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Folkestone Book Festival is back for Summer 2021

Published: 2:48 PM April 22, 2021    Updated: 12:03 PM April 26, 2021 Amit Chaudhuri, Otegha Uwagba and Roisin Kiberd are just three of the fabulous creative minds speaking at this years Folkstone Book Festival - Credit: Creative Folkstone The Creative Folkestone Book Festival The Shape of Things to Come  is back and bigger than ever in Folkestone this summer. Running from Friday 4 to Sunday 13 June 2021, there is plenty of bookish fun to be had both in Folkestone and at home. British author, poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay was one of many fantastic guests at the Folkstone Book Festival in 2019 - Credit: Matthew Andrews / Creative Folkstone Alastair Upton, Chief Executive, Creative Folkestone, said, “This summer, our annual festival returns bursting with energy and ideas. I am looking forward to a 10-day extravaganza that will gather creative minds from Folkestone and across the world to imagine, discuss and debate a new future of possibilities in a post-Covid wo

The Irish Times Women's Podcast - Ep 495 Roisin Kiberd: A personal journey through the Internet

Ep 495 Roisin Kiberd: A personal journey through the Internet Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. 56:11 Roisin Kiberd was born in 1989, the same year that Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web. In her new book The Disconnect, Kiberd takes a look at life growing up alongside the ever-expanding, ever-evolving Internet. In these interlinked essays, she examines our dependency and obsession with the online world, the ways we are more connected than ever before, and the disconnect this breeds. She asks what we have gained, what we have lost, and what we have willingly given away in exchange for this connected life. In today’s episode, Kiberd speaks to Róisín Ingle about the pressures of social media, the murky world of online dating and how her all-consuming relationship with technology eventually led to her breakdown.

Folkstone Book Festival is back for Summer 2021

Published: 2:48 PM April 22, 2021    Amit Chaudhuri, Otegha Uwagba and Roisin Kiberd are just three of the fabulous creative minds speaking at this years Folkstone Book Festival - Credit: Creative Folkstone The Creative Folkstone Book Festival The Shape of Things to Come  is back and bigger than ever in Folkstone this summer. Running from Friday 4 to Sunday 13 June 2021, there is plenty of bookish fun to be had both in Folkstone and at home. British author, poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay was one of many fantastic guests at the Folkstone Book Festival in 2019 - Credit: Matthew Andrews / Creative Folkstone Alastair Upton, Chief Executive, Creative Folkestone, said, “This summer, our annual festival returns bursting with energy and ideas. I am looking forward to a 10-day extravaganza that will gather creative minds from Folkestone and across the world to imagine, discuss and debate a new future of possibilities in a post-Covid world. This year, the festival itself wil