Irish Writers' Weekend - Ireland's Islands of the Imagination. Audrey Magee and Emma Donoghue
Channel: British Library
Date: 2023-05-18

This event took place on 26 November 2022. The information below is correct as of the publication date.

Two acclaimed writers both chose to set their newest novels on insular worlds; geographically similar locations off Ireland’s west coast, but centuries apart. Audrey Magee’s The Colony was nominated for this year’s Booker Prize and Irish Novel of the Year and Emma Donoghue's Haven follows in the footsteps of award-winning titles including Room and the newly Netflix-adapted The Wonder. With modern literature specialist Clare Hutton.

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