2009 Programme of Events
Friday 6th March 2009
| 10.00am | Festival Forums: Developing Children’s Publishing in Ireland: Towards an Action Plan with Michael O’Brien, Siobhan Parkinson, Mags Walsh, Sarah Bannan and Seamus Cashman |
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| Since 1974 MICHAEL O'BRIEN has published over 1,000 books at The O’Brien Press. He is a past President of CLÉ, a founder member of the Irish Children’s Book Trust and CBI, and was the first president of IBBY Ireland. In 2006 he was given the Award of the Decade by CBI. SIOBHÁN PARKINSON is a writer for children and teenagers, as well as a translator, editor and teacher of fiction writing. Her most recent books are The Henny Penny Tree (O'Brien Press 2008) and Dialann Sár-Runda Amy Ní Chonchúir (Cois Life 2008). MAGS WALSH is Director of Children’s Books Ireland (CBI), the national advocacy and resource organisation. She is a regular contributor to Inis Magazine, and on Newstalk 106. She also maintains a children’s book blog, Very Hungry Caterpillar. SARAH BANNAN is Head of Literature with the Arts Council. Sarah studied literature and literary criticism at Georgetown University and moved to Ireland in 1998, when she began work with the Lilliput Press. She joined the staff of the Arts Council in 2000, initially in the area of literature and later as Local Arts Development Manager. Sarah also worked at the Irish Film Institute as Head of Education and Access, before returning to the Arts Council as Head of Literature at the end of 2007. Poet and publisher SEAMUS CASHMAN founded Wolfhound Press in 1974. His most recent collection is That Morning Will Come: New & Selected Poems (Salmon, 2007). He compiled and edited Irish Poems for Young People (with Bridie Quinn, 1975 & still in print) and the award winning Something Beginning with P: New Poems from Irish Poets (O’Brien Press, 2004). |
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| 10.00am | Come Celebrate: The Great Pig Escape by Linda Moller |
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| The O’Brien Press and Children’s Books Ireland celebrate a special edition of the classic children’s book The Great Pig Escape by LINDA MOLLER, with the cover specially designed by Holly Crowley Walsh (13) from Ballinhassig, Co Cork who won first prize in the Children’s Book Festival ‘Design A Cover’ competition. Joe O’Brien will launch the book and present certificates to the winners and runners-up. | |||
| 10.30am | Be Inspired: Poetry Workshop for Adults with Medbh McGuckian | ||
| Update 2 March 2009 - the Poetry Workshop with Medbh McGuckian is now full. 10 places are available, free of charge, to participate in a workshop with one of Ireland’s best known poets. Please submit an application to bookings@dublinbookfestival.com with a paragraph describing your background in poetry and your successes to date, along with a sample of 5 poems. Selected participants will have some of these poems workshopped at the event. |
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| 11am | Treats for Kids: Reading with Joe O’Brien | ||
| JOE O'BRIEN is the author of the popular series of books for younger readers about the wonderful world of Alfie Green and his magical adventures in Arcania, with 8 books in the series from The O’Brien Press. Joe’s latest children’s book is Little Croker, also published by The O’Brien Press. | |||
| 12.00pm | Treats for Kids: Reading with Celine Kiernan | ||
| Born in Dublin, CELINE KIERNAN's debut novel The Poison Throne was published by The O’Brien Press in October 2008 and has gained worldwide success. It is the first book in The Moorehawke Trilogy with book two, The Crowded Shadows due in late 2009. See moorehawketrilogy.com | |||
| 12.00pm | Treats for Kids: Léamh le Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin | ||
| Cuirfidh TADHG MAC DHONNAGÁIN sleachta i lábhair as pictiúrleabhair dá chuid agus rogha rannta agus amhrán, idir shean agus nua, ó na dluthdhioscaí Gugalaí Gug and Peigín Leitir Móir (Futa Fata).
TADHG MAC DHONNAGÁIN will read from his picture books and perform a selection of interactive rhymes and songs from his albums, the best-selling Gugalaí Gug and Peigín Leitir Móir (Futa Fata). |
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| 12.30pm | Festival Forums: Copyright & the Creative Community with Samantha Holman, Irish Copyright Licensing Agency |
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| This session will cover common copyright queries which are of interest to publishers and authors. Areas will include: What is Copyright? / Public Lending Right / Fair Dealing / Rights Clearance, publishers as both users and owners of copyright material / The Google Book Settlement / Collective Licensing and Copyright in the Digital Age.
SAMANTHA HOLMAN has been CEO of the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency (ICLA) since 2001. ICLA represents authors’ and publishers’ rights particularly in relation to reprography. She is also on two national voluntary boards, the Copyright Association of Ireland and the Irish Visual Artists’ Rights Organisation. |
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| 1.00pm | Be Inspired: Reading with Dermot Bolger, Caroline Lynch and Gerry Murphy | ||
| Born in Dublin in 1959, DERMOT BOLGER founded Raven Arts Press when still a teenager. He is the author of eight volumes of poetry, including External Affairs (New Island, 2008). He edited the Night & Day: Twenty Four Hours in the Life of Dublin anthology in 2008.
CAROLINE LYNCH's first collection Lost in the Gaeltacht was published in 2008 by Salmon Poetry. In 2007 she won the Listowel Writers’ Week poetry collection competition. She obtained an MA in Writing from NUIG in 2007. GERRY MURPHY was born in Cork in 1952. Dedalus Press have published Rio de la Plata and all that (1993), The Empty Quarter(1996), Extracts from the Lost Log Book of Christopher Columbus(1999), Torso Of An Ex-Girlfriend (2002), and End of Part One: New & Selected Poems (2006). |
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| 1.30pm | Be Inspired: Léamh le Lorcán Ó Treasaigh agus Rachel Ní Fhionnáin | ||
| Tá cónaí ar LORCÁN Ó TREASAIGH i mBaile Átha Cliath. Meánmhúinteoir is ea é ach is mar scríbhneoir próis is fearr aithne air. Is é Cnoc na Lobhar (Cois Life 2007) an t-úrscéal is déanaí óna pheann. LORCÁN Ó TREASAIGH lives in Dublin and works as a secondary school teacher. Although he has won Oireachtas awards in poetry, short stories and novels, he is best known as a prose writer. Cnoc na Lobhar (Cois Life 2007) is his latest novel. Saor-iriseoir le Raidió Na Gaeltachta, i mBaile na nGall i gcontae Chiarraí is ea RACHEL NÍ FHIONNÁIN. Foilsítear colún léi ‘Os mo chomhair’ ar Comhar agus scríobhann sí ar ‘Beocheist’ in The Irish Times. Cuireadh dráma grinn dá cuid Teilifís na Físe ar an stáitse ag an Electric Picnic 2008. RACHEL NÍ FHIONNÁIN is a freelance journalist working with Raidió Na Gaeltachta, in Baile na nGall, Co. Kerry. Her column ‘Os mo chomhair’ appears in Comhar and she writes for ‘Beocheist’ in The Irish Times. Her comedy Teilifís na Físe was staged at Electric Picnic 2008. |
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| 2.00pm | Be Inspired: Reading with Jack Harte and Caroline Williams | ||
| JACK HARTE has published three collections of short stories, Murphy in the Underworld (Glendale Press 1986), Birds and other Tails (Dedalus, 1996) and From Under Gogol’s Nose (Scotus, 2004). His novels, In the wake of the Bagger and, Reflections in a Tar-Barrel are published by Scotus Press. As an arts activist in the 1980s he founded both the Irish Writers’ Union and the Irish Writers’ Centre CAROLINE WILLIAMS is a writer, editor and has worked in the arts in various capacities over the last couple of decades. She was publications editor and Special Events Co-ordinator for the 2008 Dublin Theatre Festival. Her novel Pretending was published by Penguin Ireland in 2006. . |
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| 2.30pm | Festival Forums: Todhchaí Fhoilsitheoireacht na Gaeilge: I dtreo Plean Gnímh Caoilfhionn Nic Pháidín, Pádraig Ó Snodaigh agus Lochlainn Ó Tuairisg |
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| Tugann foilsitheoirí agus gairmiúlaigh eile ó thionscal na leabhar léargas ar staid reatha na foilsitheoireachta i nGaeilge, i bplé atá oscailte don phobal, chun teacht ar réiteach na bhfadhbanna atá san earnail. Publishers and industry professionals will assess the current state of Irish language publishing and, in a debate open to the floor, will attempt to find positive solutions to problems facing the sector. Tá céimeanna ag an DR CAOILFHIONN NIC PHÁIDÍN ó UCD. Sealanna caite aici le hobair eagarthóireachta ar Comhar, The Irish Times, sa Ghúm agus in Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann. Faoi láthair tá sí ar fhoireann FIONTAR in Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath mar stiúrthóir tionscadail ar www.focal.ie Comhalta Boird de chuid Fhoras na Gaeilge is ea í faoi láthair. DR CAOILFHIONN NIC PHÁIDÍN holds degrees in Irish from UCD. Formerly held research and editorial positions in the Royal Irish Academy, The Irish Times, Comhar, and An Gúm. Currently works in FIONTAR, DCU as project director of www.focal.ie She is a current board member of Foras na Gaeilge. I measc na leabhar atá scríofa ag PÁDRAIG Ó SNODAIGH tá Hidden Ulster (Lagan Press), The Irish Volunteers, 1715-1793 (Irish Academic Press), sraith dánta, Ó Pharnell go Queenie; agus cnuasaigh eile ar nós Cumha agus Cumann agus Cúl le Cúl. Bunaitheoir agus earathóir Coiscéim. PÁDRAIG Ó SNODAIGH’s books include Hidden Ulster (Lagan Press), The Irish Volunteers, 1715-1793 (Irish Academic Press); a poem sequence Ó Pharnell go Queenie and poetry collections, including Cumha agus Cumann and Cúl le Cúl. He is founder and editor of Coiscéim. Rugadh LOCHLAINN Ó TUAIRISG in Indreabhán i 1975. Bhain sé céim sa Ghaeilge agus sa Stair amach in OÉ, Gaillimh i 1995 agus M.Phil sa Léann Éireannach i 1998. Sealanna caite aige mar mhúinteoir Gaeilge agus mar aistritheoir. Tá sé ag obair faoi láthair mar eagarthóir le CIC. LOCHLAINN Ó TUAIRISG was born in Indreabhán in the Connemara Gaeltacht in 1975. He completed a BA in Irish and History in 1995 and an M.Phil in Irish Studies in 1998 at UCG. He has worked as an Irish language teacher and as a translator, and is currently editor at Cló Iar-Chonnachta. |
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| 2.30pm | Up For Discussion: Green on a Budget with Dan Boyle, Feidhlim Harty, Michael Kelly and Conor Pope |
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| Senator DAN BOYLE is Deputy Leader of the Seanad, a former Cork South Central TD and current Party Chair of the Green Party. He is author of A Journey to Change: 25 Years of the Green Party in Irish Politics (Nonsuch Publishing). FEIDHLIM HARTY is an environmental consultant living in Co. Clare with his wife and two children. He gets his kicks from writing, rock climbing and feeling as if he is making a difference in the world. He has recently published Get Rid of Your Bin and Save Money with Mercier Press. Published by The O'Brien Press, Trading Paces by MICHAEL KELLY is a hilarious and engaging account of the ups and downs of giving up the rat race and trying to lead a new life of self-sufficiency in the countryside, and describes how one brave decision can transform your life! CONOR POPE is a consumer journalist and is responsible for the ever-popular 'Pricewatch' page, which has appeared every Monday in The Irish Times for more than four years. He is the author of Stop Wasting Your Money '09 (Liberties, 2009). |
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| 3.00pm | Irish Times In Conversation Series Alice Taylor in conversation with Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh |
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| ALICE TAYLOR is the biggest selling author published in Ireland. From To School Through the Fields (Brandon, 1988) she has enthralled a worldwide audience with her memoirs, fiction and poetry. Her latest book is The Parish and in 2009 Brandon will publish The Journey: New and Selected Poems. A native of Dingle, County Kerry, MÍCHEÁL Ó MUIRCHEARTAIGH is the quintessential voice of the GAA and a much loved broadcaster, author and raconteur. Pengiun Ireland publish his two memoirs, From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountain and From Dun Sion to Croke Park. Please email bookings@dublinbookfestival.com to reserve a maximum of two seats for this event. You will need to arrive at 2.40pm, 20 minutes before the performance, to guarantee your seat. |
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| 3.30pm | Be Inspired: Léamh le Scott de Buitléir, Caitriona Ní Chleirchin agus Colette Nic Aodha | ||
| Tá SCOTT DE BUITLÉIR bliain is fiche d’aois. Is Bléa Cliathach é a thosaigh ag cumadh próis agus filíochta nuair a bhí sé sé bliana déag d’aois, ábhar a foilsíodh faoin ainm cleite Liadán Uí Cheallaigh ar Lá. Foilsíodh saothar filíochta dá chuid ar Blaiseadh Pinn (Cois Life) anuraidh. SCOTT DE BUITLÉIR is 21 years old and from Dublin. He started writing prose and poetry from the age of sixteen, and was first published in Lá under the pen-name of Liadán Uí Cheallaigh. In 2008 his poetry was included in Blaiseadh Pinn (Cois Life). Rugadh CAITRÍONA NÍ CHLÉIRCHÍN i 1978 agus d’fhás sí aníos i gCo. Mhuineacháin. Céimí de chuid Ollscoil na hÉireann, BÁC agus l’Univérsité de Lyon II, d’fhill sí ar Ollscoil na hÉireann, BÁC le tabhairt faoi dhochtúireacht ar Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill agus Biddy Jenkinson. Foilsíodh dánta léi ar Feasta agus ar Blaiseadh Pinn (Cois Life 2008) agus tá sí ag cur snasa ar a céad chnuasach filíochta. CAITRÍONA NÍ CHLÉIRCHÍN was born in 1978 and grew up in Co. Monaghan. A graduate of UCD and the Université de Lyon II, she returned to UCD in 2005 to begin a doctorate on Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Biddy Jenkinson. Her poems have appeared in Feasta, and in Blaiseadh Pinn (Cois Life 2008). Is iad na cnuasaigh filíochta atá foilsithe ag COLETTE NIC AODHA ná Baill Seirce (Coiscéim 1998), Faoi Chrann Cnó Capaill (Coiscéim 2000), Gallúnach-Ar-Rópa (Coiscéim 2003), Sundial (Arlen House 2005), Between Curses/Bainne Géar (Arlen House 2006) agus Ainteafan (Coiscéim 2007). D’fhoilsigh Coiscéim cnuasach gearrscéalta léi Ádh Mór in 2004. COLETTE NIC AODHA’s poetry collections are Baill Seirce (Coiscéim, 1998); Faoi Chrann Cnó Capaill (Coiscéim, 2000); Gallúnach-Ar-Rópa (Coiscéim, 2003), Sundial (Arlen House, 2005), Between Curses/Bainne Géar (Arlen House, 2006) and Ainteafan (Coiscéim 2007). Her short story collection is Ádh Mór (Coiscéim, 2004). |
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| 4.00pm | Be Inspired: Reading with Patricia Burke Brogan, John McGuckian, Liz O’Donoghue and John Wakeman | ||
| PATRICIA BURKE BROGAN is a painter, poet and playwright. Salmon published Above the Waves Calligraphy, Stained Glass at Samhain and the multi-award-winning Eclipsed. Her latest collection is Decollage: New and Selected Poems (Wordsonthestreet, 2008) who have also published Requiem of Love: A Monologue for Stage and a new edition of Eclipsed. JOHN MCGUCKIAN was born in Ballymena, Co. Antrim. His books include The MacGildowney Marine Band (Lapwing, 1992), Talking with My Brother (Summer Palace Press, 2002) and Star and Sparrow Rest (Summer Palace Press, 2008). He has received bursaries from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and in 2005 completed an MA in Creative Writing at QUB. LIZ O'DONOGHUE was born in 1960 in North Cork and educated at UCC where she ran the Poetry Workshop. Her chapbook is Waitress at the Banquet (Three Spires Press, 1995) and her debut collection Train to Gorey was published by Arlen House in 2008. JOHN WAKEMAN has published two books of poetry, most recently A Sea Family: New and Selected Poems (Bradshaw Books, 2005). In 1999 he founded The SHOp: A Magazine of Poetry, which he now co-edits with his wife Hilary. He has also published short stories, essays and reviews. |
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| 4.30pm | Up for Discussion: Dáil 90: A Debate on the Past and Future of Dáil Éireann with Gerry Adams, Michael D. Higgins, Conor Kostick and Risteárd Mulcahy |
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| President of Sinn Féin and Westminster MP for West Belfast, GERRY ADAMS has published many books with Brandon since 1982 which have won critical acclaim and have been widely translated. His writings range from local history and reminiscence to politics and short stories, and they include the fullest and most authoritative exposition of modern Irish republicanism. MICHAEL D. HIGGINS has served in the Dáil for more than twenty years including as Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht and is currently Labour Party spokesman on foreign affairs. He has campaigned for human rights for many years, and is also a poet, author and broadcaster. CONOR KOSTICK teaches medieval history at Trinity College Dublin. He is co-author, with Lorcan Collins, of The Easter Rising -- A Guide to Dublin in 1916. A new edition of his Revolution in Ireland 1917-1923 will be published this year by Cork University Press. RISTEÁRD MULCAHY is a well-known public figure, health commentator and campaigner. His previous two books with Liberties Press are Improving with Age and Is the Health Service for Healing? He is the second son of Richard Mulcahy who played a leading role in the military and political evolution of the state from 1916. |
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| 4.30pm | Irish Times In Conversation Series Jennifer Johnston in conversation with Lelia Doolan |
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| JENNIFER JOHNSTON was born in Dublin in 1930. Her novels are internationally acclaimed, she has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and won the Whitbread Award. Her plays include Desert Lullaby (Lagan Press) and Selected Short Plays (New Island). She lives in Derry. LELIA DOOLAN has worked as an actor, singer, teacher, community activist, RTE director, Artistic Director of the Abbey Theatre, and Chair of the Irish Film Board. With Jack Dowling and Bob Quinn, she wrote Sit Down and be Counted. Please email bookings@dublinbookfestival.com to reserve a maximum of two seats for this event. You will need to arrive at 4.10pm, 20 minutes before the performance, to guarantee your seat. |
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Saturday 7th March 2009
| 10.00am | Treats for Kids: Poetry Writing Workshop with Seamus Cashman |
| Poet and publisher SEAMUS CASHMAN founded Wolfhound Press in 1974. His most recent collection is That Morning Will Come: New & Selected Poems (Salmon, 2007). He compiled and edited Irish Poems for Young People (with Bridie Quinn, 1975 & still in print) and the award winning Something Beginning with P: New Poems from Irish Poets (O’Brien Press, 2004). This workshop will suit young people aged between 9-12 who are genuinely interested in writing - all forms of writing: stories, haiku, poems, blogs, diaries, essays, reviews, playlets etc. Booking is essential as there are just 12 places available, so get your booking in to info@childrensbooksireland.ie |
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| 10.00am | Treats for Kids: Ceardlann Scríbhneoireachta le Gabriel Fitzmaurice |
| le haghaidh Daltaí Iar-Bhunscoile Rugadh GABRIEL FITZMAURICE sa bhliain 1952 i Maigh Mheáin, sráidbhaile i gContae Chiarraí. Chaith sé breis is tríocha blian bhí sé ina mhúinteoir agus ansin ina phríohmoide sa bhunscoil sa tsráidbhaile. Tá níos mó ná daichead leabhar foilsithe aige - filíocht as Gaeilge agus Béarla do dhaoine fásta agus do pháisti, aistriúcháin, aistí agus bailiúcháin dánta agus bailéidí ina measc. Tá an ceardlann seo oiriúnach do scríbhneoirí idir 15-17 a bhfuil spéis mhór acu i bheith ag scríobh i nGaeilge; ó filíocht agus haiku, go scéalta, dialanna, aistí, bloganna, léirmheasanna agus drámaí beaga fiú. Tá 12 áit ar an gcúrsa mar sin bí tapaidh, cur d’áit in áirithe trí ríomhphost a chur chuig info@childrensbooksireland.ie |
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| 12.00pm | Up for Discussion: Money Matters with Caroline Madden, Paul Overy and Laura Slattery |
| CAROLINE MADDEN is co-author of The Money Book and co-editor with Laura Slattery of a forthcoming Blackhall book on how to survive the recession in style. She is a freelance journalist, writing mainly for the business pages of The Irish Times. PAUL OVERY is a prolific writer on the subject of wealth accumulation, with articles published in all of Ireland’s major newspapers. He has been a regular contributor to The Investor, Medicine Weekly and IPU Review. His first book is The Tricks of the Rich (Oak Tree Press, 2006). LAURA SLATTERY is the co-author with Caroline Madden of The Money Book: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Your Finances (But Were Afraid to Ask) published by Blackhall Publishing. She is a staff journalist for the Irish Times, writing mainly for the newspaper’s business desk. |
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| 12.30pm | Be Inspired: Emerging Writers: Poetry with Rahul D’Silva, Michael Halloran and Helena Nolan |
| RAHUL D'SILVA was born in New York in 1985, and grew up in New York and Bangalore, India. He is a student in the M. Phil program in Creative Writing at TCD and is currently working on a collection of poems and a collection of short stories. MICHAEL HALLORAN was born in New Jersey in 1985. A graduate of NUI Maynooth, he is currently taking the MA in Writing at NUIG. His main focus is non-fiction writing and poetry. HELENA NOLAN is a poet and short story writer. She graduated with a MA in Creative Writing from UCD in 2008. She has published in the anthologies All Good Things Begin (Yvonne Cullen, ed), Let and Anthology, Baby (Ruth Bolger, ed). |
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Be Inspired: Léamh le Meadhbh Ní Eadhra agus Tomás 'Ógie' Ó Ceilleachair |
| Rugadh agus tógadh TOMÁS 'ÓGIE' Ó CEILLEACHAIR i nGaeltacht na Rinne sna Déise. Tá sé ag obair anois mar mhúinteoir i gColáiste Chnoc na Labhrás FCJ i Luimneach. Ábhar le haghaidh déagóirí a scríobhann sé agus tá úrscéal díreach críochnaithe aige. Tomás TOMÁS 'ÓGIE' Ó CEILLEACHAIR was born in the Gaeltacht of Rinn Ó gCuanach in Waterford and now works as a teacher in Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ in Limerick. He writes prose for teenagers and has recently finished a novel. Tá cónaí ar MHEADHBH NÍ EADHRA sa Spidéal, i gCo. na Gaillimhe agus is iníon léinn í faoi láthair in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh. Foilsíodh Rua (Cló Mhaigh Eo), a cead leabhar le haghaidh leanaí i 2003 agus cuireadh Fáinne Fí Fífí (Futa Fata) ar ghearrliosta Leabhar na Bliana anuraidh. MHEADHBH NÍ EADHRA lives in An Spidéal, Co. Galway and is currently a student at NUIG. Rua, (Cló Mhaigh Eo) her first novel for children, was published in 2003, and Fáinne Fí Fífí (Futa Fata) was shortlisted for Irish language Book of the Year last year. |
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| 1.00pm | Up for Discussion: Irish Poets on Irish Poetry with Pat Boran, Theo Dorgan and Paul Perry |
| PAT BORAN has worked as a radio broadcaster, literature festival organiser and, more recently, as editor of the Dedalus Press. He has published collections of poetry, with his latest being New and Selected Poems (Salt Publishing, 2005; Dedalus Press, 2007). He received the 2008 Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Irish Poetry and is a member of Aosdána. THEO DORGAN has published three poetry collections, the first two of which, The Ordinary House of Love (Salmon, 1991) and Rosa Mundi (Salmon, 1995) were reissued in a single volume, What This Earth Cost Us (Dedalus Press, 2008). His non-fiction work includes Sailing for Home (Penguin Ireland, 2004). PAUL PERRY was born in Dublin in 1972. His debut poetry collection The Drowning of the Saints was published by Salmon in 2003, his second The Orchid Keeper came from Dedalus Press in 2006. He is an editor of The Best of Irish Poetry 2009 (Munster Literature Centre). Followed by Celebration for Flowing, Still …, (Dedalus Press) |
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| 1.30pm | Festival Forums: Seamus Brennan Memorial Seminar on Irish Publishing: The Future of Publishing in Ireland with Jean Harrington, Patsy Horton, Steve McDonogh and Michael O’Brien |
| JEAN HARRINGTON is the Managing Director of Maverick House Publishers, an independent publishing house which publishes in Ireland, the UK and Asia. She is also the best-selling author of books such as Survivor and The Irish Ballerina and has recently written The Mission. PATSY HORTON is Managing Editor with Blackstaff Press. She has published widely on Scottish and Irish Writing. Author, publisher and campaigner for freedom of expression, STEVE MCDONOGH set up Brandon in 1982. His memoir of his publishing life, Open Book: One Publisher’s War, was published in 1999. He is the author of books of photography, poetry, folklore, topography and autobiography. Since 1974 MICHAEL O'BRIEN has published over 1000 books at The O’Brien Press. He is a past President of CLÉ, a founder member of the Irish Children’s Book Trust and CBI, and was the first president of IBBY Ireland. In 2006 he was given the Award of the Decade by CBI. |
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| 2.00pm | Be Inspired: Léamh le hOrna Ní Choileáin agus Joe Steve Ó Neachtain |
| Foilsíodh Canary Wharf (Cois Life), cnuasach gearrscéalta le hORNA NÍ CHOILEÁIN le déanaí. Tá an iliomad duaiseanna buaite aici ar an bprós cruthaitheach, ar dhrámaí agus ar ghearrscéalta i gcomórtais an Oireachtais agus ag féilte litríochta eile agus spéis ar leith aici sa cheol chomh maith. hORNA NÍ CHOILEÁIN is the author of the recently-published Canary Wharf (Cois Life) a collection of short stories. She has won numerous prizes for creative prose, poetry, drama and short stories in the Oireachtas and in other literary festivals. As well as writing, Orna has a great interest in music. Tá JOE STEVE Ó NEACHTAIN ar na scríbhneoirí Gaeltachta is tábhachtaí atá againn. Tá idir dhrámaí, úrscéalta, ghearrscéalta, fhilíocht, sceitseanna, amhráin agus agallaimh bheirte scríofa aige agus d’fhoilsigh Cló Iar-Chonnachta an t0ochtú leabhar uaidh An Dé Deiridh, cnuasach filíochta, le déanaí. Bíonn sé ag aisteorieacht sa sobaldráma Ros na Rún ar TG4. JOE STEVE Ó NEACHTAIN is one of the most important living Gaeltacht writers. He has written plays, novels, short stories, poetry, sketches, songs and poetical dialogues, and his eighth book, An Dé Deiridh, a poetry collection, has just been published by CIC. He currently acts in the soap opera Ros na Rún on TG4. |
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| 2.30pm | Be Inspired: Reading with Peter Fallon, Lorna Shaughnessy and Dolores Stewart |
| In 1970, at the age of eighteen, PETER FALLON founded The Gallery Press, Ireland’s leading literary publishing company. His collections include News of the World: Selected and New Poems (1998), The Georgics of Virgil (2004) and The Company of Horses (2007). He was the inaugural Heimbold Professor of Irish Studies at Villanova University, and is a member of Aosdana. LORNA SHAUGHNESSY‘s debut poetry collection Torching the Brown River was published by Salmon in 2008. In 2006 she published translations of contemporary Mexican poetry with Arlen House, Mother Tongue by Pura López Colomé and If We Have Lost our Oldest Tales by María Baranda. Is file dátheangach í DOLORES STEWART. Ar na leabhair Ghaeilge a tháinig óna peann tá ‘Sé Sin le Rá (2001) agus An Cosán Dearg (2003) foilsithe ag Coiscéim. DOLORES STEWART is a bilingual (Gaeilge/Béarla) poet. Her first collection In Out of the Rain was published in 1999 by Dedalus. Two collections in Irish followed from Coiscéim: ‘Sé Sin le Rá in 2001 and An Cosán Dearg in 2003. Her most recent collection is Presence of Mind (Dedalus, 2005). |
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| 3.30pm | Festival Forums: Dublin: City of Literature with Deirdre Ellis-King, Jane Alger and Eibhlín Evans |
| Dublin City is applying for designation as a UNESCO City of Literature which will create synergies between members in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and encourage cultural diversity. Deirdre Ellis-King and Jane Alger have led the initiative and invited Alan Hayes (CLÉ), Sarah Bannan (Arts Council) and Joseph Woods (Poetry Ireland) to work on the management committee. Deirdre, Jane and writer Eibhlín Evans will give a presentation on the Dublin City application. DEIRDE ELLIS-KING is Dublin City Librarian. She directs the International Impac Dublin Literary Award and represents the City Council on Euro-Cities Cultural Committee. Currently the President of The Library Association of Ireland and Chair of the James Joyce Centre she is also a member of the steering group planning an Irish Museum of Literature. JANE ALGER is a Divisional Librarian with Dublin City Libraries working to promote reading and the reading experience in Dublin. She is the main contact person for the Dublin City application to UNESCO for City of Literature designation. She has nurtured the growth of book clubs in Dublin City Libraries and the first Readers’ Day in Ireland was started by Jane in Dublin in 2002. With Dublin City Libraries DR EIBHLÍN EVANS gives talks, lectures and interviews on literary subjects, she has participated in the Dublin One City One Book initiative and was a member of the judging panel for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. |
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| 3.30pm | Be Inspired: Reading with Kevin Casey and Marion Urch |
| KEVIN CASEY is a novelist, short fiction writer and playwright. He has published four novels including A Sense of Survival (Wolfhound), Dreams of Revenge (Wolfhound) and A State of Mind (Lilliput, 2009). He is currently working on a series of inter-related short stories, Stoner. Born in England to Irish parents, MARION URCH is a novelist and short fiction writer with credits for film, radio and television. Her first novel Violent Shadows was published in 1996 and her new novel An Invitation to Dance (Brandon, 2009) is based on the life of Lola Montez. |
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| 4.00pm | Be Inspired: Reading with Ruth Carr, Peter Sirr and Vincent Woods |
| RUTH CARR was born and lives in Belfast where she works in community education. She edited the groundbreaking The Female Line in 1985. Her poetry collections are There is a House (Summer Palace Press, 1999) and The Airing Cupboard (Summer Palace Press, 2008). PETER SIRR is a freelance writer, editor and translator. He has published seven collections with Gallery Press, including The Ledger of Fruitful Exchange (1995), Bring Everything (2000), Nonetheless (2004) and Selected Poems (2004). A new collection, The Thing Is, will be published in 2009. VINCENT WOODS, poet, playwright and broadcaster, presents The Arts Show on RTE Radio One. He has published two poetry collections, The Colour of Language (Dedalus, 1994) and Lives and Miracles (Arlen House, 2002) and is currently working on his third collection. |
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| 4.30pm | Irish Times In Conversation Series Leland Bardwell in conversation with Macdara Woods |
| LELAND BARDWELL as born in India. She has published five novels including Mother to a Stranger (Blackstaff Press) and five poetry collections, including The Noise of Masonry Settling (Dedalus, 2006). She is a co-editor of the long-running literary magazine, Cyphers. MACDARA WOODS was born in Dublin in 1942. Since the 1960s he has published sixteen books. His most recent poetry collection is Artichoke Wine (Dedalus, 2006), and he co-edited the anthology Present Tense: Words and Pictures (Mayo Co Council, 2006). Please email bookings@dublinbookfestival.com to reserve a maximum of two seats for this event. You will need to arrive at 4.10pm, 20 minutes before the performance, to guarantee your seat. |
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| 4.30pm | Up for Discussion: A New America? with Carole Coleman, Mark Little and Niall Stanage |
| CAROLE COLEMAN is the author of The Battle for the White House and the Soul of America (Liffey Press 2008) and Alleluia America: An Irish Journalist in Bush Country (Liffey Press, 2005). She is a US based freelance journalist who was RTE’s Washington Correspondent from 2001-2005. MARK LITTLE is presenter of Prime Time. He joined RTE in 1990, became the station’s first Washington correspondent in 1995 and has covered four US presidential election campaigns. With New Island he has published Turn Left at Greenland, Zulu Time and The New America. NIALL STANAGE has covered American politics since 2003. He writes for The Sunday Business Post and has broadcast on the Tubridy Show, Drivetime and the Late Debate amongst others. His book is Redemption Song: An Irish Reporter inside the Obama Campaign (Liberties Press). Followed by Celebration for The New America (New Island), The Battle for the White House and the Soul of America (Liffey Press) and Redemption Song: An Irish Reporter inside the Obama Campaign (Liberties Press) |
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Sunday 8th March 2009
| 10.00am | Treats for Kids: Ceardlann Scríbhneoireachta le Gabriel Rosenstock | ||
| le haghaidh Daltaí Iar-Bhunscoile Rugadh GABRIEL ROSENSTOCK i Luimneach i 1949. Mar eagarthóir tá sé ar na heagarthóirí gairmiúla is mó taithí ar domhan. Thairis sin, mar scríbhneoir tá breis is céad leabhar ann ar scríobh sé nó ar aistrigh sé iad, a bhformhór acu sa Ghaeilge. Ar na leabhair is déanaí uaidh tá Bliain an Bhandé/Year of the Goddess (Dedalus 2007) agus An tOllamh Folamh (Cois Life 2009). Tá an ceardlann seo oiriúnach do scríbhneoirí idir 15-17 a bhfuil spéis mhór acu i bheith ag scríobh i nGaeilge; ó filíocht agus haiku, go scéalta, dialanna, aistí, bloganna, léirmheasanna agus drámaí beaga fiú. Tá 12 áit ar an gcúrsa mar sin bí tapaidh, cur d’áit in áirithe trí ríomhphost a chur chuig info@childrensbooksireland.ie |
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| 10.00am | Treats for Kids: Creative Writing Workshop with Kate Newmann | ||
| KATE NEWMANN has held various residencies for the Arts Council and the Down Lisburn Health Trust, has been Director of Belmullet Writers’ Festival and writer-in-residence for the Louis MacNeice Centenary Celebration. Her collections include Belongings (Arlen House, 2007) and How Well Did You Love? (Summer Palace Press, 2009). This workshop will suit young adults aged between 13-17 who are genuinely interested in writing - all forms of writing: stories, haiku, poems, blogs, diaries, essays, reviews, playlets etc. Booking is essential as there are just 12 places available, so get your booking in to info@childrensbooksireland.ie |
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| 12.00pm | Be Inspired: International Women’s Day Reading with Eileen Casey, Celia de Fréine, Anne Hartigan and Ann Leahy |
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| Originally from Co. Offaly, EILEEN CASEY has been based in Tallaght since the late 1970s. A poet and writer, she also facilitates creative writing classes in adult education for County Dublin VEC. Her debut collection Drinking the Colour Blue (New Island) was published in 2008. Ar na cnuasaigh atá scríofa ag CELIA DE FRÉINE tá Faoi Chabáistí is Ríonacha (Cló Iar-Chonnachta 2001), Fiacha Fola (CIC 2004) agus Scarecrows at Newtownards (Scotus Press, 2005). Seolfar dornán drámaí léi Mná Dána (Arlen House) 25 Márta. CELIA DE FRÉINE’s poetry collections are Faoi Chabáistí is Ríonacha (Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 2001), Fiacha Fola (CIC, 2004) and Scarecrows at Newtownards (Scotus Press, 2005). Her plays, Mná Dána (Arlen House) will be launched on 25 March. ANNE HARTIGAN is a prize-winning poet, playwright and painter. She has published 6 poetry collections, including To Keep The Light Burning (2008), Nourishment (2005), Immortal Sins (1993) and Now is a Moveable Feast (1991) all published by Salmon. ANN LEAHY is a Patrick Kavanagh award-winner whose debut collection, The Woman who Lived her Life Backwards, was published by Arlen House in 2008. She practised for a number of years as a solicitor and now works in the management of a national not-for-profit organisation. |
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| 12.30pm | Be Inspired: Emerging Writers: Prose with Fleur Farwagi, Niamh Fleming-Farrell and Sean Monaghan | ||
| FLEUR FARWAGI was born in Lebanon to an Irish mother and Lebanese father in 1986. She is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at UCD in 2009. She is currently writing a memoir-style novel based on her own life experiences in Lebanon and Ireland. Born in 1983, NIAMH FLEMING-FARRELL grew up in Co. Laois. She has worked as an editorial assistant at Public Affairs Ireland and is currently enrolled on the MA in Writing at NUIG. She works part-time at Dubray Books. SEAN MONAGHAN’s earlier novels Plus Ultra and Planned Accidents were published by Poolbeg Press. He is currently completing his Masters in Creative Writing at TCD and finishing his next novel, The Suddenness of Everything. |
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| 1.15pm | Come Celebrate: Launch of Éilis Ní Dhuibhne: Perspectives, Rebecca Pelan, ed., (Arlen House) and Launch of Lab Coats and Lace: The Lives and Legacies of Inspiring Irish Women Scientists and Pioneers, Mary Mulvihill, ed., (WITS) |
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| This is the first critical examination of Éilis Ní Dhuibhne's literary output in English and Irish. Woven throughout her work are threads of folklore, linguistic interplay and Irish/English, literary/cultural history. This anthology is designed to showcase the breadth of writing produced by this talented and generically-diverse writer and includes 2 unpublished short stories. Meet the fabulous Boole sisters, and the ‘flying feminist’ Lilian Bland, probably the first woman in the world to build and fly a plane. Physicist Alice Everett was one of the first researchers in television technology in the 1920s. Dr Dorothy Price introduced the BCG vaccine to Ireland and saved hundreds of lives from TB. This book profiles some of the Irishwomen who over the last 150 years have led the way and achieved national and international recognition. From 19th-century amateurs to 20th-century professors, their stories will inspire you. |
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| 2.00pm | Be Inspired: Reading with Conor Bowman, Orna Ross and Ronan O’Brien | ||
| CONOR BOWMAN works as a barrister in Dublin. His first novel Wasting by Degrees, was published in 1998 by Ashfield Press, followed by Life and Death and in Between in 2004 and The Last Estate/The Redemption of George Baxter Henry in 2008. In 2009 he signed a two-book deal with a US publisher. ORNA ROSS's novels, Lovers’ Hollow and A Dance in Time are published by Penguin Ireland. She has had numerous day jobs, including university lecturer, aerobics instructor, freelance journalist and, most recently literary agent and writing mentor. RONAN O'BRIEN was born in Dublin in 1974 and works as a solicitor specialising in the area of criminal law. His debut novel Confessions of a Fallen Angel is published by Hachette Books Ireland and he is now working on his second novel. |
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| 2.00pm | Be Inspired: Léamh le hAifric Mac Aodha, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Louis de Paor agus Pól Ó Muirí | ||
| Foilseofar an chéad chnuasach le hAIFRIC MAC AODHA go luath. Tá dánta dá cuid i gcló ar go leor irisí, Poetry Ireland, Innti agus Bliainiris ina measc. Is iomaí duais atá gnóthaithe aici as a cuid filíochta agus bronnadh dámhachtain de chuid na Comhairle Ealaíon uirthi le déanaí. AIFRIC MAC AODHA's debut poetry collection will be published shortly. Her poems have been published in various journals, including Poetry Ireland, Innti and Bliainiris. She has received a number of prizes for her poetry and was recently awarded an Arts Council bursary. Rugadh agus tógadh AILBHE NÍ GHEARBHUIGH i dTrá Lí, Co. Chiarraí. Foilsíodh dánta léi ar An Guth, Feasta, Crannóg agus Poetry Ireland Review agus scríobhann sí ailt ó am go chéile in ‘Beocheist’ in The Irish Times. D’fhoilsigh Coiscéim a céad chnuasach filíochta Péacadh i 2008 AILBHE NÍ GHEARBHUIGH was born in Tralee, Co. Kerry. Her poems have appeared in An Guth, Feasta, Crannóg and Poetry Ireland Review and she writes articles for ‘Beocheist’ in The Irish Times. Her first collection, Péacadh, was published by Coiscéim in 2008. Is é Cúpla Siamach an Ama (Coiscéim 2006) an séú cnuasach filíochta le LOUIS DE PAOR atá foilsithe ó tháinig a chéad chnuasach Próca Solais is Luatha amach sa bhliain 1988. D’fhoilsigh Cló Iar-Chonnachta eagrán dátheangach de dhánta dá chuid Ag Greadadh Bas sa Reilig/Clapping in the Cemetery in 2005. Foilseofar cnuasach dhátheangach eile leis agus rud eile de/and another thing sara fada. Born in Cork in 1961, LOUIS DE PAOR has been involved with the contemporary rennaissance of poetry in Irish since 1980. A bilingual collection Ag greadadh bas sa reilig/Clapping in the cemetery was published by CIC in 2005. His latest collection is Cúpla Siamach an Ama (Coiscéim, 2006). A second bilingual volume agus rud eile de/and another thing will be published in 2009. Is de bhunadh Bhéal Feirste é PÓL Ó MUIRÍ. Is iriseoir agus file é a bhfuil leabhair d’fhoghlaimeoirí fásta scríofa aige. Craoladh drámaí raidió leis i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla ar RTÉ Raidió 1 agus ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. D’fhoilsigh Cló Iar-Chonnachta an leabhar is déanaí uaidh i 2007 Seosamh Mac Grianna: Míreanna Saoil. PÓL Ó MUIRÍ is from Belfast. He is a journalist and a poet, has written books for adult learners of Irish and has had radio plays, in Irish and English, broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. His latest book, Seosamh Mac Grianna: Míreanna Saoil, was published by Cló Iar-Chonnachta in 2007. |
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| 2.30pm | Be Inspired: Reading with Mary O’Malley and Gerard Smyth | ||
| MARY O'MALLEY has published six poetry collections, her first four from Salmon and The Boning Hall and A Perfect V from Carcanet. She is currently writer-in-residence at NUIG. She was an organising member of the Cuirt Festival, served on the Board of Poetry Ireland and is a member of Aosdana. GERARD SMYTH’s poetry has been published widely in literary journals in Ireland, Britain and the United States since the late 1960s, as well as in translation. He has published six collections, including Daytime Sleeper (Dedalus Press, 2002), A New Tenancy (Dedalus Press, 2004) and The Mirror Tent (Dedalus Press, 2007). A New and Selected Poems is due next year. |
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| 3.00pm | Up for Discussion: Irish Women’s History with Mary Cullen, Rosemary Cullen Owens, Sinead McCoole and Margaret Ó hOgartaigh |
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| MARY CULLEN is editor of Girls Don’t Do Honours: Irish Women in Education in the 19th and 20th Centuries (WEB) and co-editor of Female Activists: Irish Women and Change 1900-1960 (Woodfield Press). Telling it Our Way: Essays in Gender History is forthcoming from Arlen House. ROSEMARY CULLEN OWENS lectured on Irish Women’s History from 1990-2008 in WERRC, UCD. Her books include A Social History of Women in Ireland (Gill & Macmillan), Louie Bennett: A Biography (Cork University Press) and Smashing Times (Attic Press). SINÉAD MCCOOLE is a well-known historian and the author of a number of books on women and history. She currently works as a historical and picture researcher, and an exhibition curator. No Ordinary Women was recently reissued by The O’Brien Press. MARGARET Ó hÓGARTAIGH lectures in history at UL. She has written an acclaimed biography, Kathleen Lynn: Irishwoman, Patriot, Doctor (Irish Academic Press, 2006), and is co-author, with Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, of Business Archival Sources for the Local Historian (Four Courts Press, 2009). |
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| 3.30pm | Be Inspired: Reading with Eugene McCabe and Mary O’Donnell | ||
| EUGENE MCCABE was born in Glasgow in 1930 but has spent most of his life in Ireland. For decades he farmed with his family near Clones on the Monaghan/Fermanagh border. He is a playwright, short story writer and novelist. His latest book is The Love of Sisters (New Island). MARY O'DONNELL’s novels and short story collections are; from Poolbeg, Strong Pagans, The Light-Makers and Virgin and the Boy; from Trident Press, The Elysium Testament; and from New Island, Storm Over Belfast (2008). She is a member of Aosdana and lives in Co. Kildare. |
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| 3.30pm | Come Celebrate:Wild Dublin with Éanna Ní Lamhna | ||
| Discover the hidden side of Dublin with renowned wildlife expert ÉANNA NÍ LAMHNA. Éanna is a member of the panel of experts on RTÉ’s Friday wildlife slot on ‘The Mooney Show’, and one of the most instantly recognisable voices on Irish radio. She is the author of bestselling wildlife books including Wild Dublin (O’Brien Press). |
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| 4.00pm | Be Inspired: Written Off? with writers Anne Aherne, Ifrah Ahmed, Ann Boyd, Stephen Cullen, James McCann, Thomas McMahon, Ann Trinder and Peter Trinder |
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| Written Off? is an RTE documentary series, in association with NALA, the National Adult Literacy Agency, following the progress of eight people with low literacy levels as they take part in a potentially life-changing programme. Many of the participants started the course unable to read a newspaper headline, or write a shopping list but after six weekends they have compiled a book, published by New Island in the Open Door series, from which they will read. The students will be awarded FETAC certificates for having completed the course and will be joined by special guests. | |||
| 4.30pm | Irish Times In Conversation Series |
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| EDNA O'BRIEN is a novelist, short fiction writer, poet and biographer and is the author of over 20 internationally acclaimed, bestselling books, the latest being Byron in Love (2009). Awards include European Literature Prize, Los Angeles Times Fiction Award and Irish Pen Lifetime Award ÉILÍS NÍ DHUIBHNE writes in both Irish and English and has published fiction, short stories, books for children and plays. |
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Radio Butty with Pat McCabe
Friday 6th and Saturday 7th March in the Festival Bar - the Lord Edward pub - on Friday and Saturday evening.
