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IRELAND’S ONLY BOOK CLUB FESTIVAL www.EnnisBookClubFestival.com #EBCF2020
Events at a Glance Friday 06 March
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11 -12.30 Make it Happen 2020 2
2-4 Book Making Workshop 2
2-3 Make Anxiety your Ally with Caroline Foran* 2
2-3 Metamorphosis - Art and Writing: Mia Gallagher* 3
4-5 Brian O’Connell: The Personals 4
4-5 Ireland, Brexit and Europe: Bobby McDonagh 5
6-7 Elsewhere: one lifetime of travel with Rosita Boland & Madeleine Keane 5
6-7 Reignite your Spark with Carla White* 6
2-7 Wine Tasting* 6
8-9.30 Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling 7
9.30 til late Festival Club* 7
Welcome
Welcome to the 2020 Ennis Book Club Festival programme. EBCF 2019 was a hugely Saturday 07 March
successful year in terms of feedback, numbers and fun. We had to ask ourselves: how TIME EVENT PAGE
do we top that? Well a lot of creative thinking has gone into the 2020 programme 9-10 Festival Yoga with Paula McGrath 8
and we are delighted to present this rich, diverse and exciting suite of events to 9-10 Ennis Walking Tour with Jane O'Brien 8
you, a chance for book lovers to come together in the medieval town of Ennis 10-11 The Ministry of Dreams: Michael Murphy and Ciana Campbell 8
to celebrate reading and books. 10-11.15 Books and Buns: The book quiz 9
This year we will host one of the best contemporary novelists in Sarah Moss. Lemn Sissay 10-11 Holy Show: Coffee with Ian Maleney and Brendan Mac Evilly* 9
will be here, as well as novelists Emer McLysaght, Sarah Breen, Rachael English and 11.30-12.30 10 Books You Should Read 10
Hilary Fannin. We have travel writing covered with Rosita Boland. Interested in politics? 11.30-12.30 Cúchulainn as an imperishable reservoir of inspiration* 11
Come hear diplomat Bobby McDonagh speak. If the environment is your thing, why not 1-2 Festival Book Club: Talk about Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments 11
break bread with Éanna Ní Lamhna at our literary lunch? We’re not forgetting our festival 1-2 Clare Youth Theatre presents Don't Judge the Book by the Cover* 12
favourites: 10 Books You Should Read is back with Ruth Gilligan and Neil Hegarty, and we’re 2-3 Clare Youth Theatre presents The Changing Moon* 12
delighted to host Sunday Miscellany once again. And there’s poetry, music, the personal 2-5.30 Heart of Burren walking tour 12
ads, and multi-media installations. 2-3 Minor Monuments: A Live Audio-Visual Essay 13
The Beyond Borders Book Club has gone from strength to strength. It’s now in its third year 4-5 Hilary Fannin with Rachael English and Nessa O'Mahony 13
and we celebrate the anthology Correspondences, a publication which calls for an end to 4-5 Beyond Borders Book Club: Correspondences* 14
direct provision. Clare Youth Theatre are here again, and we’ve got events for children, 4-5.30 Something Dark with Lemn Sissay 15
young people, and families. You can go to yoga, and book making workshops, as well as 5-7 Mia Gallagher - mark word breath, a Performance* 3
talks on dealing with anxiety, and well-being. And if that wasn’t enough, we have a Burren 5-6.45 The Seven Sisters Poetry Reading* 16
walking tour lined up for you. In a festival first, we have also commissioned writer Mia 6-7 Clare Voices with Mike Hanrahan 16
Gallagher to curate work from the Arts Council Collection which will be exhibited in glór. 6.30-7.30 Gerry Hanberry - On Raglan Road* 16
Mia will write a story based on the art she chose, and she will perform the story at the 8-9.30 Sarah Moss in conversation with Seán Rocks 17
festival. And don’t forget the chats and the wonderful warm atmosphere to share your
10 til late Festival Club* 17
interest in books and reading.
All this is made possible by our dedicated volunteers on the organising team and those who Sunday 08 March
help out over the Festival weekend. We are grateful for the support of the Arts Council, TIME EVENT PAGE
Clare County Council, in particular the County Library service, local businesses and most
importantly, all of you who come and enjoy the Festival. Be sure to say hello to one of our 9-10 Festival Yoga with Paula McGrath 18
volunteers, our organisers and our contributors. We want you to have a wonderful time at 10-11 Sing to Connect with Maria Wood* 18
the Ennis Book Club Festival, and feel sure you will! 11.30-1 Sunday Miscellany 19
1.30 Literary Lunch: Éanna Ní Lamhna 19
Artistic Director Chairperson
Paul Perry Bridget Ginnity Events denoted with * are free. Pre-booking is advised for free ticketed events.
Friday
Metamorphosis - Art and Writing
Make it Happen 2020 Mia Gallagher in conversation with Paul Perry
Sharon Cahir, Carla White,
Niamh Ennis & Danne Reed Time: 2pm Friday Ticket Price: Free but ticketed Venue: Studio at glór
Time: 11am – 12.30pm EBCF has commissioned writer Mia Gallagher to curate a special show from the Arts Council
Ticket Price: €15/€13 Collection in Visual Arts to exhibit at glór during the Festival and to write a short story
Venue: Banner Room, Old Ground Hotel inspired by the artwork. Metamorphosis: Characters in Collision, is the title of the show
she has created including works by Alice Maher, Dorothy Cross, and Brian Maguire. Mia
Sharon Cahir in conversation with Carla White, and EBCF Artistic Director, Paul Perry, discuss the process of the project – from its genesis,
Danne Reed and Niamh Ennis on why change can to its curation, to the writing of Mia’s story. Our aim is to give people the opportunity to
be a good thing. Celebrating International Women’s see artwork by some of the country’s best artists and to follow the creative journey of the
Day in advance with camaraderie, conversation, project. Mia Gallagher’s debut novel, HellFire, was widely acclaimed and received the Irish
connection and a hint of comedy, Sharon and her Tatler Women of the Year Literature Award in 2007, while her award-winning short fiction
dynamic, international panel will demonstrate “What seems to us as bitter trials has been widely published and anthologised, and collected in her collection Shift. Beautiful
how leading change is an inside job through chat, are often blessings in disguise.” Pictures of the Lost Homeland is her second novel.
storytelling and laughter. Oscar Wilde
Mia Gallagher - mark word breath, a Performance
Book Making Workshop: Simply Sewn Books Time: 5pm Saturday Ticket Price: Free Venue: Studio at glór
Please note this event takes place on Saturday 7 March
Time: 2pm
Ticket Price: €12 Mia reads her story from start to finish in 3 durational
Venue: Ennis Museum performances which audience members are free
to enter and leave as they please. The Arts Council
In this 2-hour workshop, conducted by Éilís Murphy, a visual artist and bookbinder living Collection began in 1962 and is now one of the most
in Corofin, participants create a variety of sewn books that can be used as poetry books, important in Ireland. Because the Arts Council aims to
journals or sketchbooks. Participants also gain knowledge of how to use basic bookbinding support artists as well as engage the public, all of the
tools and the principles of bookbinding including grain direction, gluing and folding tips. All pieces are collected while the artists are still alive and
materials & tools are provided but if you already have a Stanley knife/scalpel, cutting mat, working. Most of the work can also be seen online at
metal ruler and pencil, please bring them along. Limited Availability. artscouncil.emuseum.com
Make Anxiety your Ally with
Caroline Foran
Time: 2pm
Ticket Price: Free but ticketed
Venue: Temple Gate Hotel
Caroline Foran is the bestselling author of
Owning It and The Confidence Kit. Her first
book chronicled her experiences with anxiety
and how she coped using her ‘assess and
address’ approach. In this session, she talks
about how to make anxiety your ally.
This event is kindly supported by
Clare Library
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Friday
Ireland, Brexit and Europe:
Brian O’Connell: Bobby McDonagh in conversation
The Personals with Martina Devlin
Time: 4pm Time: 4pm
Ticket Price: €10/€8 Ticket Price: €10/€8
Venue: Temple Gate Hotel Venue: St. Columba’s Church
The Personals reveals how classified ads Join columnist and novelist Martina Devlin in conversation
are not just a few commercial lines of text with Bobby McDonagh, Brexit expert and Ireland’s former
in print or online - they can be a treasure ambassador to the UK, for a discussion on Ireland’s evolving
trove of fascinating human stories; stories relationship to Great Britain, Brexit, and the European
of love, loss, loneliness, redemption Union. Bobby McDonagh entered the Irish diplomatic
and hope. What draws Brian to the service in 1977, and is regarded as an expert on European
classified ads are the intriguing human Union affairs, having spent 23 years of his career either
stories he finds there, the unexpected in the corridors of Brussels or in the EU division of the
twists and turns, the personalities, the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. Now a columnist and
curious objects and the range of human commentator, notably on Brexit and the European Union,
experience waiting to be discovered. Mr. McDonagh has also authored a collection of speeches
The Personals is a diverse collection of on British-Irish relations. Martina Devlin grew up in Omagh,
compelling stories about the people and Co Tyrone. She worked as a journalist and started writing
the lives behind the small ads. fiction after winning a Hennessy Literary Award for her first
short story in 1996.
Originally from Ennis, but living in Cork
for over 20 years, Brian O’Connell is a
multi-award-winning journalist, author
and broadcaster. He is best known for his Elsewhere: One Woman,
work on Today With Seán O’Rourke on RTÉ
Radio 1 and he has a particular interest in
One Rucksack, One Lifetime of Travel
Rosita Boland in conversation with Madeleine Keane
social issues and human interest stories.
Brian is known for tackling often diverse Time: 6pm
and difficult subjects and has reported Ticket Price: €10/€8
on everything from general elections Venue: glór
to genocide. Brian’s first book Wasted
detailed Ireland’s relationship with
alcohol and was published in 2010. His
latest book, The Personals, was published
in October 2019 by Harper Collins and
tells the extraordinary stories behind the
small ads. From her first life-changing solo trip to Australia as a young graduate, Rosita Boland, Senior
Features Writer at the Irish Times, was enthralled by travel. In the last thirty years she has
This event is kindly supported by visited some of the most remote parts of the globe carrying little more than a battered
The Clare Champion rucksack and a diary. Documenting nine journeys from nine different moments in her
life, Elsewhere reveals how exploring the world – and those we meet along the way – can
dramatically shape the course of a person’s life. Madeleine Keane is Literary Editor of the
Sunday Independent, lecturer, award-winning travel journalist and co-founder of the Irish
Book Awards.
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Friday
Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling
Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen in conversation
with Michelle McMahon
Time: 8pm
Ticket Price: €15/€13
Venue: glór
Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen are best friends and co-
authors of the phenomenally successful Oh My God, What a
Complete Aisling, The Importance of Being Aisling, and Once,
Twice, Three Times an Aisling. Emer and Sarah are the creators of
the characters and Facebook community that inspired the books
and are currently working with Element Pictures to bring Oh My
God, What a Complete Aisling to the big screen. The books have
been described as joyful, emotional, heartfelt, and hilarious.
Wine Tasting This event is kindly supported by The Rowan Tree
Time: 2pm – 7pm Ticket Price: Free but booking required Venue: Wine Buff
Are you going to an event in the Festival? The Wine Buff will provide a free glass of wine,
with background information, on Friday afternoon to a limited number of ticket holders.
It’s a lovely way to meet other attendees and relax together with a glass of wine. Booking
is essential and 30 minute time slots are available on the hour from 2pm to 7pm on Friday
6th March. Phone 065 684 2082 to book and bring an EBCF event ticket with you.
Reignite your Spark
with Carla White
Time: 6pm
Ticket Price: Free but ticketed
Venue: Willow
In the intimate venue of Willow, prepare
to laugh and be inspired by Carla as she
shares her simple steps to extinguish
stress, build resilience and live the
inspired, serene and joy-filled life of your
dreams. As a nurse, fire-fighter, stand-up
comedian and author, she embodies the
courageous approach to living that she Festival Club
encourages us all to embrace. You will
leave this experience feeling energised Time: 9.30pm Ticket Price: Free Venue: glór
and definitely with a smile on your face.
Join us after a busy day for the Festival Club at
This event is kindly supported by Willow glór. A chance to catch up on all the day’s events
and mingle with authors and readers alike!
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Saturday
The Curious Incident of the
Downward Facing Dog
A yoga class for readers and writers with
Paula McGrath
Time: 9am – 10am Ticket Price: €12
Venue: Ennis Yoga Studio
This class guides readers and anyone who
spends long hours at a desk through some
of her favourite slump-countering postures.
Ennis Walking Tour
with Jane O’Brien Books and Buns – The book quiz
Time: 9am Ticket Price: €8
Venue: Meet @ glór Time: 10am
Ticket Price: €10
Join Jane O’Brien on her award-winning Venue: Rowan Tree Café
walking tour of Ennis, praised by the Lonely
Planet as the best way to appreciate the town! Enjoy a Saturday morning book club gathering and test your knowledge of all things literary
in our beloved Books & Buns session. Refreshments included, setting you up for a busy day!
The Ministry of Dreams: Holy Show: Coffee with
Michael Murphy and Ciana Ian Maleney and
Campbell Brendan Mac Evilly
Time: 10am Ticket Price: €10/€8 Time: 10am
Venue: Maguire Suite, Old Ground Hotel Ticket Price: Free but ticketed
Venue: Insomnia Café, O’Connell St.
Michael Murphy is a well-known broadcaster,
psychoanalyst, lecturer and author. He In advance of Minor Monuments: A Live Audio-
has published two best-selling memoirs, Visual Essay which will feature at 2pm, writer Ian
two books of poetry, and an analysis of Maleney is in discussion with Creative Producer
contemporary Irish dreams. His latest work Brendan Mac Evilly about the making and meaning
The Ministry of Dreams - Collected Poems was of Minor Monuments. They’ll also delve into non-
published in November. With presenter Ciana fiction as a form, and discuss how Ian’s other
Campbell, Michael performs poems from this interests in music, film and photography have
collection. impacted on his writing. Holy Show is a new
publication and production company launched in
2019. It published issue 01 of Holy Show, magazine
of Irish life and culture featuring the work of artists
from a variety of art forms, in July 2019.
This event is kindly supported by Insomnia
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Saturday
Cúchulainn as an imperishable
reservoir of inspiration
Time: 11.30am
Ticket Price: Free but ticketed
10 Books You Should Read Venue: Rowan Tree Café
with Ruth Gilligan and Neil Hegarty
In this talk Réamonn Ó Ciaráin discusses how the mythological
Time: 11.30am figure of Cúchulainn is a potent symbol of bravery, loyalty,
Ticket Price: €12/€10 martial prowess, beauty and wisdom. The spirit of Cúchulainn
Venue: glór has inspired revolutionaries, artists, sports men and women
and Irish leaders for at least a millennium. Réamonn will
A firm festival favourite – 10 Books never demonstrate how Cúchulainn still holds significance for
disappoints. This year we’ve invited novelist many in the 21st Century.
and yoga-guru Paula McGrath back to chair
our authors’ passionate recommendations. Beidh modh an tseanchaí in úsáid don chaint seo le
hathinsint déanta ar chuid de na scéalta nach bhfuil chomh
Ruth Gilligan is a novelist from Dublin now coitianta le léargas úr ar an bhrí a bhaineann leo. Beidh ealaín
based in the UK where she works as a Senior chumhachtach Dhara Vallely mar chúlbhrat don chaint.
Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University Cuirfidh an ealaín beocht úr agus doimhneacht bhreise sna
of Birmingham. She has published four scéalta. Tá na híomhánna dalba, fuinniúil, treibheach agus
novels to date and was the youngest person an-éagsúil. Beidh an cur i láthair dhátheangach.
ever to top the Irish Bestsellers’ List. Her fifth
novel, The Butchers, is set during the 1996 The presentation will be bi-lingual.
BSE crisis and will be published in March
2020. Ruth writes regular reviews for the
Times Literary Supplement, Guardian and
Irish Independent. She is an ambassador for
the global storytelling charity Narrative 4. Festival Book Club Meeting:
Neil Hegarty grew up in Derry. His novels
Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments
include The Jewel, published to widespread Time: 1pm
praise in 2019; and Inch Levels, which was Ticket Price: €10/€8
shortlisted for the Kerry Group Novel of the Venue: Temple Gate Hotel
Year award in 2017. Other titles include Frost:
That Was the Life That Was, a biography of This year for our pop-up book club we are celebrating
David Frost; and The Story of Ireland, which Margaret Atwood’s Booker Prize winning novel The
accompanies the BBC television history of Testaments, a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that
Ireland. His essays and short fiction have can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret
appeared in the Dublin Review, Stinging Fly, Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale.
Tangerine and elsewhere; and he is a regular
literary reviewer for the Irish Times. Neil The event is hosted by Hilary Fannin, and we are looking for
lives in Dublin. audience participation. If you read The Testaments before
the event you can come prepared to join in the discussion.
This event is kindly supported by But even if you haven’t read it you’re still very welcome to
Temple Gate Hotel PLEASE NOTE attend and hear some excellent insights into one of the most
Margaret Atwood outstanding writers of our times.
will not be joining us
for this event! This event is kindly supported by Reading Group Choices
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Saturday
Clare Youth Theatre: Minor Monuments:
Don’t Judge the Book by the Cover A Live Audio-Visual Essay
Time: 2pm
Time: 1pm Ticket Price: Free but ticketed Venue: Studio at glór
Ticket Price: €10/€8
Clare Youth Theatre presents Don’t Judge the Book by the Cover, an artistic response to Venue: Temple Gate Hotel
the Ennis Book Club Festival and to celebrate International Women’s Day. CYT members Set around a small family farm on the
will take part in a performance of Don’t Judge the Book by the Cover, an original work by edge of a bog, a few miles from the river
director and actor Eleanor Feely with Clare Townsend. Shannon, Minor Monuments is a live audio-
visual essay unfolding from the landscape of
the Irish midlands. Taking in the physical and
Clare Youth Theatre: The Changing Moon philosophical power of sound and music, and
the effects of Alzheimer’s disease on a family,
Time: 2pm Ticket Price: Free but ticketed Venue: Studio at glór Ian Maleney questions the nature of home,
memory, and the complex nature of belonging.
Clare Youth Theatre presents The Changing Moon. CYT members will take part in a The show weaves live reading with voice
performance of The Changing Moon, an original work by director and actor Eleanor Feely recordings, music, the ambient sound of the
with Clare Townsend. landscape from Ian’s home place, and original
film footage shot by Jamie Goldrick.
Burren Walking Tour - Heart of Burren walks This event is kindly supported by the
Irish Writers Union
Time: 2pm Ticket Price: €18 (incl transport) Venue: Meet at glór
Critically acclaimed guided walking tours in one of the most distinctive landscapes
in Europe by local expert guide and author, Tony Kirby. Walk highlights include vast
limestone pavement expanses, Burren speciality wild flowers, outstanding archaeological Hilary Fannin and
monuments, lavish views of the Burren hills and much, much more. Rachael English
Time: 4pm
Ticket Price: €10/€8
Venue: St. Columba’s Church
Join novelists Hilary Fannin and Rachael English
in conversation with Nessa O’Mahony about
their new novels.
Hilary Fannin’s The Weight of Love deals with
Robin and Ruth who meet in the staff room
of an East London school. Robin, desperate
for a real connection, instantly falls in love.
Powerless, Robin watches on as the girl he
loves and his best friend begin a passionate
and turbulent affair.
In Rachael English’s novel The Night of the
Party, from the Number One bestselling
author of The American Girl, comes a story of
friendship, a small town, and a big secret...
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Saturday
The Beyond Borders Book Club: Correspondences Something Dark
Edited by Stephen Rea and Jessica Traynor by Lemn Sissay
Time: 4pm Time: 4pm
Ticket Price: Free but ticketed Ticket Price: €12/€10
Venue: Temple Gate Hotel Venue: glór
The Beyond Borders Book Club is in its third year
and celebrates diversity and inclusivity in all things
books. Join Jessica Traynor, Sarah Clancy and Rehan
Ali to celebrate the launch of this very special
anthology which calls for an end to direct provision.
As we approach 20 years of direct provision in
Ireland, this anthology gathers together writing,
photography and visual art by those in direct
provision and seeks to create new correspondences
between these artists and Irish writers. Those
featured include Evgeny Shtorn, Annemarie Ní
Churreáin, Stephen Sexton, Hina Khan, Heidar Al-
Hashimi, and many more.
All proceeds from book sales go to MASI – the
Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland.
A rare chance to see a dramatic reading of the acclaimed one-man play by celebrated
performance poet, and 2020 Booker Prize judge, Lemn Sissay. Something Dark tells the
story of Lemn Sissay’s upbringing in children’s homes and foster care, and the search for his
family and true identity. Originally directed by John McGrath (National Theatre of Wales/
MIF), Something Dark has been performed throughout the world to great critical acclaim. It
was adapted for BBC Radio 3, and has been described as ‘stunning.’ Lemn Sissay is a BAFTA
nominated award winning writer, international poet, performer, playwright, artist and
broadcaster. He was awarded an MBE for services to literature by The Queen of England.
Along with Chimamanda Ngoze Adichie and Margaret Atwood he won a Pen Pinter Prize
in 2019. He was the first poet commissioned to write for the London Olympics and poet of
the FA Cup.
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Saturday
Sarah Moss
The Seven Sisters in conversation
Poetry Reading with Seán Rocks
Time: 5pm Time: 8pm
Ticket Price: Free Ticket Price: €15/€13
Venue: Record Break Café Venue: glór
The ‘Seven Sisters’ is a group of female poets, Sarah Moss has been described
gathered together, to address gender imbalance in the by The Independent as one of
representation of Irish writers, enticed by the idea that the ‘very best contemporary
a cogent response is imperative. Women poets orate for novelists.’ She is the author
ten minutes each, sharing from their own work, as well of six novels, including Cold
as work from 18th to 21st Century Irish Females. Earth, Night Waking, Bodies of
Light, Signs for Lost Children, and
The Tidal Zone. Her most recent
Clare Voices: A Journey in novel is the international best-
Music, Food and Friendship selling Ghost Wall. She also
writes non-fiction about travel,
with Mike Hanrahan nature and place. Her memoir
about living in Iceland is Names
Time: 6pm for the Sea, and her work is
Ticket Price: €10/€8 translated into many languages.
Venue: St. Columba’s Church She is in conversation with
From the early days of his music with Stockton’s Wing to RTÉ Arena presenter Seán Rocks.
training at Ballymaloe Cookery School, food and music This event is kindly supported
have been parallel lines that have kept Mike Hanrahan on by The Ennis Book Shop
track his entire life. Mike takes us backstage and into the
kitchens of a bohemian, international and surprisingly
foodie group of Irish household names, including Ronnie
Drew, Finbar Furey, Maura O’Connell, Leslie Dowdall, Pat
Shortt, Eleanor Shanley and Sharon Shannon.
Festival Club
This event is kindly supported by Essilor with Pat O’Connor
Time: 10pm
Gerry Hanberry Ticket Price: Free
Time: 6.30pm Venue: Rowan Tree Café
Ticket Price: Free but ticketed Join us for some traditional
Venue: Scéal Éile music with Pat O’Connor, a fiddle
Gerard Hanberry is an award-winning poet, author and player from Feakle in East Clare
musician. His fourth collection of poems What Our Shoes whose music has the moderate
Say About Us was published in 2014 by Salmon Poetry. pace and easy flow associated
He also writes non-fiction. His most recent work is On with the East Clare tradition.
Raglan Road – Great Irish Love Songs and the Women Enjoy with snacks provided by
Who Inspired Them (The Collins Press / Gill, 2016). It the Rowan Tree and made with
combines his two great interests – music and literature. local produce.
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Sunday Miscellany
The Curious Incident Time: 11.30am
Ticket Price: €15/€13
of the Downward Venue: glór
Facing Dog
A yoga class for readers and writers
with Paula McGrath
Time: 9am – 10am
Ticket Price: €12
Venue: Ennis Yoga Studio
This class will guide readers and anyone
who spends long hours at a desk through
some of her favourite slump-countering Sunday Miscellany returns to EBCF in 2020 for a special recording of the iconic
postures. Suitable for all levels of yoga Sunday morning radio show. The programme’s new radio essays and occasional
experience. poems, interspersed with complementary music, capture our times, passions and
curiosities. With contributions from new and established writers alike, Sunday
Miscellany has been a part of Sunday mornings since 1968. It is essential listening to
many thousands across Ireland and more around the world. Expect magical readings,
and music that will transport you.
Sing to Connect
with Maria Wood
Time: 10am – 11am
Ticket Price: Free but ticketed
Venue: Maguire Suite,
Old Ground Hotel Literary Lunch: Éanna Ní
How do we draw out our own authentic Lamhna in conversation with
voices? As a singer, a speaker, a poet,
a writer and most importantly as a
Gavin Grace
day to day human being, how do we Time: 1.30pm
find the well spring of our experiences Ticket Price: €22 (includes lunch)
and wisdom and give it a path, an Venue: Temple Gate Hotel
exit point so that it may be savoured
by our community. Learn how to Don’t miss this chance to hear one of Ireland’s
connect with your own ordinary voice. leading environmentalists, Éanna Ní Lamhna,
Learn to spot the moments of beauty in conversation with Clare FM’s Gavin Grace.
within your imperfections. Maria Éanna is a botanist by profession and has one of
Wood of singtoconnect.com leads you the most recognisable voices on Irish radio. She
through fun exercises and very simple is noted for her passionate and no-nonsense
community songs which will uplift and approach to environmental matters.
inspire and hopefully encourage you to
The perfect way to bring your weekend to a
value the depths of your own voice as
close.
it is now.
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Date: Tue 3rd March
Time: 10am – 11am
Ticket Price: Free
Venue: DeValera Library
An inspirational talk for young adults that will include advice on coping strategies, positive
mental health and building resilience.
Teen Week In association with Clare County Library Services
We’re delighted to be teaming up again with Clare County Library to offer readings and Brian Conaghan – his books & inspiration
workshops with award-winning poets and young adult authors. Events will take place in
Date: Wed 4th March
glór, De Valera Public Library, Ennis and Scariff Library. Please note all library events to
be booked by ringing De Valera Library on 065 6846353 & Scariff Library on 061-922893 Time: 10am – 11am in DeValera Library Ticket Price: Free
Places limited so early booking is advised. 12.30pm – 1.30pm in Scariff Library Ticket Price: Free
The award-winning young adult writer, Brian Connaghan, will discuss his work, his writing
DATE & TIME EVENT PAGE and his inspiration. Transition year students are invited to hear Brian read from his books
Tue 03 Mar @ 10 What's your Everest? with John Burke 21
and the writing process.
Wed 04 Mar @ 10 Brian Conaghan his books & inspiration 21
Wed 04 Mar @ 11.15 Bi-lingual writing workshop with Meadhbh Ní Eadhra 21
Wed 04 Mar @ 12.30 Brian Conaghan his books & inspiration 21 Bi-lingual (Irish/English) writing workshop with
Wed 04 Mar @ 2.15
Thurs 05 Mar @ 10
Bi-lingual writing workshop with Meadhbh Ní Eadhra
Children’s Book Club author Catherine Doyle
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Meadhbh Ní Eabhra
Fri 06 Mar @ 10.30 Rosita Boland & Zainab Boladale discuss Careers and Media 22 Date: Wed 4th March
Fri 06 Mar @ 12 New Word Order event 23 Time: 11.15am – 12.45pm in DeValera Library Ticket Price: Free
Fri 06 Mar @ 11 What I've Learned about Writing and Creativity with Sarah Webb 24
2.15pm – 3.45pm in Scariff Library Ticket Price: Free
Sat 07 Mar @ 10 The One with the Waggily Tail: Rhymes, Games... with Sarah Webb 24
Sat 07 Mar @ 3.30 Blazing a Trail and Dare to Dream: Relaxed Event with Sarah Webb 24 Meadhbh Ní Eadhra is an award-winning author from Connemara who has published three
Mon 09 Mar @ 10 Sarah Moore Fitzgerald - author visit 25 Irish-language novels for young people, Rua, Fáinne Fí Fífí and Faye, and is an experienced
Mon 09 Mar @ 2 Sarah Moore Fitzgerald - author visit 25 facilitator of workshops who enjoys giving young people the opportunity and the space to
be creative and to express themselves through writing.
Children’s Book Club Author Catherine Doyle
Date: Thur 5th March
Time: 10am – 11am
Ticket Price: Free
Venue: DeValera Library
Fifth and sixth class students will discuss award winning author Catherine Doyle’s The
Storm Keeper’s Island, an adventure story about family, bravery and self-discovery.
It is set on the magical island of Arranmore and is inspired by her ancestors’ real-life
daring sea rescues. They will then meet with Catherine & discuss the book with her.
GLÓR BOX OFFICE (065) 684 3103 20 www.EnnisBookClubFestival.com #EBCF2020Rosita Boland and New Word Order Poetry Project
Zainab Boladale in Date: Fri 6th March
Time: 12pm
conversation on their Ticket Price: Free but ticketed
career paths and media Venue: glór
Date: Fri 6th March Meet some of the Clare’s next generation of poets from The New Word Order poetry project
Time: 10.30am – 11.30am facilitated by poet Stephen Murray and dramatist Zara Starr Madden and presented by
the Clare Arts Office. Topics include the environment, mental health awareness, sexuality,
Ticket Price: Free but ticketed
identity or the frustrations of inheriting the catastrophic problems left by the generations
Venue: glór
before them. This is a great opportunity to hear the voices of Clare’s next generation.
Are you interested in a career in the
media? How has working in media
evolved in recent years? Two of Ireland’s
finest journalists come from Ennis. Rosita
Boland, the 2018 Newsbrands Journalist
of the Year, and Zainab Boladale, 2017
DCU Hybrid Awards Journalist of the
Year, come together to talk about the
similarities and differences in their
professional career paths. They will chat
about their influences, their passions,
what it takes to be a great journalist and
other jobs they have had in the media.
Recently, Rosita published her travel
memoir and we will hear how these
experiences have influences her work.
In 2019, Zainab co-launched Beyond
Representation which creates visilibity
and opportunity for women of colour
excelling in their chosen career field.
Both will talk about life in the public eye
and how they deal with the attention,
scrutiny and sometimes the trolls. This
event will inspire and educate students
on a life in media and journalism, career
change, diversity and standing out from
the crowd. It’s not to be missed.
This event is kindly supported by
Specsavers
GLÓR BOX OFFICE (065) 684 3103 22 www.EnnisBookClubFestival.com #EBCF2020What I’ve Learned about Writing Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
and Creativity with Sarah Webb Discusses A Strange Kind of Brave
Date: Fri 6th March Time: 11am – 12.30pm Date: Mon 9th March
Ticket Price: Free Venue: Scariff Library Time: 10am – 11.30am in DeValera Library
2pm – 3.30pm in Scariff Library
First year students are invited to a talk and creative writ-
ing workshop by award-winning writer and book review- Ticket Price: Free
er, Sarah Webb, whose books include the best-selling Ask
Amy Green series for teenagers and Blazing a Trail: Irish
Women who Changed the World (illustrated by Lauren
O’Neill), which won an Irish Book Award. Her latest book is
Dare to Dream: Irish People Who Took On the World (and
Won!), illustrated by Graham Corcoran. Sarah also teaches
creative writing to adults, children and teenagers and runs
writing clubs.
The One with the Waggily Tail:
Rhymes, Games and Craft with Sarah Webb
Date: Sat 7th March Time: 10 – 10.45am Price: Free but ticketed Venue: Studio at glór
Join award-winning children’s writer, Sarah Webb for this interactive dog- themed event for
the whole family. Revisit favourite childhood rhymes and songs such as How Much is That
Doggie in the Window? and B-I-N-G-O!, discover new ones from Ireland and beyond (includ-
ing some written by Sarah), and create your own dog to take home with you. Bring a toy dog
with you if you like (or any other toy animal) to join in the fun! Age 4 to 7 and their families.
This event is kindly supported by Supermac’s
Blazing a Trail and Dare to Dream Relaxed Event
Interactive Workshop with award-winning children’s writer, Sarah Webb
Date: Sat 7th March Time: 3.30 – 4.15pm Price: Free but ticketed Venue: Studio at glór “Poignant, gripping and with a twist you won’t see coming” read the reviews of A Strange
Kind of Brave by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald. Her latest novel for teens is a story about the
This relaxed event is for children with autism spectrum conditions and their families so they power of fear and the resilience of love.
can enjoy the arts together in a stress-free environment. Find out about some of Ireland’s
most remarkable women and men in this interactive event which includes history, dressing Sarah Moore Fitzgerald is an award-winning novelist, teacher and professor based at the
up and acting, especially adapted to suit children with additional needs. First Sarah will talk University of Limerick where she teaches on the MA course in creative writing. She has
about what it means to be brave. Then she will introduce some of the remarkable people been shortlisted for the CBI book of the year, the Waterstone’s prize, Scotland’s Red Book
from Irish history who feature in her latest books. The families will dress up as some of the Award and for the Irish Book Awards. Her fiction has been translated into sixteen languag-
historic figures and act out a short scene from their lives. All optional! They will then dictate es, including Japanese, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Polish, Swedish and Norwegian.
or write their own poem or story or draw a picture about being brave. Workshop Age 8+ Her books for young adults published to date are Back to Blackbrick, The Apple Tart of
Hope, and most recently A Strange Kind of Brave (2019).
This event is kindly supported by Supermac’s
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NOW OPEN ON FRANCIS ST. ENNIS 065 670 3767 • info@amq.ie • www.amq.ieOrganising Team Ennis Book Club Festival 2020
Bridget Ginnity Paul Perry
Cora Gunter Michael Conneely
Nollag MacNamara Catherine O’Brien
Bríd Hayes Ita Lawton
Emily O’Dwyer
The committee can be contacted at info@ennisbookclubfestival.com and 087 972 3647.
Former Committee Members
The reputation of the Ennis Book Club Festival has been built up over many years by a
range of different people who have given freely of their time and dedication to ensure
the success of the Festival. Former Organising Committee members include: Patricia
Callaly, Ciana Campbell, Mary Donnelly, Mary Henchy, Mary Kenneally, Ann Knox, Cathy
McDermott, Ruth McDonnell, Emer O’Connell, Frances O’Gorman, Catherine O’Hara, Paula
Sheils & Helen Walsh. We would like to thank them for their continued support.
In producing EBCF 2020,
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