Nuala O’Connor, award-winning author, will join Sligo Central for a The Word on Wednesday 29th of January 2025
Music with Mags Kilcoyne
Audience Q&A | Open Mic
Sligo Central Library will be hosting The Word on Wednesday 29th of January in Sligo Central Library, Stephen Street from 6:30pm.
Nuala O’Connor lives in Galway. Her sixth novel SEABORNE, about Irish-born pirate Anne Bonny, was published in April 2024 by New Island, and shortlisted for Eason Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. Her novel NORA (New Island), about Nora Barnacle and James Joyce, was a Top 10 historical novel in the New York Times. She won Irish Short Story of the Year at the 2022 Irish Book Awards. She is EIC of flash e-journal Splonk; founder of The Peers writing group, and a founder member of Group 8 artist collective.
Mags Kilcoyne is a Singer-Songwriter and Poet based in Sligo. A recipient of an agility award with the Arts Council in 2021 has offered her time to work on her album and collection of songs which she hopes to release later this year. Mags was delighted to receive a poetry commission from The Brid Festival & Sligo County Council Arts Office this Spring. The Brid festival is Sligo’s first inaugural festival celebrating women in our community through Brigid the Saint, the Goddess and Deity, Mags uses the thematic expression of love, joy, grief, and companionship as inspiration for the writing of her songs. Mags also holds specialties in Theatre and Film and enjoys using strong visual images as a foundation for the construction of her songs and poems.
Audience Q&A
Open Mic
The event is free and unticketed with limited seating. The doors will close at 6:30pm.
The event will also be streamed on Facebook on the night: //www.facebook.com/SligoCountyLibrary/
The Word is a collaborative event between Sligo Central Library and the BA in Writing & Literature course at Sligo ATU.
There is no charge for this event.
sligolib@sligococo.ie
Tel: 0719111675
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