Claire Keegan has earned a reputation as one of Ireland’s most canonical writers for a body of short fiction that has drawn comparison to the likes of Alice Munro and Anton Chekhov. Her most recent novel, Small Things Like These, was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize and praised as a ‘snowglobe of a story that fits a whole bustling, striving, yearning world into 114 finely wrought pages’ (Sunday Times).
Hear from Keegan as she talks with ABC RN’s Kate Evans about her career, the value of restraint in her writing, and why she favours tension over drama.
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20% early-bird discount until 11.59pm, Thursday 6 April
Flexible refund policy
Community tickets for First Nations peoples
Convenient public transport and parking options
Coffee, bars and dining options nearby
Readings bookshops available plus book signings
Over 80% of our 2022 guests felt MWF helped them gain new insights about the world, held their interest and were inclusive, well-produced and topical! (With more than 70% keen to attend again!)
Claire Keegan’s stories are translated into thirty languages. Antarctica won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Walk the Blue Fields won the Edge Hill Prize, awarded to the best collection of stories published in t...
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