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02/06/2005
Opening of 35th Listowel Writer's Week festival
The Listowel Writer's Week was opened in Kerry last night by Caherciveen native, John O'Donoghue, the Minister of Arts, Sport and Tourism.
This is the 35th year of the festival, which runs from 1 to 5 June, and the town is paying host to an assortment of Irish and international writers.
Colm Tóibín, Touching the Void author Joe Simpson, Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winner DBC Pierre, British foreign correspondent Robert Fisk and Pauline McLynn are some of the writers attending this year's festival.
Tóibín's The Master, Gerard Donovan's Dr Salt, Ronan Bennett's Havoc in its Third Year, David Park's Swallowing the Sun and Neil Jordan's Shade are shortlisted for this year's €10,000 Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award.
The Writers' Week programme also includes book launches, literary competitions, workshops, concerts, film screenings and exhibitions.
More information on the 35th Listowel Writers' Week available is at www.writersweek.ie.
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