Kevin Barry, Clare Kilroy, and Paul Murray
read from their work
Thursday, December 2nd at 7pm
Glucksman Ireland House NYU
Ireland’s literary reputation is well-established and internationally recognized. It is held as a most precious resource in Ireland’s efforts to reach its diaspora and in encouraging interest and investment in Irish culture.
We invite you to meet some of Ireland’s most gifted young writers who are fast establishing international reputations, Claire Kilroy, Paul Murray and Kevin Barry read from their recent works, All Names Have Been Changed, Skippy Dies, and There Are Little Kingdoms.
About the authors
Kevin Barry was born in Limerick in 1969 and now lives in Dublin. He writes sketches and columns for the Sunday Herald in Glasgow and the Irish Examiner in Cork. He has written about travel and literature for The Guardian, The Irish Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, and many other publications. He was awarded the 2007 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for this There Are Little Kingdoms.
Claire Kilroy was born in Dublin in 1973. Her novels are All Summer (London, Faber & Faber 2003); Tenderwire (Faber & Faber 2006/New York, Harvest Books 2006); and All Names Have Been Changed (Faber, 2009). All Summer won the 2004 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and was shortlisted for the 2004 Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. She lives in Dublin.
Paul Murray is the author of An Evening of Long Goodbyes, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award in 2003 and is published by Penguin. Skippy Dies is his second novel, just longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He lives in Dublin.
Introductions by Glucksman Ireland House Associate Director Eileen Reilly.