Consulate Book Club

The Consulate General of Ireland, Vancouver is delighted to invite you to the newest edition of the Consulate Book Club on Wednesday, 26th November from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm PST.

You don't need to be a literary expert to join - everyone is welcome. However, make sure you read the book before the book club so you can engage in the discussion. Light refreshments will be provided, and we will be hosting a draw for all attendees for a $50 book voucher.

About the author:

Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. Laureate for Irish Fiction 2018-2021, his novels have twice won the Costa Book of the Year award, the Independent Booksellers Award and the Walter Scott Prize. He had two consecutive novels shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, A Long Long Way (2005) and the top ten bestseller The Secret Scripture (2008), and has also won the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize, the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and others. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. He lives in County Wicklow.

About the book:

The Secret Scripture tells the unforgettable story of Roseanne McNulty. Once one of the most beguiling women in Sligo, she is now a resident of Roscommon Regional Mental Hospital and nearing her hundredth year. Set against an Ireland besieged by conflict, The Secret Scripture is an engrossing tale of one woman’s life, and a poignant story of the cruelties of civil war and corrupted power. The Secret Scripture was selected as the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year in 2009 and shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize.

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