{"id":1324,"date":"2017-06-15T06:09:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T06:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wombatsdigit.com\/w\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2017-06-15T06:09:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T06:09:09","slug":"author-appearance-the-dalkey-book-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wombatsdigit.com\/w\/author-appearance-the-dalkey-book-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Appearance: The Dalkey Book Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Dalkey Book Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dalkey, that “vestibule of a heavenly conspection<\/a>,” as Flann O’Brien has it, is having a book festival this weekend (16th-18th of June). It already kicked off, in a sense, in town at the Born Gais Theater with Bernie Sanders<\/a> giving a brief shout, but this weekend is when it all really kicks off, in the village proper. Marlon James<\/a> will be here, Maggie O’Farrell, Sebastian Barry, and a whole gang of other writers<\/a>, talking about a variety of subjects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ll be there, since I’d have to make an effort\u00c2\u00a0not<\/em> to be there, and it’s very unlike me to make much of an effort at anything. If anything, it’s a chance for me to add to my list of stories about author meetings<\/a>, if I’m not arrested, or worse, beaten up by Elif Sharak or anybody else.<\/p>\n

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Primary school kids getting ready for Bloomsday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the town where the kids are encouraged to dress up for Bloom’s Day<\/a> (and about a stone’s throw from the James Joyce museum in a Martello Tower down in Sandycove — I have been asked to tell people not to throw stones at the James Joyce tower) and have a book festival in the spring and a “creates” festival<\/a> in the autumn, and it’ll be infested with writerly types all weekend long.\u00c2\u00a0And<\/em> (not to jinx it), it’s supposed to be nice weather all weekend, as if the gods of literature said, “Sure, let there be a bit of light, some sunshine, and we’ll see how many of these fe*kers we can burn” (the gods of literature are a bit more coarse in and around Dublin).<\/p>\n

The Gutter Bookshop<\/a>, from what I understand, will also have exploded out of its own premises and into the streets. Sure, you can’t buy any of my books<\/a> there, but it’s still worth supporting\u00c2\u00a0other<\/em> authors and your inveterate reading habit, anyway.<\/p>\n

I really can’t think of a better place to be.<\/p>\n

\"Dalkey\"<\/a>
Dalkey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So if you’re in town and happen to see me, be sure to say hello, unless, of course, I’m stalking John Banville or arm wrestling\u00c2\u00a0Jennifer O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Connell<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0or hiding in a tree, spying on the ghost of Flann O’Brien.<\/p>\n

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