News & Events

News & Events

• Gráinne Seoige in Conversation with Lorna Byrne in aid of Childline.

  Gaiety Theatre. Sunday 26th February 3.00pm.
  Tickets from €15 available now. From Gaiety Theatre and Ticketmaster.ie

  Internationally bestselling author Lorna Byrne, whose books have been translated into 25 languages and read by more than a million people worldwide will be interviewed by TV presenter Gráinne Seoige at a special event at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin on Sunday 26th February in aid of Childline. The event will celebrate the launch of Lorna’s new book A Message of Hope from the Angels and will take place on the 23rd anniversary of the founding of the ISPCC’s 24/7 telephone service, which offers hope to thousands of young people throughout Ireland.

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• Joanna Trollope in Conversation

  DLR Library Voices Series presents Joanna Trollope In Conversation with Sinead Gleeson

  Tuesday 7th February at 8.00pm, Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire.
  Tickets €10. Call (01) 231 2929 or or online at www.paviliontheatre.ie

  

  Joanna Trollope is one of the most popular and successful authors in the world and DLR Libraries are delighted to welcome her to Dun Laoghaire for the first time. She is the author of sixteen bestselling novels, the latest of which, The Soldier’s Wife, deals with the difficulties facing a military wife awaiting her husband’s return from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Sinead Gleeson is a wonderfully perceptive interviewer and this promises to be a great night.

  Books will be on sale on the night.

• Costa Book Awards Category Winners

  The individual category winners in the Costa Book Awards have been announced. One of the winners of the five individual categories - Novel, First Novel, Biography, Poetry, Children's Book - will be selected as the 2011 Costa Book of the Year, which will be announced on January 24th. Last year's winner was Of Mutability by Jo Shapcott and previous winners include the Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry.

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• Nicholas Roche Jersey Winners

  We are pleased to announce that the winners of the two cycling jerseys signed by Tour de France cyclist and former Irish Champion Nicolas Roche are Joan McNamara and Julie Quinn, both from Dublin. Watch this space for more draws and competitions.