38th Listowel Writers' Week 2008 | May 28 - June 1

last update: 17 april, 2008

20.00 Official Opening of Writers' Week 2008
Arms Hotel
23.00 Fireworks Extravaganza
The Castle
11.00 RTE Sunday Miscellany –
Recorded Live from Writers’ Week
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
11.00 Art Exhibition by Ann Dwyer - Isolation
Seanchai Literary
& Cultural Centre
11.30 Readings from the Winners of the Writers' Week Literary Competitions
Arms Hotel
12.00 Art Exhibition
by Maurice Hannon & Damien O’Connell
Lartigue Musem
13.00 Lunchtime Theatre –
Melody by Tall Tales Theatre Company
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
14.00 A Reading by Anne Enright
Arms Hotel
15.30 A Reading by Hugo Hamilton
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
16.30 Reading by Lloyd Jones
Seanchai Literary
& Cultural Centre
17.30 Lecture by Diarmaid Ferriter
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
19.00 A Reading by Seamus Heaney
Arms Hotel
20.00 Film Club - Things We Lost In The Fire
Classic Cinema
20.30 Evening Theatre –
Married to the Sea by Dragonfly Theatre
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
20.30 Literary Pub Trail
Arms Hotel
21.00 Poet’s Corner
Kingdom Bar
12.00 Art Exhibition by Gemma Billington
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
12.30 Book Launch –
Gabriel Fitzmaurice & Eileen Sheehan
Plaza Centre
13.00 Lunchtime Theatre –
The Humour of the Troubles
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
14.00 Reading by Julian Gough
Arms Hotel
15.00 Reading by Tessa Hadley
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
17.30 The Amnesty Event
Arms Hotel
18.30 Book Launches by Billy Roche & Caroline Lynch
Plaza Centre
19.30 Lecture by Stanton Peele
Arms Hotel
20.00 Film Club - Be Kind Rewind
Classic Cinema
20.30 Evening Theatre – Faith Healer
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
23.00 Film Club - I'm Not There
Classic Cinema
12.00 A Reading by Zoe Margolis
Seanchai Literary
& Cultural Centre
13.00 Lunchtime Theatre – Whacker Murphy
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
14.00 The Literary & Historical Tour
departing from
The Square
14.00 A Reading by Pat Boran
Seanchai Literary
& Cultural Centre
15.00 A Lecture by David McWilliams
Arms Hotel
16.30 A Reading by Mary Lawson
Seanchai Literary
& Cultural Centre
17.30 A Lecture by Brett Paesel
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
19.00 A Reading by John Banville
Arms Hotel
20.00 Film Club - My Blueberry Nights
Classic Cinema
20.30 Evening Theatre –
Dry Rot by The Glens Theatre, Banteer
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
21.30 The Final of the Adult Story Telling Competition
Arms Hotel
23.00 Film Club - Talk To Me
Classic Cinema
11.00 A Mess of Metres by Paddy Fitzgibbon
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
13.00 A Reading by John Boyne
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
14.30 A Reading by John F Deane
Arms Hotel
16.00 A Treasury of Poetry
St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre
17.30 Maureen’s Poet’s Corner
The Mermaids Bar & Restaurant
19.30 Kerry Memories by Bertha Beatty
Seanchai Literary
& Cultural Centre
20.00 Film Club - Margot At The Wedding
Classic Cinema
20.30

Evening Theatre - Softly, Softly, Catchee Snake
& Is there Balm in Gilead?

St John’s Theatre
& Arts Centre

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