Reading and conversation with novelist John Banville

James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Photo by by Douglas Banville Award-winning Irish novelist John Banville reads from his work followed by a conversation with Princeton’s Howard G.B. Clark '21 University Professor in the Humanities Paul Muldoon on Friday, September 20. The event will take place at the James Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau Street on the Princeton University Campus … Continue reading "Reading and conversation with novelist John Banville"

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Reading by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

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Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Professor emeritus in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin and winner of the 2020 Irish Times/Poetry Now Award, reads her poetry as part of Princeton University’s 2020-21 Fund for Irish Studies series.

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Reading by Danielle McLaughlin

James M. Stewart '32 Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton

The Fund for Irish Studies presents a reading by Windham-Campbell Prize-winning fiction writer Danielle McLaughlin on April 8, 2022.

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The News from Dublin: A Reading by Colm Tóibín

James M. Stewart '32 Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton

Photo by Reynaldo Revera In a special event for the Fund for Irish Studies, the acclaimed novelist, playwright and poet Colm Tóibín will read, for the first time, a new story, “The News from Dublin,” and some recent poems. Colm Tóibín is one of the most widely acclaimed and admired of contemporary novelists. Born in … Continue reading "The News from Dublin: A Reading by Colm Tóibín"

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Lecture & Reading by Barry McCrea

James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Award-winning writer Barry McCrea will give a brief talk on “Language and the Irish Novel” followed by a reading from his novel-in-progress Miracle at Thorn Island. Introduced by Visiting Leonard L. Milberg ’52 Professor in Irish Letters Fintan O’Toole.

Lecture & Reading by Louise Kennedy

James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

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.

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Reading by Colm Tóibín

James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

International bestselling and award-winning writer Colm Tóibín reads from his work as part of the 2024-25 Fund for Irish Studies Series. Tóibín is the author of 11 novels including Long Island, The Heather Blazing, Nora Webster, House of Names, The Blackwater Lightship (shortlisted for the BookerPrize), The Master, and Brooklyn, which was made into a film starring Saoirse Ronan … Continue reading "Reading by Colm Tóibín"

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Reading by Niall Williams

Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

A reading by Irish novelist and playwright Niall Williams, author of several novels, including This is Happiness, History of the Rain, and the recently published Time of the Child. Free; no tickets required.

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