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02/12/2005
Public reading for Hamilton, O'Callaghan
As part of the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Institute of Art, Design & Technology
Writer in Residence series, Hugo Hamilton and Julie O'Callaghan are to do a
reading at 7pm on Wednesday, 7 December.
Dublin born Hamilton was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in
1992.
He has published several novels, including Headbanger, The Last Shot and Sad
Bastard, as well as a critically acclaimed memoir of his Irish-German
childhood, The Speckled People.
Callaghan, who has received the Michael Hartnett Prize for poetry and is a
member
of Aosdána, has lived in Ireland since 1974.
Her collections of poetry for adults include Edible Anecdotes, What's What
and No Can Do. Her new collection for children will be published by Faber in
2006.
The reading will take place in Room AO21 of the Atrium Building in the
Institute of Art, Design & Technology.
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