Hugo Hamilton
As part of our new In Conversation With … series, Hot Press contributing editor and author Jackie Hayden talks separately to two acclaimed creative writers to whom the audience will also be invited to put their own questions.
Hugo Hamilton
Time: 8pm
Hugo Hamilton is the internationally-acclaimed author of The Speckled People, about growing up in Dublin in a household where the speaking of English was banned by his nationalist father. It’s been translated into 20 languages and won the prestigious Prix Femina Etranger in France, as well as the Berto Prize in Italy, and appeared on the New York Times notable books list. His recently-published seventh novel Hand In the Fire has been described as “a highly compelling and original view of contemporary Ireland”.
If you'd like to hear more about Hugo Hamilton before this event then check out this RTE Radio One documentary:
"Becoming Hugo Hamilton" was first broadcast on 19th March 2003.
An Irish radio documentary from RTÉ Radio 1, Ireland - Documentary on One - the home of Irish radio documentaries
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/hugohamilton.html
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Oisin McGann
Date: Saturday July 24th
Time: 3pm
Born in Dublin in 1973, Oisín McGann started writing and illustrating stories when he was seven, setting himself on a path that would steer him well clear of obtaining a proper job. After dropping out of college to become a freelance illustrator/artist he worked on the animated series of Zorro. A spell in advertising made Oisin fearful for his immortal soul and he went freelance again, getting his first books published in 2003. He now works full-time as a writer and illustrator, having published several books for younger readers, including Ancient Appetites and The Evil Hair-Do.
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