Four Weeks until Dublin Writers Festival 2010
The opening night of Dublin Writers Festival is only four weeks away. This year, we're celebrating Ireland's rich cultural heritage with a bi-lingual literary voyage into the beauty and power of words. Through poetry, song and storytelling, we're bringing you inspiration, big ideas and laughter in an explosive week of literary celebration - and we can't wait to see you there.
Tickets are on sale now. For more information on how to book your tickets, visit http://www.dublinwritersfestival.com/festival-2010/booking-venues.
Can literature and science combine forces to save our planet?
Expect big ideas and thought-provoking discussion as multi-award-winning novelist Ian McEwan discusses his new satirical novel, Solar, with 1960's counter-culture icon Stewart Brand.
Shortlisted for The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, Solar is a compelling yet comical look at the dilemmas one man faces as he tries to save himself, as well as the planet. Taking a less ideological approach, Brand's latest book, Whole Earth Discipline argues that it's time to take action against our global crisis with science-led pragmatism.
Join McEwan and Brand as they team up for the first time to open Dublin Writers Festival with some cool-headed thinking on the global warming debate.
Venue National Concert Hall
Date Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Time 7:30pm
Price €15.00, €20.00 (Concessions available) booking at www.nch.ie
Try something different with this unique bi-lingual evening. Packed with music, images and literature, feel Dublin’s past and present come alive amidst evocative imagery, surreal landscapes and ghostly apartment blocks. Poets Dermot Bolger, Biddy Jenkinson, Máighréad Medbh and Liam Ó Muirthile will read new work in English and Irish against a backdrop of images by Margaret Lonergan and new music by acclaimed musician and composer Seán Óg.
Venue The Sugar Club
Date Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Time 8:00pm
Price €10.00 (€8.00 Concession) booking at www.projectartscentre.ie
Dublin's only weekly music and poetry event fuses the passion and excitement of both disciplines to bring you a free evening of no-nonsense entertainment. Expect an energetic night as poets, musicians and actors team up to bring fresh talent and creativity to the stage. Performers on the night include poets Stephen James Smith, Kalle Ryan, Colm Keegan and Noel Sweeney, musicians Fiach and Enda Reilly, and actor Melissa Nolan.
Venue Project Arts Centre
Date Friday, June 4th, 2010
Time 8:30pm
Price FREE (Booking essential)
Booking at www.projectartscentre.ie
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DUBLIN WRITERS FESTIVAL CANCELS PHILIP PULLMAN EVENT
Due to the travel difficulties currently being experienced as a result of the volcanic ash cloud, Philip Pullman is unable to travel to Dublin and this event presented by the Dublin Writers Festival / Long Room Hub – Trinity College Dublin that was scheduled for Saturday April 17th has now been cancelled.
The Festival apologises for any inconvenience caused.
Ticket holders are advised that a full refund will be made available for them from the
Project Arts Centre Box Office, 39 East Essex Street, Dublin 2. Tel. + 353 (0) 1 881 9613/4 (Open Mon–Sat 11am–7pm). www.projectartscentre.ie
Full details of the 2010 Dublin Writers Festival will be announced Saturday April 17th.
Welcome to Dublin Writers Festival 2010
Dublin Writers Festival returns on Tuesday, June 1st through Sunday, June 6th, promising a week of literary treats and celebrations. This year boasts yet another impressive line up, including a strong focus on Irish language writers.
All will be revealed when the full programme launches on Saturday, April 17th, so make sure you visit www.dublinwritersfestival.com for the latest Dublin Writers Festival news and booking information.
In the meantime, we’re offering you a sneak preview of what this year's festival has to offer…
Pre-Festival Event: Philip Pullman
Dublin Writers Festival is honoured to co-present a special pre-festival event with His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman, who will be reading and discussing his latest work: The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ.
In this magical yet subversive retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman offers a radical new take on the myths and the mysteries of the Gospel truth. Part novel, part history, part fairy tale, this provocative book promises to ignite an afternoon of intriguing discussion.
Venue Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College
Date Saturday, April 17th, 2010
Time 3pm
Price €12.00 (€10.00 Concession) booking at www.projectartscentre.ie
Sneak Preview: Ian McEwan & Stewart Brand
The headline event sees British novelist
Ian McEwan join American ecologist and futurist,
Stewart Brand, to discuss how literature and science can influence the future of the planet.
Ian McEwan’s new satirical novel, Solar, discusses the threat of global warming through the eyes of a Nobel prize-winning physicist, whose final chance to save his career could also save the planet. Stewart Brand steps outside ideology with his new book, Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto to present an argument for saving the world through scientific pragmatism.
At this important Dublin Writers Festival event, these influential writers join forces for the first time to publicly address global environmental issues.
Venue National Concert Hall
Date Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Time 7.30pm
Price €20.00 (€15.00 Concession OAP / Students) booking at www.nch.ie
The Festival Blog Kicks Off
Elizabeth Rose Murray is returning as this year’s official Festival Blogger; bringing you the latest festival news, introducing you to the authors and blogging each event. Make sure you keep your eye on the blog for special offers and details on how to win free event tickets. If you have any ideas or suggestions, post them in the comments sections on the Dublin Writers Festival Blog. We all look forward to seeing you there.
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