Kerry Hardie presents her forthcoming collection The Ash and the Oak and the Wild Cherry Tree (Gallery Press), accompanied by David Power on uileann pipes.   This event will be immediately followed by a reception to launch of Kerry’s book, to which all are welcome.   VENUE : The Ballroom at Borris House

VENUE: Borris House(Chapel or Ballroom) 1.30pm Kerry Hardie – Ballroom at Borris House 3.00pm Colm Toíbin – Ballroom at Borris House 3.45pm Ben Anderson – Chapel at Borris House 4.30pm Craig Brown – Ballroom at Borris House 5.15pm Marina Carr – Chapel at Borris House 6:00pm John Lloyd – Ballroom at Borris House 7pm Leviathan [...]

Colm Toíbín takes his latest book  New Ways to Kill Your Mother as the basis of a presentation on famous writers’ relationships with their families.     VENUE: Ballroom at Borris House

Journalist and filmmaker Ben Anderson (Holidays in the Axis of Evil) meets Fintan O’Toole to discuss his gripping account of the Afghanistan war in Helmand province, No Worse Enemy, and his latest assignments.   VENUE: Chapel at Borris House  

Craig Brown talks about the 101 meetings that make up his new book  One by One, and presents his own parodic One-Stop Literary Festival.       VENUE: Ballroom at Borris House

Comedy writer producer John Lloyd (Spitting Image, Blackadder, QI) will be deep in conversation with Sean Hardie (Bremner, Bird & Fortune, Not the Nine O’Clock News)     VENUE: Ballroom At Borris House

A public conversation with leading commentators which informs, entertains and engages, through satire, comedy and music.     VENUE: Chapel at Borris House

Philosopher and novelist AC Grayling gives a sermon on The Good Book form the pulpit of the Chapel     VENUE: The Chapel at Borris House

VENUE: Borris House(Chapel or Ballroom) 12pm AC Grayling – Chapel at Borris House 1.15pm Anne Enright – Ballroom at Borris House 1.30pm Lionel Shriver – Chapel at Borris House 2.45pm John Banville – Ballroom at Borris House 3.00pm Blake Morrisson – Chapel at Borris House 4.15pm 5×15 Stories – Ballroom at Borris House 4.30pm Katie [...]

Booker-prize winner Anne Enright (The Gathering) will talk about her career as a novelist, essayist and short story writer drawing from her most recent work The Forgotten Waltz.     VENUE: Ballroom at Borris House