Irish Literature Festival
Bangor, 23-27 September 2015
A celebration of the written word through
poetry, prose, journalism, song-writing,
theatre and much more.
Guest Curators
For the Festival programme, we considered storytelling from all angles; to be
performed aloud, played and sung, conjured from memory, adapted from foreign
tongues, listened to communally, invented on the spot, reinvented by others,
navigated by dead reckoning across disciplines and dialects. We are believers in the
power of narrative to transform the local and everyday into fantastical other spaces.
BROWN&BRÍ is our collaborative curatorial and artistic practice. We work with people
across artforms and disciplines and are most interested in the intersections where
it’s possible for new languages to be invented. We are interested in theatricality and
staging in art, and the honesty of fiction. Since 2009 we have worked together as
artists, curators and programmers, exploring subjects as diverse as vacancy in Belfast
city centre, and the gradient mathematics of orbits and of harmony.
Rachel Brown & Brighdín Farren
Coffee Cure
The Museum
HELLO AND WELCOME
As Aspects celebrates its 24th year, we are pleased to present a diverse and exciting
programme showcasing the wealth of local talent along with Aspects favourites and
special guests.
This year Aspects presents events from spoken word to crime, theatre to comics and
from history to poetry. The thread woven through all of them is that at their core, they
are telling a story.
In addition to high quality reading events, we also have a range of workshops
and discussions that will support and assist the next budding writer trying to get
published, write for the large and small screen as well as creative children’s classes.
Our festival marquee is located right in the centre of Bangor at Project 24 and some of
the highlights at it include poet Michael Longley, best-selling author Sheila O’Flanagan
and one of the UK’s most respected spoken word artists, Polarbear.
This year we invited guest curator’s Brown and Bri to take a multi-disciplinary
approach to a few of our events. They looked at story-telling from all angles and
programming included the Beckett play, The End, the premiere of a new production of
The Metamorphosis and the festival finale, The Supper Room.
Aspects Irish Literature Festival is about writing in its many forms and we hope that
the programme will interest, inspire and entertain you.
Aspects Festival Team
Young Aspects
At Aspects, encouraging young writers is something we value very highly and
our annual Young Writers Showcase is an important part of the Young Aspects
programme. Often inspired by the Writers in Schools events, pupils in the area are
selected by their teachers to read a new piece of writing and we are delighted to
showcase their work in the Festival Marquee along with special guests.
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2-27 September Dis-ease: An exhibition of photography and poetry
Sync Space
Free event
Poet, Moyra Donaldson and photographic artist, Victoria J. Dean met in 2010.
Interested in expanding and challenging their individual practices they collaborated
across the disciplines of poetry and visual arts.
The theme, spans concepts of disease, unease or discomfort. The exhibition consists
of a series of images combined with poems or extracts from poems.
Moyra Donaldson is one of the country’s most distinctive and accomplished writers.
Victoria J. Dean has exhibited locally and internationally and her work is held in the
Arts Council of Northern Ireland Collection and a number of private collections in the
UK and Ireland.
Exhibition continues until Sunday 27 September
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Saturday 19 September, 10am – 1pm
Screen Writing Workshop
with Colin Bateman
Bangor Carnegie Library
£20
Colin Bateman, one of the UK and Ireland’s leading writers for film and TV, conducts a
masterclass for anyone who has ever dreamed of writing for the screen. This will be a
hands-on experience for new writers interested in finding out how the movie and TV
businesses work and how to set about creating their screenplay. All you need to bring
is an open mind and something to write on.
Colin Bateman wrote the screenplay for his first movie Divorcing Jack in 1997 and since
then has gone on to work regularly on the large and small screens. He created the
long-running BBC show Murphy’s Law for James Nesbitt and most recently wrote two
series of the Irish language newspaper drama Scoop (Scup) for TG4/BBC. Shooting is
about to begin on his new feature film, The Journey, starring Timothy Spall.
This masterclass is strictly limited to a maximum of 20 writers and the over 18s.
No previous screenwriting experience is necessary.
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Wednesday 23 September, 2pm
New Writing
Helen Nicholl
North Down Museum
£5
Helen Nicholl reading from and in conversation about her new book.
The Traveller’s Guide to Love is Helen Nicholl’s writing debut. It tells the story of finding
love again. Set in the countryside of Strangford and Downpatrick, this funny and warm
novel highlights the complexities of love, a jealous estranged wife, a daughter’s wedding
and a sceptical friend. A funny, tender and warm story about finding love again.
Helen Nicholl was born and brought up in South Africa. She came to London in 1970
and lived and worked in England and Northern Ireland before moving with her family
to Zimbabwe for eighteen years. In 2000 she returned to Belfast where she managed
a charity bookshop until she retired in 2015. Happily settled in Holywood, she and her
partner keep open house for their extended family and friends, but still travel at every
opportunity.
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Wednesday 23 September, 6pm
Crime Panel
North Down Museum
£8
A panel discussion including crime writers Jason Johnson and Kelly Creighton. They will
discuss the state of Irish crime fiction, where it has come from and where it’s going to,
as well as talking about their recent releases and what they are currently working on.
Jason Johnson is a Northern Ireland-based journalist and author. His debut novel,
Woundlicker (2005), was a ferociously raw story set in fraught Belfast times. His
second book, Alina (2006), won him a reputation for his distinctively gritty style of
writing. His third book, Sinker (2014) built on that reputation, with the Irish Independent
hailed it, “a jolt to the senses”. Aloysius Tempo, 2015 is his fourth novel.
Newtownards author Kelly Creighton, whose 2015 debut novel, The Bones of It, is set
in County Down post-Troubles. Described by fellow crime writer Brian McGilloway as
‘a brilliant crime debut, chilling, compulsive and beautifully written’, The Bones of It
should also appeal to fans of Patrick McCabe’s The Butcher Boy.
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Wednesday 23 September, 8pm
Michael Longley
Festival Marquee, Project 24
£10
Aspects Irish Literature Festival is delighted to welcome Michael Longley back to discuss
and read from his most recent collections of poems, The Stairwell and Sea Asters
Michael Longley has long been acknowledged as one of our greatest living poets:
Seamus Heaney once described him as ‘a keeper of the artistic estate, a custodian of
griefs and wonders’. Among Michael’s awards and prizes are the Whitbread Award,
the TS Eliot Prize and the Irish Times Now Poetry Award. He received the Queen’s Gold
Medal for Poetry in 2001, and in 2003 the Wilfred Owen Award. He was the Ireland
Professor of Poetry, 2007-2010, appointed a CBE in 2010 and is a member of Aosdana.
He has published ten collections of
poems, the latest of which, The Stairwell,
was shortlisted for the 2014 TS Eliot Prize
and was the winner of the International
Griffin Prize for Poetry in 2015.
In his tenth collection of poems Michael
Longley writes of birth as well as death,
childhood and age, nature and art, the
animal and human worlds, tenderness
and violence, battlefield and ‘homeland’.
Longley has built this collection on
intricate doublings; the second part
of the book is a powerful sequence of
elegies for his twin brother, Peter, and
elsewhere the dominant mood is elegiac.
The Stairwell is a book by a major poet
writing at the height of his powers.”
In 2015 Michael Longley was granted
the freedom of his native city of Belfast.
The honour is in recognition of his
contribution to literature and to the
cultural life of Belfast.
“Michael Longley … one of the finest lyric poets of our century.” John Burnside
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© Bobby Hanvey
Thursday 24 September, 7pm
Marie-Louise Muir
Bangor Carnegie Library
Free event
Join Marie-Louise Muir as she talks about her favourite Irish books.
Expect to hear Dracula share the stage with The Commitments or PS! I love you with
The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. To quote Marie-Louise “This is about what
has floated my boat reading. This isn’t my definitive list of the great Irish novel, nor is
it an academic thesis. These are books that I read from childhood until just last week,
stories full of characters and colour, plot lines and passion that gripped me, moved me
and have stayed with me”.
Each book is different, unique and compelling, but there is a strong undercurrent of an
Irish storytelling voice that anchors all these many stories and voices to this island.
Marie-Louise Muir currently presents Arts Extra and the flagship classical music
programme Sounds Classical both on BBC Radio Ulster.
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Thursday 24 September, 7.30pm
The Metamorphosis
Bangor Castle
£8
Aspects is delighted to present the premiere of The Metamorphosis, a new production
by Colin Reid & Reggie Chamberlain-King.
100 years ago, Franz Kafka published the only significant work made available in
his lifetime - indeed, the closest thing he would write to an autobiography - The
Metamorphosis. In the surreal short story, Mr. Samsa, the commercial traveller,
becomes a strange creature at night, whilst, elsewhere in Prague, Mr. Kafka, the
strange author, becomes an insurance clerk by day.
“Late one morning, as Gregor Samsa awoke from unsettling dreams, he discovered
himself, in his own bed, changed into a gigantic insect.”
In a new translation by writer Reggie Chamberlain-King, The Metamorphosis becomes
an ensemble piece for guitars, violins, readers, and drone machines. Following the
success of his critically-acclaimed adaptation of ‘The Third Policeman’ with Stephen
Rea, the music is composed by Colin Reid, with visuals by comic artist, Debbie
McCormack. It is funny, touching, and hypnotic reconciliation between the writer and
his story.
© Debbie McCormack
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Thursday 24 September, 9pm
The Lifeboat
The Salty Dog Kitchen Garden
Free Event
The Lifeboat is a monthly reading series hosted by Stephen Connolly and Manuela
Moser in Belfast, pairing an established poet with a new poet. It launched in February
2013 in The Galley Cafe and has featured Michael Longley, Ciaran Carson, Leontia
Flynn, Miriam Gamble, Sinéad Morrissey, Sam Riviere and many more.
For each reading the Lifeboat presents a small printed selection of work by the new
poet. These are produced in very short print runs and sold at the events for £1, with all
profits going directly to the new poet.
Aspects is delighted to welcome The Lifeboat to Bangor in the appropriately nautical
setting of the Salty Dog Hotel. This outdoor venue has heaters, blankets and canopies
however if a storm comes we will move indoors. Wrap up warm!
www.lifeboatbelfast.co.uk
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© David Barker
Friday 25 September, 2pm
My Writing Life; Why Bother?
Ian Sanson and Carlo Gébler in conversation.
North Down Museum
£6
Expect an interesting and lively discussion with stories and anecdotes, giving a unique
insight into the life of a writer.
Ian Sanson is English born but a long time Bangor resident. He is a leading academic,
reviewer for the national press, the author of the highly popular Mobile Library Mystery
Series and a new series which gloriously mixes tourism and murder, The Country
Guides, whose second instalment is Death in Devon.
A prolific writer, Sansom’s essays and reviews have appeared in numerous magazines
and journals, including The New York Times.
Carlo Gébler’s writing covers many different genres, including novels, memoir, history,
short-stories, travel, children’s books and for television. He is the author of several
novels including, The Dead Eight (2011), which was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish
Fiction Award.
He has written extensively in publications such as the Critical Quarterly, The
Dublin Review, Fiction Magazine, The Financial Times, The Guardian, and The Irish
Independent. Carlo is a members Aosdána.
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Friday 25 September, 6pm
The Faerie Thorn and Other Stories
Book Launch
North Down Museum
Free event
Join us for the launch of The Faerie Thorn and Other Stories, a new collection of short
stories by debut author Jane Talbot.
Jane’s writing is inspired by the local landscape and its myths, legends and folktales.
All of the stories in this debut collection feature real places in Northern Ireland – such
as Bushmills, Murlough Bay, Banagher glen and Dunseverick Harbour.
The Faerie Thorn and other stories depicts Ireland as a mysterious place full of faerie
queens, enchanted forests, sly trolls and evil witches, where magic balances all things,
light and dark. This dazzling collection will enchant, bewitch and intrigue, marking
Jane Talbot’s place as a unique new voice in Irish writing.
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Friday 25 September, 7.30pm
The End by Samuel Beckett
Presented by Gare St Lazare Players
SERC College Theatre
£12
The End is a short story by Samuel Beckett which he began in English and finished
in French. In it a man recounts an episode late in his life when, having been expelled
from an institution of care, he finds his own way in the world. He meets a variety of
characters and situations before finally lying down to let life ebb away.
It is one of Beckett’s most complete, most compelling and most beautiful works.
“At this stage, having seen nearly all of their profoundly moving interpretations of
Beckett, all attempts at restrained objectivity go out the window. Conor Lovett has
refined his technique and his empathy to a degree, which surely makes him one of the
world’s leading interpreters of the work.” Sunday Independent
“Such a pleasing triumph.” New York Times.
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Friday 25 September, 9pm
An evening of poetry, stories and song
Len Graham, Ciaran Carson & Deirdre Carson
Bangor Castle
£8
Len Graham, one of Ulster’s finest
performers and collectors of story and
song, will be joined by acclaimed poet
Ciaran Carson and musician Deirdre
Carson for an evening of poetry, story
and music.
This is a very special opportunity to
appreciate the artistry and musicianship
of three exceptional performers. Each
highly skilled and fluent in their art,
they maintain a great spontaneity in an
artistic conversation that has spanned
roughly three decades, and which draws
on centuries of tradition.
Len Graham has gained an international
reputation, not only for his inimitable
singing style, but also for the breadth
of his knowledge of Irish folk music. He
performs traditional song in English, Irish
and Ulster Scots, with memories from a
lifetime of collecting and performing.
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Ciaran Carson has written many books of
poetry, translation and prose, including
Last Night’s Fun (Jonathan Cape, 1998), a
book about traditional music. His latest,
From Elsewhere (Gallery Press, 2014),
consists of translations from the French
poet Jean Follain, paired with poems
inspired by the translations. He has
won many literary awards, including the
Forward Prize and the T.S.Eliot Prize. He
is a member of Aosdána and is a Fellow
of the Royal Society for Literature.
Deirdre Carson initially learned the fiddle
from her father Paddy Shannon, and has
been influenced by the fiddle styles of
Sligo and Leitrim. She and Ciaran have
been making music together for near on
forty years.
Saturday 26 September, 10am
Comic Workshop
with Andy Hamilton
Bangor Carnegie Library
£5
For over 25 years, local artist and illustrator Andy Hamilton has been illustrating for
books and drawing cartoon strips. His creations will be familiar to children all over the
world in books, websites and magazines as varied as the Beano and RSPB’s Wingbeat.
This workshop will be jam-packed with fun exercises to help aspiring cartoonists bring
their stories to life.
No experience necessary. Just bring your ideas!
Drawing materials will be provided
Suitable for ages 7 and up
Children must be accompanied by an adult
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Saturday 26 September, 1pm
The Chinaman of Marlborough Street,
Khaki Roberts and me
A performative lecture by Dr Daniel Jewesbury
Bangor Castle
£6
In 2012 artist and writer Daniel Jewesbury
began researching the carved heads on
the facades of many of Belfast’s finest
Victorian buildings. He uncovered the
story of a family of almost-forgotten
artisans, the three Fitzpatrick brothers,
who, for a brief period, were Belfast’s
most prolific and most original sculptors.
He also found that the story often
returned to his researches into his own
family history, connecting the Belfast
Ropeworks, the sinking of the Princess
Victoria off Donaghadee, the Ulster
Covenant, the Nuremberg Trials and Mrs.
Beeton.
Daniel will perform an illustrated
talk, weaving a narrative that passes
through power, money, industry, art and
autobiography. This event will explore
the serendipities and surprises that a
research project can entail, and give an
insight into the working processes of an
experienced writer.
Daniel Jewesbury studied Sculpture at
the National College of Art & Design,
Dublin. He makes film, video and live art,
which has been exhibited internationally.
He is a widely published writer, with
an interest in art, the history of visual
culture, a curator and editor, and an
experienced broadcaster.
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Saturday 26 September, 2pm
Listen, Imagine, Create ….
Boom! Studios
£5
Children aged 7-11 can come along to this fun two hour workshop. The classic
children’s story ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ will be the backdrop to this creative
workshop. Children’s imaginations will be let loose and ideas will be translated to large
drawings and the creation of a three dimensional wonderland.
The workshop will be delivered by Kate Mitchell who has been an illustrator for more
than twenty years.
Materials will be provided
Children must be accompanied by an adult
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Saturday 26 September, 3pm
Children and Young Adult Books
Writing and getting published
North Down Museum
£5
Calling all budding children and young adult authors, have you got a book in you? Join
young adult writer Steven Camden and top children’s literary agent Philippa MilnesSmith as they share invaluable insider advice on how to write and get published.
They will talk about their experience, answer questions, give top tips on creating the
best stories and share industry secrets.
Philippa Milnes-Smith
Managing Director and Children’s and Young Adults, LAW Agency Philippa MilnesSmith, a specialist in children and YA fiction, is rare among agents in being both very
senior and well-established and still positively hungry for debut work. She began her
working life as a publisher, becoming MD at Puffin and a Director of Penguin Books.
She was (remarkably) the first children’s and YA agent to be elected President of the
Association of Authors Agents.
Steven Camden
Children’s writer, play-right, spoken word poet and extremely talented individual!
Steven has published two young adult books, It’s About Love, 2015 and Tape, 2014.
His books have received rave reviews.
‘Truly gripping… a cleverly structured, movingly characterised and powerful tale.’ The
Sunday Times
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Saturday 26 September, 5.30pm
Poetry Reading
with Jon Plunkett and Moyra Donaldson
The Guillemot Cafe
£6
Born in Northern Ireland, Jon Plunkett
now lives and writes in Scotland. His
work has appeared in many poetry
journals, anthologies and literary
magazines including Gutter, Acumen,
Northwords Now and Poetry Scotland.
As well as writing and performing he
has been leading the development of
the Corbenic Poetry Path in the Scottish
Highlands where lines of poetry are
carved in stone, etched in glass, burnt
in wood and installed along the way. He is also organiser of the Loose Tongues, live
poetry limb of The Aberfeldy Festival.
‘Jon Plunkett has a genial way about him that belies the devastation of his words!’
Ash Dickinson - Edinburgh, Cheltenham & BBC Slam Champion
‘Jon is a powerful stage presence...he has a silver tongue that will take him far.’
Chrys Salt MBE
Moyra Donaldson’s poetry, short
fiction and playwriting have garnered
many prizes and much critical acclaim.
Snakeskin Stilettos was reprinted
in America in 2002 by CavanKerry,
bringing her poetry to the attention of an
international audience.
She is a poet who weaves ancient lore
into the fabric of contemporary life,
her work hearkens back, as fellow poet
Mebdh McGuckian notes, to the sensual spirituality of Yeats, while simultaneously
looking clearly and wryly at everyday experience.
Moyra Donaldson has matured into one of the country’s most distinctive and
accomplished writers. Her pamphlet Kissing Ghosts, made many readers aware of her
particular talent for conveying the complexity of human relationships in a spare yet
intimate voice.
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Saturday 26 September, 7pm
Love’s Laebrack Sang
Fealty’s Back Bar
£6
Love’s Laebrack Sang is a reflection on the work of Shetland-based poet Lollie
Graham, with readings by his daughter Ruth Graham. The poems will be interspersed
with live music from Thierry Michel, and a vinyl set from folk afficionado Daniel
Jewesbury.
Most of the poems are in Shetland dialect, as used by Lollie Graham, is speaking in da
Midder tongue without ceremony or pretension and as a way of giving voice to those
whose voices are seldom heard.
Lollie Graham (1924-2009) was a poet, teacher, part-time crofter and socialist from
Shetland. Between 1956 and 1998 Lollie co-edited the New Shetlander magazine with
his older brother John. The New Shetlander has always been a strong advocate for
Shetland dialect and is reputedly Scotland’s longest running literary magazine. The
Graham brothers co-edited the 1998 poetry collection A Shetland Anthology and Lollie
co-edited MacDairmid in Shetland with Brian Smith.
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Saturday 26 September, 9pm
Polarbear
Festival Marquee, Project 24
£5
Born and raised in the city of Birmingham
Steven Camden aka Polarbear is one of
the most respected spoken word artists
in the UK. After the accidental fall into
spoken work, he developed into a fullyfledged spoken work artist known for
delivering stories that make complete
sense. In his unique performances,
language and rhyme patterns from his
Hip-Hop roots combined with the day-today sentiment of a man trying to figure
things out.
the ground. A sharp line in storytelling
and poems. His work has featured on
BBC Radio 1, 3, 4 and 6, and he has
performed around the world from Kuala
Lumpur to California. He leads writing
and performance projects nationally and
internationally and can usually be found
in the kitchen at house parties.
Polarbear will headline this spoken
word event which will also feature local
performance poets.
Funny and compelling, Polarbear is a 21st
century wordsmith with his roots in the
rhythms of hip hop and his feet firmly on
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Sunday 27 September, 1pm
Beckett in the Bar
MacGowran Speaking Samuel Beckett
Fealty’s Back Bar
Free Event
Join us in the bar where we will be dusting off the vinyl and playing a rare recording
of the celebrated Irish actor, Jack MacGowran (1918-1973), reading the work of Samuel
Beckett. Released on Claddagh Records in 1966, the sessions were personally
supervised by Beckett, who bangs a gong at pertinent intervals while his two
sons, John and Edward, play harmonium and flute. It is an atmospheric, warm and
historic recording of a selection of the great man’s work, read by one of his foremost
interpreters.
The record will be introduced by writers and Beckett enthusiasts, Daniel Jewesbury
and Fionola Meredith. Sunday papers and pots of tea will be provided for this informal
listening event.
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Sunday 27 September, 2pm
Ireland’s Call
Festival Marquee, Project 24
£8
Join BBC NI Political Correspondent and
critically acclaimed author Stephen
Walker discussing his newly released
book, Ireland’s Call.
The story follows the fortunes of Irish
sporting heroes who fell in the Great
War. Stephen’s detailed and colourful
narrative includes exploits of men who
had a passion for many different sports
including rugby, football and cricket.
Ireland’s Call presents a moving yet
candid account of how the lives of the
country’s brightest sporting stars ended
in a foreign land.
This unique and comprehensive account
will shed new light on an important
chapter in Ireland’s history when war and
sport collided. Ireland’s Call will appeal to
a wide audience, including sports fans,
lovers of history and those who enjoy
discovering unexpected perspectives on
the lives of past generations.
Stephen Walker has worked as a reporter
for BBC Northern Ireland for 25 years.
One of Northern Ireland’s best known
broadcasters he has been honoured by
the Royal Television Society and by the
Association of European Journalists. In
2005 he was named Northern Ireland
Journalist of the Year.
Introduced by BBC Presenter Mark
Carruthers.
© Bill Brown
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Sunday 27 September, 4pm
Sheila O’Flanagan
Festival Marquee, Project 24
£10
Sheila O’Flanagan is the international number one bestselling author of twenty novels
and three collections of short-stories.
My Mother’s Secret unveils long-buried secrets that threaten to unravel relationships
between family members. On the day of their parent’s surprise wedding anniversary
party, Steffie and her brother and sister realise they may not know everything about
their family. My Mother’s Secret is an engaging, warm and thought-provoking new
novel about a secret that can’t be kept under wraps any longer –whatever the
consequences.
SheiIa says of her audience ‘I didn’t set
out to write for any particular type of
reader, but I suppose I must have had
people like me in mind – people who
have busy lives and who like to escape
into someone else’s for a while’.
Sheila was a bond dealer and financial
journalist whose novels have all been
immediate No. 1 Irish bestsellers. Her
books have been described as ‘necessary
to women as chocolate, and just as
addictive!’ Her last three novels have sold
in excess of 1,000,000 copies in their
British editions. With each publication,
she breaks her record of weeks at No. 1.
Sheila O’Flanagan will discuss her new
book, her approach to writing and will
pass on tips on how to write yourself.
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Sunday 27 September, 7pm
The Supper Room
An orchestrated dining experience
North Down Museum
£25 per person
Taking our cue from infamous literary dinners where public dining provided both
opportunity and guise for deals to be struck, ruses to be hatched, and lovers to meet,
we will host a banquet, of sorts, for 50 guests.
We are inviting you to join us for an evening of dining punctuated with impromptu
readings and rhythm by some surprise attendees.
This Aspects Finale will have toasts and readings from Aspects writers and audience
members are encouraged to give a short toast if and when the moment takes them.
This is a unique experience with a group of people celebrating the written word and
what it means to us!
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Aspects at a glance
Price £
2-27 September
Dis-ease Exhibition
Free
Saturday 19 September
10.00am
Colin Bateman
£20
Wednesday 23 September
2.00pm
6.00pm
8.00pm
Helen Nicholl
Crime Panel
Michael Longley
£5
£8
£10
Thursday 24 September
11.00am
7.00pm
7.30pm
9.00pm
Aspects Showcase
Marie-Louise Muir
The Metamorphosis
The Lifeboat
Free
Free
£8
Free
Friday 25 September
2.00pm
6.00pm
7.30pm
9.00pm
Carlo Gébler and Ian Sansom
Jane Talbot Book Launch
Gare St Lazare
Len Graham and Ciaran Carson
£6
Free
£12
£8
Saturday 26 September
10.00am
1.00pm
2.00pm
3.00pm
5.30pm
7.00pm
9.00pm
Comic workshop
Daniel Jewesbury
Children’s workshop
Children’s/Young Adult’s Book Panel
Moyra Donaldson and Jon Plunkett
Love’s Laebrack Sang
Polarbear
£5
£6
£5
£5
£6
£6
£5
Sunday 27 September
1.00pm
2.00pm
4.00pm
7.00pm
Beckett in the Bar
Stephen Walker Sheila O’Flanagan
The Supper Room
Free
£8
£10
£25
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Booking Information
Online
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North Down Museum:
028 9127 1200
Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4.30pm
Sunday 12noon – 4.30pm
Mondays in August:
10am – 4.30pm
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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9.15am – 5pm
Wednesday & Saturday 10am – 5pm
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soon as you receive them.
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knowing your requirements in advance.
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to make alterations if necessary.
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