11.00 Morning Reading / Bantry Bookshop - Free

Adrian White

Following a brief talk and discussion on his adventures in e-publishing, Adrian will read an extract from Dancing to the End of Love.

Adrian White is an English writer who has lived in Ireland for over twenty years. His first novel, An Accident Waiting to Happen, was published by Penguin Books, as was his second novel, Where the Rain Gets In. Dancing to the End of Love, his third novel, is published exclusively as an ebook.

13.00 Lunchtime Reading – Bantry Library - free

JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT

Justin will read from his highly-acclaimed new novel Other People’s Money

Justin Cartwright's novels include the Booker-shortlisted In Every Face I Meet, the Whitbread Novel Award-winner Leading the Cheers, the acclaimed White Lightning, shortlisted for the 2002 Whitbread Novel Award, The Promise of Happiness, selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club and winner of the 2005 Hawthornden Prize, The Song Before It Is Sung and, most recently, To Heaven By Water. Justin Cartwright was born in South Africa and lives in London.

‘One of the finest novelists currently at work . . . An altogether stunning achievement.’ Guardian

'Justin Cartwright is a senior member of a masterful generation of English novelists that includes Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie and Kazuo Ishiguro.' Los Angeles Times

14.30 Afternoon Event / Maritime Hotel / €18

BULLETS < > WORDS with JOHN BENNETT AND BRIAN TURNER

American poet Brian Turner (author of Here, Bullet) will speak about how his poetry has been moulded by his background in the army, and in particular how his creative outlook has been affected by his time spent on duty in Iraq.

Brian Turner’s poetry has been published in Poetry Daily, The Georgia Review, and other journals. He received a USA Hillcrest Fellowship in Literature, an NEA Literature Fellowship in Poetry, the Amy Lowell Traveling Fellowship, the Poets’ Prize, and a Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. His work has appeared on National Public Radio, the BBC, Newshour with Jim Lehrer, and Weekend America, among others. He teaches at Sierra Nevada College.

Australian John Bennett, who was Sydney Convenor of Poets Against the War (Iraq),  will discuss the artist’s responsibility in light of Auden’s line that “poetry makes nothing happen”, and read from his manuscript The Art of Forgetting which investigates war and amnesia.

14.30 Afternoon Event / Bantry Library / free

OPEN FORUM DISCUSSION : BANTRY LIBRARY BOOK CLUB CHOICE

Join the members of Bantry Library Book Club for a discussion about the five books of Irish interest they have read for the festival. Order these books from Bantry Book Shop, then come along to join in the discussion and find out which book the club most enjoyed:

Part-Time Writer: Notes and Reflections by Marjorie Quarton (Lilliput, 2010)

Rosie's War by Rosemary Say and Noel Holland (Michael O’Mara Books, April 2011)

Circles around the Sun: In Search of a Lost Brother by Molly McCloskey (Penguin Ireland, July 2011)

Sleepwalker by John Toomey (Somerville Press; reprinted 2011)

A Second Life by Dermot Bolger (New Island, 2010)

The West Cork Literary Festival would like to thank the above publishers for kindly providing free copies of these books to the library’s reading group. We hope it will encourage the book-buying public to support Irish publishers and authors during these challenging times.

16.00 – LITERARY TEA / MARTIME HOTEL / €25

AFTERNOON TEA with LYNNE TRUSS

Lynne Truss, writer and broadcaster, was as surprised as anyone when her book Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation became a global bestseller. She honestly isn’t obsessed with correct English, but on the other hand still enjoys talking about it. Why do we care about these small printers’ marks? Can we manage without them? What is wrong with a sign that says “RESIDENTS REFUSE TO GO IN THE BINS”?

Complimentary tea, cakes and delicious sandwiches