Less than Four Weeks Until the Festival
With less than four weeks to go until the Dublin Writers Festival, tickets to many events are selling fast with some nearly sold out. Make sure to book early to avoid disappointment.
The Festival Blog Kicks Off on Monday, May 11th
Elizabeth Rose Murray will be this year's official Festival Blogger and is thrilled to be blogging for this event. Elizabeth will be introducing you to the authors, keeping you up to date with festival news and providing details on venues. Elizabeth will also be blogging each event the same day that they run. There will be reviews, quotes, interviews and hopefully some video footage. If you have any ideas or suggestions, post them in the comments sections. We all look forward to seeing you there. Festival Blog
This Week's Highlight: The Frost is all Over
Don't miss out on the DWF's first traditional music multi-media performance, The Frost is all Over, directed by John Comiskey and produced by Ten42 Productions. For those who love traditional music and are interested in the merging of art forms this is the event to attend.
This evocative live music / theatre performance brings together two of Ireland's foremost solo traditional musicians, Tony McMahon (accordion) and David Power (pipes, fiddle, whistle) with the poetry one of the country's greatest living writers, Dermot Bolger, recited by IFTA nominated actor Eamonn Hunt.
For further information visit Ten42 Productions' website www.ten42.com
View a clip of this performance here
Festival Bestsellers
An Evening with Seamus Heaney (close to selling out)
Colm Toibin
Simon Schama
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