Lexicon Reader and Writers’ Day
dlr Lexicon Studio, Sat 5 November. Cost: €20 includes coffee and a light lunch.
dlr Lexicon hosts another day of readings, interviews and chat with a great line-up of writers and experts including Sam Blake, Evelyn Conlon, Sinéad Crowley, Martina Devlin, Lucy Diamond, Catherine Dunne, Hazel Gaynor, Dave Kenny, Lia Mills, Liz Nugent, Adrian White and many more. Organised by dlr Writer in Residence Sarah Webb. Bring your book club or come and make new friends!
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Congratulations to Jennifer Johnston, who was presented with an award by Margaret Dunne at the Dalkey Heritage Centre last night (14th October). Celebrations included a reading from How Many Miles to Babylon? by Gary Jermyn and a performance of Waiting by Geraldine Plunkett (directed by Caroline Fitzgerald) – as well as Jennifer Johnston reading from her latest novel Naming the Stars. Writers in the audience included Marita Conlon McKenna, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Martina Devlin, Katie Donovan, Anne Le Marquand Hartigan and Mary Rose Callaghan.
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On Thursday 13th October I’ll be reading with and talking to the ultra-fab Catherine Dunne at 7.30 in the Ranelagh Arts Centre as part of the ‘By Invitation’ programme curated by Jack Harte. We’re hoping for a lively Q & A, so consider yourselves invited.
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The Irish Writers’ Centre will host a Mindshift day this Saturday (15th October): “An Expert’s Guide to Promoting Your Book”. Lia will be speaking, along with Bert Wright (curator of Mountains to Sea dlr book festival), Peter O’Connell (publicist at Peter O’Connell Media), Martin Doyle (Assistant Literary Editor, The Irish Times), Rick O’Shea (Rick O’Shea Book Club) and others.
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Libran Writer (Lia Mills) 