Flair Symposium: "Literature and Change" Keynote by Colm Tóibín

Join us for a discussion with Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín, renowned Irish author, joins us for a keynote that will consider the value of reading and writing in their personal and professional lives as part of the Harry Ransom Center's "Literature and Change," the 2024 Flair Symposium.

About Flair

Since 1994, the Ransom Center's Flair Symposium has continued the work of editor, writer and artist Fleur Cowles and her landmark Flair magazine by convening interdisciplinary conversations unlikely to happen elsewhere. Open to scholars, enthusiasts, readers, and writers alike, panels, keynotes, and sessions will examine the history of literature instruction, the role of literature in civic engagement, the unique access literature offers to the inner lives of others, and the enduring appeal of that experience within reading communities. Finally, symposium participants will consider the vital role of stories in defining and binding together families and communities and the ways we all benefit, as individuals and a society, from literature.

This keynote event will take place at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center.

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Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of 11 novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary, Nora Webster, House of Names and The Magician. His work has been shortlisted for The Booker Prize three times, has won the Costa Novel Award and the IMPAC Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction.

Please have your reservation confirmation ready upon entering. Each keynote is available on a first come, first serve basis. A reservation does not guarantee a seat.

Host or Publisher Harry Ransom Center