Roddy Doyle

The guts Roddy Doyle “Feisty, funky, rude, unpretentious and great fun” (Time Out), prolific novelist, dramatist, children’s author, and screenwriter Roddy Doyle writes fiction rooted in the vibrant colloquialisms and tight relationships of the Irish working class. His novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha won the Man Booker Prize. The guts is the latest chapter in the Barrytown series. The first three novels—The Commitments, The Snapper, and The Van—were critical darlings and adapted into successful movies. Wonderkid Wesley Stace Under the name John Wesley Harding, novelist, singer, and songwriter Wesley Stace has released 15 albums in genres ranging from folk to pop music. His Cabinet of Wonders variety show, recently launched on NPR, has featured performances by countless rock luminaries. “The poignant and mordantly funny” (The Village Voice) Stace’s new novel, Wonderkid, follows the commercial and critical success of his previous books, Misfortune, by George, and Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a FREE event; no tickets or reservations are required. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here

Location: Street: Free Library of Philadelphia Additional: 1901 Vine Street City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19103-5207 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Luke Davies interviews fellow author and poet, Dermot Healy, who Roddy Doyle has called 'Ireland’s greatest writer’. A warm and personal discussion about everything from the oral tradition to literary history, Irishness, exile, otherness, poetry, novels, and the universality of literature. Healy’s latest novel is Long Time, No See. Luke Davies is an Australian author, poet and screen writer, he was awarded the inaugural Prime Minister’s Poetry Prize in 2012. (shawjonathan)… (more)