writer-in-Residence: Richard Blanco (25 August – 8 September)
3	Richard Blanco		Lecture- ‘Poet Engineer and the Poetics of Place ‘	The Studio, Room CG042, School of Architecture, University of Limerick	17.00
4	Richard Blanco	Poetry	Reading as part of launch of programme for Cuisle Poetry Festival	Hunt Museum	20.15
5	Richard Blanco	Poetry Reading		Desmond Hall, NCW	20.00
19	Claire Keegan	Reading		Adare Library	20.00
19	Helena Close	Fiction	Reading	Friars’ Gate, Kilmallock	T.B.A.
October
3	Andrew Miller	Fiction	Public Reading	The Granary Library, Michael Street.	20.00
10	Louis de Bernières	Fiction	Public Reading	The Granary Library, Michael Street.	20.00
23	Clairr O’Connor Vivienne McKechnie Jo Slade	Poetry	Public Reading	Library, Dooradoyle	19.00

NOVEMBER			Writer-in-Residence: Colin Barrett (03-16 November); Paul Lynch (17-30 November)
7th	Colin Barrett and Kevin Barry	Fiction	Public Reading	The Granary Library, Michael Street.	19.00-21.00
7 and 8	Katrin Schmidt and Katje Lange- Müller	Fiction	Reading at 15th Conference in Irish-German Studies	UL	T.B.A.
13h	Christine Dwyer Hickey and Joseph O’Connor	Fiction	Public Reading	UL	17.00
21	Paul Lynch and Donal Ryan	Fiction	Public Reading	The Granary Library, Michael Street.	19.00-21.00
26	Joseph O’Connor	Fiction	Talk as part of Soulscapes Check with Friars’ Gate re. admission fee	Friars’ Gate, Kilmallock	Evening
28	Paul Lynch	Fiction	Public Reading	Inchirourke, Askeaton	19.00
Please note that this programme may be subject to change. All information is correct at time of publication.