Paul Murray: Painfully Funny Fiction

The word ‘tragicomic’ could have been invented for Irish author Paul Murray, who hit the bullseye a decade ago with his simultaneously hilarious and devastating novel, Skippy Dies. Now he may even have surpassed that success with his fourth novel, The Bee Sting, in which one unlucky moment is the trigger for a sequence of unfortunate events. Join Murray for an hour of savage humour and poetic insights. In conversation with Peggy Hughes.

Categories: European Fiction, Fiction, Humour/Satire

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Ireland: Real and Remembered

A complex portrait of life in Ireland from a kaleidoscope of perspectives, featuring award-winning novelists and non-fiction writers. This year Ireland marks a significant anniversary: 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. If that political treaty brought about a fragile peace after years of the Troubles, how can Ireland come to terms with the enduring memories of conflict?…