March 7: International Women’s Day at the Linenhall

To celebrate International Women’s Day on Wednesday 7th March, the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar, Co. Mayo will host an evening of readings and conversation by writers Lisa McInerney and Sinéad Gleeson, hosted by Tramp’s Lisa Coen.

Lisa McInerney’s debut novel The Glorious Heresies won the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction and the 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize. Her second novel, The Blood Miracles, will be published in April. Her work has featured in Winter Papers, The Stinging Fly, Granta and on BBC Radio 4. She was recently longlisted for the Sunday Times short story award.

Sinéad Gleeson’s essays have appeared in Granta, Banshee and Winter Papers. Her short story ‘Counting Bridges’ was published in the 2016 anthology Looking at the Stars. She is working on a non-fiction collection and is the editor of award-winning short story anthologies, including The Long Gaze Back and The Glass Shore.

 

If you’re in Castlebar, please join us and bring questions/comments for the authors!

For more information and to book tickets, click here.