Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival

Alex Miller and John Banville

Garret Fitzgerald in conversation with Olivia O'Leary

Hugo Hamilton in conversation with Patrick McCabe

Joe O'Connor in conversation with Claire Kilroy

The Beckett Address with Alan Stanford introduced by Eoin Keegan

DBC Pierre and Andrew O'Hagan

Helen Simpson and Janice Galloway

Jackie Kay in conversation with Anne Enright

Kate di Camillo

The Irish Short Story with Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle, Claire Keegan and Kevin Barry

JG Farrell

Authors Declan Hughes, Paul Howard, Sarah Webb and Julie Parsons discuss their close connections with Dun Laoghaire & Rathdown. This podcast was recorded on the 9th September 2009 before an audience at County Hall.

DLR Connections

This is the second of two Library Voices events which were part of the programme at the inaugural Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival. This podcast is published simultaneously in the DLR Library Podcast and the Mountains to Sea Festival Podcast. It's a double bill with writers Patrick Gale and John Boyne reading from their new books. This podcast was recorded at the Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire on September 12, 2009.

John Boyne and Patrick Gale

The first of two events from the DLR Library Voices series which were part of the programme for the Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival in September. This podcast is published simultaneously in the DLR Library Podcast and the Mountains to Sea Festival Podcast. Sebastian Faulks is interviewed by Martina Devlin and reads from his latest novel, A Week in December. This podcast was recorded at the Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire on September 12, 2009.

Library Voices: Sebastian Faulks

The keynote address of the festival. The acclaimed American novelist Paul Auster talks about Samuel Beckett and his influence on him as a writer. The programme also features remarks by festival organiser and County Heritage Officer Tim Carey; County Manager Eoin Keegan; Edward Beckett, executor of the Beckett estate; and Dr Eoin O'Brien, author of "The Beckett Country". The podcast was recorded at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dún Laoghaire on September 10, 2009.

The Beckett Address

Dún Laoghaire, South Dublin, Ireland has a remarkable literary heritage which includes James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, as well as a host of historical and contemporary authors. In recognition of this, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council held the inaugural Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival in September 2009.

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Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival

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