As promised, and only a week or so late, the full list of writers attending the Books 2008 Crime Writing Series has now been posted on-line. Three cheers, two stools and a resounding huzzah, etc. The series takes place over the first weekend in September in Dun Laoghaire, and the main draw, I’d expect, will be a centre-piece interview of John Connolly (right) by Declan Hughes on Saturday, with John also reading excerpts from his 2009 release, THE LOVERS. Mmmmm, exclusive.Other than that, there’s three multiple-author panels. On Friday, September 5, Declan Hughes, Gene Kerrigan, Tana French, Alex Barclay and Ruth Dudley Edwards discuss ‘Heroes and Villains: What We Love and Hate about Crime Fiction’, with Paul Johnston moderating.
Kicking off Saturday’s panels are Gene Kerrigan, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Brian McGilloway, Arlene Hunt and Declan Burke yakking it up about ‘Forty Shades of Grey: Real Fiction, Real Ireland’, with Mick Halpin asking the questions. Following the John Connolly interview, the series wraps up with ‘Sex & Violence: How Far is Too Far?’, with Declan Hughes quizzing John Connolly, Alex Barclay, Declan Burke, Arlene Hunt and Brian McGilloway about sex and violence, presumably in the context of crime fiction.
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I see they're keeping the criminally minded riff raff away from the proper writers by banishing them to Dun Laoghaire. :)
ReplyDeleteSeriously, though, looks good. I shall book my place forthwith so I can pimp myself to anyone to anyone who stands still long enough ... er ... let me rephrase that - so I can do some networking.
Dec, may I heckle you?
Heckling is good, squire ... heckling means we know you're still awake. But I'd sit at the back. I carry darts. Cheers, Dec
ReplyDeleteI think I just booked the events through their website, but I can't be sure - they seem to think Northern Ireland has fallen off the end of the island. And not just in that RTE "if we don't call it Northern Ireland it doesn't really exist" sort of way - you can't choose any of the NI counties when you go to pay.
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