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SPRING FESTIVAL ONLINE 2021
As we head into 2021 we are already busy planning for April.
There are lots of fantastic new books out this year and as always we’ll aim to bring you the best authors, speakers and writers from across the world. With lockdown restrictions back in place and now with a successful digital Winter Festival Online under our belts, you can be assured that we will deliver top events come what may!
We’ll let you know more just as soon as we have first names confirmed.
Dates for your diary:
Thursday 22nd – Sunday 25th April
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Our favourite quotes
"I’ve missed literary festivals"
John Crace
"Books mean all possibilities"
Ali Smith
Festival Patron
"Festivals our last remaining democratic spaces"
Elif Shafak, Festival Patron
"Identity is not a place - make peace with the place you are in"
Afua Hirsch
"Ireland has the imagination to change"
Colm Toibin
"Misremembering our past is a delusion"
David Olusoga
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