Bantry / Sunday 7 – Saturday 13 July - West Cork Music

Friday 12 July10.00 / Bantry House Tearoom / €8.00Coffee & Chat with Kate ThompsonKate Thompson will talk about her writing life and take questionsabout writing novels and being a scriptwriter for RTÉ’s Fair City.(See bio p. 23)11.15 / Bantry Bookshop / FREESusan Stairs will read from The Story Before.Susan Stairs has lived in Ireland since early childhood. Involvedin the art business for many years, she has written extensivelyabout Irish art and artists. She received an MA in Creative Writingfrom UCD in 2009 and was short-listed for the Davy Byrnes IrishWriting Award in the same year. She lives in Dublin with her family.The Story of Before is her first novel.13.00 / Bantry Library / FREEPAT BORAN will read from The New Life.Pat Boran was born in Portlaoise, Ireland in 1963 and currentlylives in Dublin. He has published five full-length collections ofpoetry as well as a New and Selected Poems. His latest collection,The Next Life, was published by Dedalus in September. In additionto poetry he has published short fiction for adults and children,and his non-fiction titles include the popular writers’ handbookThe Portable Creative Writing Workshop. His humorous memoirThe Invisible Prison: Scenes from an Irish Childhood, was publishedin 2009. A former editor of Poetry Ireland Review and presenterof The Poetry Programme on RTÉ Radio 1, he has edited manyanthologies, most recently Shine On (2010), in support of thosesuffering from mental ill-health. A member of Aosdána, he receivedthe Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Poetry Award in the US in 2008.‘A writer of great tenderness and lyricism’ — Agenda (UK)14.30 / The Mariner / €5TEEN READING with Dave Lordan andthe Words Allowed WorkshopOur teen reading will showcase new work by the writers taking partin the Words Allowed teen writing workshop, written during theweek of the festival. Expect to be surprised, provoked and moved,but most of all to be inspired by the writers of tomorrow. All arewelcome.From Left: Susan Stairs, Pat Boran (photo: Dedalus Press)22