The Word in January 2025, with Nuala O'Connor in conversation with Niamh Mac Cabe скачать в хорошем качестве

The Word in January 2025, with Nuala O'Connor in conversation with Niamh Mac Cabe

The Word returns for 2025 with award-winning author Nuala O'Connor at Sligo Central Library on Wednesday 29th of January 2025. Nuala O’Connor lives in Galway. Her sixth novel SEABORNE, about Irish-born pirate Anne Bonny, was published in April 2024 by New Island, and shortlisted for Eason Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. Her novel NORA (New Island), about Nora Barnacle and James Joyce, was a Top 10 historical novel in the New York Times. She won Irish Short Story of the Year at the 2022 Irish Book Awards. She is EIC of flash e-journal Splonk; founder of The Peers writing group, and a founder member of Group 8 artist collective. Niamh Mac Cabe is an award-winning writer of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and hybrid prose. She’s also a visual artist, an editor, a writing mentor, and a lecturer on the Masters in Creative Practice, the Honours Degree in Writing & Literature, and the Honours Degree in Performing Arts, at ATU Sligo. Dublin-born, she worked overseas for several years in the Animated Film industry, before ‘settling’ in northwestern Ireland.​ Niamh is published in many literary journals and anthologies in Ireland, the UK, and the US. She’s represented by Marianne Gunn O’Connor at MGO’C Literary Agency. Mags Kilcoyne is a Singer-Songwriter and Poet based in Sligo. A recipient of an agility award with the Arts Council in 2021 has offered her time to work on her album and collection of songs which she hopes to release later this year. Mags was delighted to receive a poetry commission from The Brid Festival & Sligo County Council Arts Office this Spring. The Brid festival is Sligo’s first inaugural festival celebrating women in our community through Brigid the Saint, the Goddess and Deity, Mags uses the thematic expression of love, joy, grief, and companionship as inspiration for the writing of her songs. Mags also holds specialties in Theatre and Film and enjoys using strong visual images as a foundation for the construction of her songs and poems. Audience Q&A Open Mic facilitated by Vanessa O’Malley The Word is a collaborative event between Sligo Central Library and the BA in Writing & Literature course at Sligo ATU. https://sligolibrary.ie/a-new-year-wi...