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Paul Lynch in conversation with Paula Shields
September 22, 2024 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
€15
Paul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize. He has previously won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and France’s Prix Libr’à Nous for Best Foreign Novel, among other prizes. He has been shortlisted for many international awards, including the UK’s Walter Scott Prize, Italy’s Strega European Prize, France’s Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, Prix Littérature- Monde, and the Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature. In 2024, he was appointed Distinguished Writing Fellow at Maynooth University and was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts honoring distinguished artists. His novels have been translated into over 30 languages.
Paula Shields is an arts journalist and broadcaster, working on Arena, RTÉ Radio 1. She also made the IFTA award-winning TV documentary Fairytale of New York in 2017 and judged the 2017 and 2018 Irish Times Theatre Awards. Paula is no stranger to Clifden—her mother was born in Aillebrack, Ballyconneely, and Paula has been a frequent visitor to the area her whole life.
Sponsored by: Mona and Thomas Lynch