Dublin Corporation, The
Irish Writers' Centre and Poetry
Ireland have joined forces to present
the first annual Dublin
Writers Festival, sponsored by AIB Bank and running from 13 to
16 June.
Given its literary reputation, it's appropriate
that Dublin should be the location for what, it is hoped, will
develop into a world-class literary festival. The plan that has
been adopted will see the festival grow between now and 2000 to
an international festival of the first rank. This year, the organisers
have concentrated on establishing a strong Irish base, with a
number of welcome guests. In future years, as additional resources
become available, audiences will be treated to a rich diversity
of world literature.
Supported by the Arts
Council and the British Council, this year's festival will
begin with Maeve Binchy, Deirdre Purcell and Marian Keyes on a
Saturday afternoon in Andrew's Lane Theatre. It will finish on
Bloomsday, a free reading with Roddy Doyle, Dermot Healy, Rita
Ann Higgins, Tony Curtis, Frank Harte and Catherine Phil McCarthy
in St Anne's Church in Dawson Street.
The festival will feature visiting writers
James Kelman, Herta Müller, Marina Warner, Helen Dunmore, Carol
Ann Duffy, Luke Davies and Tom Leonard, returning writers Paul
Muldoon and Edna O'Brien, poets Seamus Heaney, Cathal O Searcaigh,
Peter Fallon, novelists John Banville, Aidan Higgins, John McKenna,
Mary Leland, Anne Haverty and Evelyn Conlon.
Also included is a celebration, through
poetry and music, of the centenary of one of Spain's greatest
20th century writers, Federico Garcia Lorca. Events will take
place in a variety of city centre venues -- Andrew's Lane Theatre,
Dublin Castle, the River Club in Merchants' Arch, the Irish Writers'
Centre -- and in a number of public libraries.
It also features a Poetry
Slam -- in effect an 'open mike' opportunity for a wide range
of writers to participate as performers in the festival M.C.'ed
by Dublin Writers' Workshop Member, Nessa
O'Mahony
Programme:
Saturday
13 June, 3.00 pm
Maeve Binchy, Marian Keyes and Deirdre Purcell
Venue: Andrew's Lane Theatre
Admission: £5
Tickets from Books Upstairs, 5 College Green.
Credit card bookings: (01) 872 2014 / (01) 679 9860
Saturday
13 June, 6.00 pm
James Kelman* and Tom Leonard*
Venue: Irish Writers' Centre, 19 Parnell Square
Admission: £4/£3 (concession)
Tickets from Books Upstairs, 5 College Green.
Credit card bookings: (01) 679 9860 / (01) 872 2014
Saturday
13 June, 8.00 pm
The Poetry Slam
Venue: The River Club, Merchants' Arch, Temple Bar
Admission: £3
Sunday
14 June, 2.00 pm
Lorca in Words and Music -
An event to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Spain's
most famous 20th century writer, the poet and dramatist Federico
Garcia Lorca.
Judith Mok, soprano,
Hernan Ruiz, guitar.
Poetry read by Colm Tóibín.
Venue: Andrew's Lane Theatre
Admission: Free
Suppported by the Instituto Cervantes
Sunday
14 June, 4.00 pm
Peter Fallon, Cathal Ó Searcaigh and Marina Warner*
Venue: The River Club, Merchants' Arch, Temple Bar
Admission: £4/£3 (concession)
Tickets from Books Upstairs, 5 College Green.
Credit card bookings: (01) 872 2014 / (01) 679 9860
Sunday
14 June, 8.00 pm
John Banville, Paul Muldoon,
Herta Müller (with her translator, Michael Hofmann) and Edna
O'Brien
Venue: Andrew's Lane Theatre
Admission: £7/£5 (concession)
Tickets from Books Upstairs, 5 College Green.
Credit card bookings: (01) 679 9860 / (01) 872 2014
Monday
15 June, 1.00 pm
Evelyn Conlon and Gerard Donovan
Venue: Rathmines Library
Admission: Free
Monday
15 June, 6.00 pm
Helen Dunmore, Mary Leland and John McKenna
Venue: Central Library, The ILAC Centre
Admission: Free
Monday
15 June, 8.00pm
Carol Ann Duffy*, Seamus Heaney and Aidan Higgins
Venue: St. Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle
Admission: £7/£5 (concession)
Tickets from Books Upstairs, 5 College Green.
Credit card bookings: (01) 872 2014 / (01) 679 9860
Tuesday
16 June, 1.00 pm
Luke Davies and Anne Haverty
Venue: Central Library, The ILAC Centre
Admission: Free
Tuesday
16 June, 5.30pm
Andy White
A short performance of poems and songs to mark the launch
of The Music Of What Happens. Introduced by Robert MacLiam
Wilson.
Venue: Irish Writers' Centre, 19 Parnell Square
Admission: Free
Tuesday
16 June, 6.45 pm
Adrian Kenny and Jean O'Brien
Venue: Ballymun Library
Admission: Free
Tuesday
16 June, 8.00 pm
Tony Curtis, Roddy Doyle, Frank Harte, Dermot Healy,
Rita Ann Higgins and Catherine Phil MacCarthy
Venue: St Ann's Church, Dawson St
Admission: Free
*Supported by the British Council
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