Elaine Feeney in Conversation with James Conor Patterson
Schedule
Thu Jul 25 2024 at 01:30 pm
Location
Market Street, BT61 7BW Armagh, United Kingdom | Armagh, NI
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Elaine Feeney is a multi-award-winning novelist and poet from the West of Ireland. Her latest novel, How to Build a Boat, a vibrant, moving story about a remarkable boy and his dream, was shortlisted in 2023 for Best Novel of the Year at The Irish Book Awards and longlisted for the Booker Prize. Written with tenderness and love, it’s about love, family and connection, the power of imagination, and how our greatest adventures never happen alone. Her 2020 novel, As You Were, won the Kate O’Brien Award, the McKitterick Prize and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. Her fourth book of poetry, All the Good Things You Deserve, a powerful, personal, fierce collection about women’s battles lives, bodies, battles and triumphs, has just been published by Harvill Secker and Vintage.“Elaine Feeney is one of those rare authors who can perform linguistic acrobatics while her characters tenderly break your heart.” Edel Coffey
James Conor Patterson is the author of the poetry collection bandit country, nominated for the 2022 TS Eliot Prize. He edited the anthology, The New Frontier: Reflections from the Irish Border (2021). jamesconorpatterson.com/
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Market Street, BT61 7BW Armagh, United Kingdom, 11 Market Street, Armagh, BT61 7BW, United Kingdom,ArmaghEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
