News 10. 6. 2012

Irish Writers’ Centre in Dublin aim to break Guinness World Record on Bloomsday

Each author will read for 15 minutes from one of his or her works. The 28 hour marathon will be kicked off with an introductory proceedings from senator David Norris. The first reading for the session will be best-selling novelist John Boyne.
The festival starts at 10am on Friday June 15th and will run through the night until 2pm on June 16th. The event, which will feature a wide variety of literary tastes, will be open to the public and will be streamed live online.
By
KERRY O’SHEA,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Irish Writers’ Centre: Read For The World: Breaking a Guinness World Record
111 Writers, 28 hours, 1 venue
Broadcast LIVE online

Programme of Readings

Session 1 – June 15th 2012 – 10am until 2pm, Chair: Jack Gilligan
Introductory Speech at 10am by Senator David Norris
10.15 – 10.30: reading from The Absolutist John Boyne
10.30 – 10.45: reading from The Bones of Creation Patrick Deeley
10.45 – 11.00: reading from Call Mother a Lonely Field Liam Carson
11.00 – 11.15: reading from Selected Poems Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
11.15 – 11.30: ag léamh as Brionglóidí Áine Ní Ghlinn
11.30 – 11.45: reading from Ask Amy Green: Boy Trouble Sarah Webb
11.45 – 12.00: reading from Dangerous Dresses Jean O’Brien
12.00 – 12.15: reading from Telling Evelyn Conlon
12.15 – 12.30: ag léamh as An Cailín Rua Catherine Foley
12.30 – 12.45: reading from Unsweet Dreams Anne Le Marquand Hartigan
12.45 – 13.00: reading from Notes from a Coma Mike McCormack
13.00 – 13.15: reading from Winter in the Eye Joan McBreen
13.15 – 13.30: reading from The China Factory Mary Costello
13.30 – 13.45: reading from Snow White Turtle Doves Juliet Bressan
13.45 – 14.00: reading from In The Library of Lost Objects Noel Duffy

Session 2 – June 15th 2012 – 2pm until 6pm, Chair: Máire Nic Mhaoláin
14.00 – 14.15: ag léamh as Saol an Mhadra Bháin Ríona Nic Congáil
14.15 – 14.30: reading from Beyond Helen Soraghan Dwyer
14.30 – 14.45: reading from Breakfast the Night Before Marjorie Quarton
14.45 – 15.00: reading from Mexican Devil Jean Flitcroft
15.00 – 15.15: ag léamh as Clann na nÉan. Ríocht na Cailce Gabriel Rosenstock
15.15 – 15.30: reading from The Mango War Martin Malone
15.30 – 15.45: reading from Safe House Iggy McGovern
15.45 – 16.00: reading from When Love Is Not Enough Maurice Harmon
16.00 – 16.45: reading from Hellfire Mia Gallagher
16.15 – 16.30: reading from April Promise Margaret Nohilly
16.30 – 16.45: reading from Tales From Roscommon Kieran Furey
16.45 – 17.00: reading from Life in the Universe Michael J. Farrell
17.00 – 17.15: reading from Urban Shaman C.E. Murphy
17.15 – 17.30: reading from Intentions Muriel Bolger
17.30 – 17.45: ag léamh as Buille Marfach Anna Heussaff
17.45 – 18.00: reading from The Plum Rains & Other Stories John Givens

Session 3 – June 15th 2012 – 6pm until 10pm, Chair: Andrew Clarke
18.00 – 18.15: reading from The Atheist Seán Mac Mathúna
18.15 – 18.30: reading from Fade Street Mark Granier
18.30 – 18.45: reading from Take This Life Anne Tannam
18.45 – 19.00: ag léamh as Ní Iontas go bhFuil an Spideog ag Gearáin Pádraig Ó Laighin
19.00 – 19.15: reading from The Dead Eight Carlo Gébler
19.15 – 19.30: reading from Afterlife Pádraig J. Daly
19.30 – 19.45: reading from The Free And Easy Anne Haverty
19.45 – 20.00: reading from The Istanbul Puzzle Laurence O’Bryan
20.00 – 20.15: reading from Eye Of The Hare John F. Deane
20.15 – 20.30: reading from Toploader Ed O’Loughlin
20.30 – 20.45: reading from External Affairs Dermot Bolger
20.45 – 21.00: reading from The Last Falcon and Small Ordinance Paul Perry
21.00 – 21.15: ag léamh as An Litir Liam Mac Cóil
21.15 – 21.30: reading from Edda Conor Kostick
21.30 – 21.45: reading from The Rocky Years Ferdia Mac Anna
21.45 – 22.00: reading from The Invisible Prison Pat Boran

Session 4 – June 15th/16th 2012 – 10pm until 2am, Chair: June Considine
22.00 – 22.15: reading from The Luck Penny John Maher
22.15 – 22.30: reading from That Morning Will Come Seamus Cashman
22.30 – 22.45: reading from Borderland Pat Quigley
22.45 – 23.00: reading from Perfume of the Soil Mary Guckian
23.00 – 23.15: reading from Troubadours and Troublemakers Joe Jackson
23.15 – 23.30: reading from Daytime Astronomy Paul Grattan
23.30 – 23.45: reading from Magician and other stories Ivy Bannister
23.45 – 00.00: reading from In Sight of Home Nessa O’Mahony
00.00 – 00.15: reading from Deceptions June Considine
00.15 – 00.30: reading from Pretending To Be Dead and other Ross Hattaway entertainments
00.30 – 00.45: reading from A Bit of a Scandal Mary Rose Callaghan
00.45 – 01.00: reading from The Shadow Owner’s Companion Eleanor Hooker
01.00 – 01.15: reading from Nighthawk Alley Anthony Glavin
01.15 – 01.30: reading from Spitting Out The Mother Tongue Christodoulos Makris
01.30 – 01.45: reading from Generation F Winston Smith
01.45 – 02.00: ag léamh as An Fear a Phléasc Mícheál Ó Conghaile

Session 5 – June 16th 2012 – 2am until 6am, Chair: Mícheál Ó Ruairc
02.00 – 02.15: reading from Thanks For Nothing, Hippies Sarah Clancy
02.15 – 02.30: reading from Anniversary Richard Halperin
02.30 – 02.45: reading from Into The Grey Celine Kiernan
02.45 – 03.00: reading from Longshore Drift Karen Gillece
03.00 – 03.15: ag léamh as Daoine A Itheann Daoine Mícheál Ó Ruairc
03.15 – 03.30: reading from Home More or Less Paul Casey
03.45 – 04.00: reading from Stop Coming to My House Marcel Krüger
04.00 – 04.15: reading from Hex Randolph Healy
04.15 – 04.30: reading from War and Want Alistair Graham
04.30 – 04.45: ag léamh as Bean I mBiarritz Brian Ó Dochartaí
04.45 – 05.00: reading from Twelve Beds for the Dreamer Maighréad Medbh
05.00 – 05.15: reading from Chantilly Dawns Lissa Oliver
05.15 – 05.30: reading from Love Lucille Redmond
05.30 – 05.45: reading from Death By Chocolate Alan Nolan
05.45 – 06.00: reading from I Am A Horse Kate Newmann

Session 6 – June 16th 2012 – 6am until 10am, Chair: Sorcha de Brún
06.00 – 06.15: ag léamh as Gabháil Syrinx Aifric Mac Aodha
06.15 – 06.30: reading from Colours: Ireland from Bombs to Boom Henry McDonald
06.30 – 06.45: reading from What’s Not Said James Martyn Joyce
06.45 – 07.00: reading from The Weight of Feathers Geraldine Mills
07.00 – 07.15: ag léamh as Bleaist Faoistine Tadhg Ó Dúshláine
07.15 – 07.30: reading from Mowing In The Dark Pauline Fayne
07.30 – 07.45: reading from Chalkline Jane Mitchell
07.45 – 08.00: reading from American Road Seán Carabini
08.00 – 08.15: reading from My Lord Buddha of Carraig Eanna Paddy Bushe
08.15 – 08.30: reading from The Woman Who Lived Her Life Backwards Ann Leahy
08.30 – 08.45: reading from Laughter Heard From The Road Maggie O’Dwyer
08.45 – 09.00: reading from The Demon Lexicon Sarah Rees Brennan
09.00 – 09.15: reading from Fearful Symmetry Declan Collinge
09.15 – 09.30: reading from Freak Nights Ciarán Folan
09.30 – 09.45: ag léamh as Ailfí Agus An Vaimpír Orna Collins
09.45 – 10.00: reading from Over Nine Waves Marie Heaney

Session 7 – June 16th 2012 – 10am until 2pm, Chair: Jack Gilligan
10.00 – 10.15: reading from Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966 – 1996 Séamus Heaney
10.15 – 10.30: reading from The Fullness of Time: New and Selected Poems Gerard Smyth
10.30 – 10.45: reading from Under The Hawthorn Tree Marita Conlon-McKenna
10.45 – 11.00: reading from In This Life Michael O’Loughlin
11.00 – 11.15: reading from In Your Face: One woman’s encounter with cancer, Lia Mills doctors, nurses, machines, family, friends and a few enemies
11.15 – 11.30: ag léamh as Aibítir Aoise: Alphabet of an Age Celia de Fréine
11.30 – 11.45: reading from Missing Julia Catherine Dunne
11.45 – 12.00: reading from Dark Lies The Island Kevin Barry
12.00 – 12.15: ag léamh as An Fear Marbh Colm Breathnach
12.15 – 12.30: reading from My Mother-City Gerald Dawe
12.30 – 12.45: reading from To Wake To This Enda Wyley
12.45 – 13.00: reading from The Cotard Dimension Macdara Woods
13.00 – 13.15: reading from The Thing Is Peter Sirr
13.15 – 13.30: ag léamh as Leabhar Nóra Ní Anluain Alan Titley
13.30 – 13.45: reading from The Van Roddy Doyle
13.45 – 14.00: reading from From Under Gogol’s Nose Jack Harte

Václav Bernard