Kathryn Scanlan in Conversation with Holly Pester

Foyles The Auditorium (Level 6) at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, London, United Kingdom

Twenty years ago Kathryn Scanlan acquired a diary at a public estate auction. It was kept by Cora E. Lacy, an eighty-six-year-old woman living in a small Illinois town, from 1968 to 1972. Scanlan began to compulsively read and reread the stranger’s diary. In the years following she edited, arranged, and rearranged the diarists’ words...

£10

Irish Women Writers Panel

Foyles The Auditorium (Level 6) at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, London, United Kingdom

Three of the most exciting contemporary voices on the Irish literary scene come together to discuss their bold and lyrical latest works with fellow writer Rachel Connolly. Irish Women Writers: Wendy Erskine, Gráinne O'Hare, Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin Wendy Erskine is the author of two short story collections, Sweet Home and Dance Move. She was shortlisted...

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Residency Application Deadline: Muinntireas do Sgrìobhaiche Gàidhlig Òg – Young Gaelic Writer Residency 2025

Cove Park

Tha Pàirc na Camais agus Comhairle nan Leabhraichean toilichte a ràdh gu bheil gairm fhosgailte ann airson tagraidhean Muinntireas do Sgrìobhaiche Gàidhlig Òg! Is e muinntireas làn-mhaoinichte do sgrìobhadairean Gàidhlig eadar 18 agus 30 a th’ anns a’ Mhuinntireas do Sgrìobhaiche Gàidhlig Òg, a thathas a’ tabhann airson an treasamh turas. Bidh am muinntireas dà-sheachdain seo a’...