Limerick Literary Festival 2023
Upcoming Limerick Literary Festival events running in Belltable, Sunday 26th February.
Kate O’Brien Hour with Maggie O’Neill | Sunday 26th February | 10am | €14 & €12
Maggie O’Neill is both a literary scholar and a qualitative researcher. She has published widely in twentieth century and contemporary fiction, including articles on Kate O’Brien in the Irish University Review, the journal Nordic Irish Studies, and the collection Irish Urban Fictions.
Kate O’Brien Award Ceremony | Sunday 26th February | 11.30am | Free event, booking is essential
This is an award for the best debut novel or short story collection by an Irish female writer. The Award comes with a €2,000 prize, very generously sponsored by Bill and Denise Whelan.
Desert Island Books | Sunday 26th February | 1pm | €14 & €12
With Niall MacMonagle and Kay Sheehy
The Road to Riverdance | Sunday 26th February | 3pm | €20 & €18
Bill Whelan will be interviewed by Dermot Whelan and accompanied on stage by good friends fiddler Zoë Conway and her guitarist husband, John McIntyre. The Road to Riverdance is Bill Whelan’s recently published memoir.