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SUMMARY:Lecture & Reading by Louise Kennedy
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning writer Louise Kennedy presents “Trespasses: Fact\, Fiction and Memory\,” a lecture based on her bestselling novel Trespasses\, which won the British Book Awards Debut Novel of the Year\, the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year\, and the McKitterick Prize. Kennedy will read from the book and examine her use of news reports\, family lore and her own childhood memories in creating a fictional account of ordinary lives blighted by sectarian and class conflict. \nKennedy will be introduced by Visiting Leonard L. Milberg ’53 Professor in Irish Letters Fintan O’Toole. \nPart of the fall 2023 Fund for Irish Studies lecture series. \nAbout Louise Kennedy\nPhoto courtesy Louise Kennedy\nKennedy grew up a few miles from Belfast. She holds a PhD from Queens University Belfast\, where she was an inaugural Ciaran Carson Writing and the City Fellow in 2021. Her short story collection\, The End of the World is a Cul de Sac\, won the John McGahern Prize and will be published in the U.S. in December 2023. Her novel\, Trespasses\, was a number one bestseller in 2022 in the U.K. and won the British Book Awards Debut Novel of the Year\, the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year\, and the McKitterick Prize\, and it was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize. Before starting her writing career\, she spent almost thirty years working as a chef. She lives in Sligo\, Ireland. \nTickets & Details\nThe lecture is free and open to the public. No advance tickets or registration required. \nDirections\nGet directions and find venue information for the James Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau Street. \nAccessibility\nThe James Stewart Film Theater is wheelchair accessible. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations. Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or email LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week in advance of the event date.
URL:https://fis.princeton.edu/event/lecture-reading-by-louise-kennedy/
LOCATION:James Stewart Film Theater\, 185 Nassau Street\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Reading
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