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Dermot Bolger will this year speak with poet Michael O\u2019Loughlin and soprano Judith Mok.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Oein DeBhairduin will give an exclusive preview of his book\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Twiggy Woman\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span>in Celbridge Library<\/span><em><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span>Kathleen Murray will chat to Ed O\u2019Loughlin about her debut novel\u00a0<\/span><em><span>The Deadwood Encore<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0described as \u2018the Coen Brothers of Carlow.\u2019 Fresh off the back of winning the Shirley Jackson Award for her novel\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Where I End<\/span><\/em><span>, Sophie White will be in conversation with Rick O\u2019Shea. \u00a0Katriona O\u2019Sullivan will discuss her memoir\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Poor<\/span><\/em><span>, which recounts her journey from poverty, teenage pregnancy, homelessness to graduating with a\u00a0PhD\u00a0from Trinity College Dublin\u00a0and becoming\u00a0an award-winning lecturer whose work challenges barriers to education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We\u2019ll be joined by Kildare authors Murt Malone, Lynn Buckle, John MacKenna, Enda Wyley, Tadhg Mac Dhonnag\u00e1in, Annemarie N\u00ed Churre\u00e1in, Nithy Kasa, Catherine Gander, Katherine O\u2019Donnell, Declan Toohey and more.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":27042,"template":"","class_list":["post-27041","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Authors in Conversation - Kildare Readers Festival 2023 - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kildare Readers Festival in association with the Irish Writers Centre connects readers with authors and artists through exciting, innovative and accessible events and workshops.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/authors-in-conversation-kildare-readers-festival-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Authors in Conversation - Kildare Readers Festival 2023 - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kildare Readers Festival in association with the Irish Writers Centre connects readers with authors and artists through exciting, innovative and accessible events and workshops. 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