Irish PEN was delighted to host a reading by Hugo Hamilton last month. The renowned author read from his new book Hand in the Fire. He spoke of the challenges of fictionalising and noted the theme of the outsider and acceptance within a culture recurs in his work. We learned too that the wonderful photo [...]

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The AGM of Irish PEN takes place at 7 p.m. on Thursday 13 May at the United Arts Club, after which Hugo Hamilton will be reading from, and talking about, his latest book.
We appeal to all members to attend the AGM. Several committee members are leaving the committee and Irish PEN cannot continue to serve Irish [...]

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Arts & the Economy Debate
By Caroline Brady
The burning topic of the Arts and the Economy, the Irish Pen debate exploring the role and vital contribution of the Irish arts to the national economy, had rebellious attendees out in their droves on April 15th 2010 at the United Arts Club. 
A panel of experts, Aidan Burke, Operations [...]

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Irish PEN presents: A Fact-Finding Mission:  Insights into the World of Non-Fiction publishing.
Was Dickens’s Thomas Gradgrind secretly the first non-fiction commissioning editor, when he exclaimed: ‘Now, what I want is, Facts…. stick to Facts, Sir!’? Or did he just have a healthy respect for the breadth and wondrous world of communicating factual information, recording lives and [...]

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Irish PEN presents: ‘Finding a Home for your Writing’: opportunities in the print media.’ This is our annual meeting dedicated to Associate Members, who like nothing more than to write, write, write, but who occasionally would like to see their words on the printed page. The format will consist of short presentations from a Panel of [...]

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