Tralee man Noel O’Regan.A TRALEE author will be one of the guests at an in-conversation event in Dunquin later this month as part of Dingle Literary Festival.
The Arts Council has announced that Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne will host a bilingual event which will take place in the Blasket Centre on Thursday, July 16 from 7:30pm.
It will feature talented Tralee author Noel O’Regan and Ballyferriter writer Pádraig Ó Cíobháin in conversation with the Laureate.
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The discussion will focus on their writing and recent books; O’Regan’s debut novel Though the Bodies Fall (2023) and Ó Cíobháin’s short story collection De Chion Focal (2015).
Sláine Ní Chathallain.It will also feature a performance by local sean-nós singer Sláine Ní Chathallain.
Noel O’Regan’s debut novel, Though The Bodies Fall (Granta Books), was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction, Newcomer of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards and the John McGahern Book Prize.
He is also a recipient of an Arts Council Next Generation Artist Award. His short fiction has appeared in publications such as The Stinging Fly, Granta, Ambit, Banshee and The London Magazine.
The event, which is in association with Dingle Literary Festival and the Blasket Centre, is free and open to the public, but booking is essential.
Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. Photo by Ros KavanaghTickets can be reserved online through the Dingle Literary Festival website by clicking here. All are welcome.
The event in Dunquin is one of a series of events as part of Éilís Ní Dhuibhne’s ‘Island of Imagination: A Literary Tour of Ireland’ Laureate for Irish Fiction programme, which delves into contemporary Irish fiction on a journey of exploration to highlight literature emanating from every county in Ireland.
All of these in-person events will be recorded and available on the Arts Council’s podcast and YouTube channels.
