Two of this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards shortlisted authors will be on stage in Ballyshannon on the same Saturday this November!
📚 Paul Howard, A Nation Once Again: WHSmith Popular Fiction Book of the Year
📚 Frank Shovlin, John McGahern: A Writing Life: Dubray Biography of the Year
Congratulations to both. You can see them on Saturday the 7th of November at the Allingham Arts Festival, in Ballyshannonn, Ireland’s oldest town.
2:45pm | Paul Howard in conversation with Róisín Ingle | Abbey Arts Centre
The Irish Times calls him “our nation’s greatest satirist.” The creator of Ross O’Carroll-Kelly has won Popular Fiction Book of the Year three times, and he’s back on the shortlist with his satire on a United Ireland. Róisín Ingle, his old Sunday Tribune colleague, will be asking the questions. Her verdict on the book: “Best thing he’s ever done – I am in awe.” Paul will read from it too. Expect mischief.
🎟 Booking: https://allinghamfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173675627
5:30pm | Reading + Q&AFrank Shovlin, John McGahern: A Writing Life | Abbey Arts Centre
Frank Shovlin delivers the definitive authorised biography of John McGahern, the product of decades in the McGahern archive. The Irish Times calls it “a biography worthy of its subject.” The Financial Times puts it more simply: it’s “a commanding biography…And, praise be, he can write.” Frank will be introduced by PM O’Sullivan of the Irish Examiner, who will also chair the Q&A.
🎟 Bookings: https://allinghamfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173675629
Make a day of it in Ballyshannon!
