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SUMMARY:The Boy from the Sea\, by Garrett Carr - Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nBOOK YOUR PLACE HERE \n1973. In a close-knit community on Ireland’s west coast\, a baby is found abandoned on the beach. Named Brendan by Ambrose Bonnar\, the fisherman who adopts him\, the baby captivates the town and the boy he grows to be will captivate them still – no one can quite fathom Brendan Bonnar. \nFor Christine\, Ambrose’s wife\, Brendan brings both love and worry. For Declan\, their son\, his new brother’s arrival is the start of a life-long rivalry. And though Ambrose brings Brendan into his home out of love\, it is a decision that will fracture his family and force this man – more comfortable at sea than on land – to try to understand himself and those he cares for. \nTold over two decades\, Garrett Carr’s The Boy from the Sea is a novel about a restless boy trying to find his place in the world and a family fighting to hold itself together. It is a story of ordinary lives made extraordinary\, a drama about a community who can’t help but look to the boy from the sea for answers as they face the storm of a rapidly changing world. \nCompulsive reading. Compassionate\, lyrical and full of devilment. – Louise Kennedy \nA novel of heart-bumping power and sparkling vividness\, this book evokes the seethe and surge of an island nation’s sea fables while being suspicious of sentiment\, often wittily so. This is a strange\, beautiful\, truly compelling triumph\, a story about a very specific place that somehow comes to seem an everywhere and a people who feel familiar as faces in mirrors. A breathtaking achievement. – Joseph O’Connor \nThe Boy from the Sea is an utterly engrossing read. Atmospheric and incredibly moving\, I was captivated by the trials and triumphs of the Bonnars. A bittersweet ballad of a novel\, I’ll be thinking about for a very long time. – Jan Carson \nGarrett Carr teaches Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre\, Queen’s University Belfast\, and he is a frequent contributor to The Guardian and The Irish Times. His non-fiction The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland’s Border was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. The Boy from the Sea is his debut novel.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/the-boy-from-the-sea-by-garrett-carr-book-launch/
LOCATION:Seamus Heaney Centre\, 38-40 University Road\, Belfast\, BT7 1NN\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Pádraig Ó Tuama
DESCRIPTION:No Alibis Bookstore is delighted to announce an evening at the Crescent Arts Centre celebrating Pádraig Ó Tuama’s latest collection of poetry ’44 Poems on Being with Each Other and Kitchen Hymns a new collection of form and hymnody that arise neither from belief nor devotion. \nPádraig will be in conversation with award winning poet Gail McConnell for what is sure to be a memorable event. Tickets are free but booking early is recommended to avoid disappointment. \nTickets are available here. \n \n44 Poems on Being with Each Other features a remarkable and refreshing range of exceptional poems from around the world including contributions from Wendy Cope\, Constantine P. Cavafy\, Chen Chen\, Joy Harjo\, Patricia Smith and many more. It is an anthology that will delight readers just as Pádraig’s podcast has done for millions around the world.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/an-evening-with-padraig-o-tuama/
LOCATION:Crescent Arts Centre\, 2-4 University Rd Belfast BT7 1NH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: But & Though - Jake Hawkey
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the launch of Jake Hawkey’s debut collection\, But & Though\, published by Picador. Book your free ticket here. \nAbout But & Though: \nIn But & Though\, Jake Hawkey scrutinizes the impact of parental addiction on families\, its title a nod to the language of dependency\, its circles of prevarication and excuse. Hawkey’s poems chart the loss of a father and the resilient love between siblings\, and take an unflinching look at a parent–child relationship sometimes painfully inverted through alcoholism. Hawkey’s fresh perspective and playful style introduces a vital\, authentic new voice in British poetry. \nIt will appeal also to those interested in the wider literature of addiction and the complexities of urban working-class life in Britain. Hawkey approaches these subjects from highly original and personal angles\, breathing life into his characters and settings. Ultimately\, we come to know a young writer attempting to ‘detach with love’ as he strides forward into his own life.
URL:https://noalibis.com/event/book-launch-but-though-jake-hawkey/
LOCATION:No Alibis Bookstore\, 83 Botanic Avenue\, Belfast\, BT7 1JL\, United Kingdom
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