The 50th Listowel Writers’ Week festival will get underway this evening.The festival will open at 8 o’clock tonight and it’ll run until June 6th.Among the highl.
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Listowel Writers’ Week will mark its 50th anniversary this year.
The event, which includes the National Children’s Literary Festival, was established in the north Kerry heritage town in 1970.
Due to the pandemic, it will be run virtually for the first time and among those taking part from June 2nd to 6th will be Colm Tóibín, Patrick McGrath and Christine Dwyer Hickey.
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The winners of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and Pigott Poetry Prize will also be announced on June 2nd.
More information can be found on writers week dot ie (https://writersweek.ie)
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Ballymahon author Adrian Duncan who has recently released his third book and been nominated for an award Picture: Finn Richards, 2019 );
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Jessica Thompson speaks to Adrian Duncan about his writing and the thought process behind his work
The artistic process of any creative is a fascinating topic of conversation when it comes to discussing a latest project or work of art or, in the case of Adrian Duncan, a latest book.
A glimpse into the Ballymahon man’s thought process shows that it is often past experiences and influences that shape an artist, as well as the interests that have stayed with them throughout their lives.
There are currently 16 writers on the longlist. A shortlist of six will be announced in April and the panel will reveal the winner in July.
Bernadine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other, announced the longlist earlier this week. The Booker Prize winner will also chair the judging.
The overall winner will receive £30,000 as well as a bronze figurine commemorating the achievement.
The Women s Prize for Fiction is awarded to the best full-length novel written in English and published in the UK.
A series of both prolific and emerging writers join Dolan and MacMahon on the list. Other nominees include Brit Bennet s The Vanishing Half, Avni Doshi s Burnt Sugar and Dawn French s Because of You.