Some of the most recognisable names in Irish and British literature will participate in the 2014 Limerick Literary Festival from February 20th-23rd.
The 40th annual festival, organised each year in honour of Limerick-born novelist and playwright Kate O'Brien, will feature author visits, readings, lectures and panel discussions at 69 O'Connell St (formerly The Belltable) and The Lime Tree Theatre in Limerick City.
The line-up includes Edna O'Brien, novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet, short story writer and author of The Country Girls, Anne Enright, Booker Prize-winning author; Michael Frayn, English playwright, novelist and winner of Laurence Olivier, Whitbread and Tony Awards; Michael Longley, winner of Irish Times Poetry award; and Claire Tomalin, English biographer and journalist.
Other Irish contributors to the four-day festival include Mike Murphy, former RTE broadcaster; Selina Guinness, author; Niall McMonagle, poet and Editor of Poetry Now; Peter Cunningham, award-winning novelist and newspaper columnist; Professor Frank McGuinness, Irish playwright and poet; Siobhan Parkinson, award-winning novelist and one of Ireland's best-known writers for children; and Elaine Fox, research psychologist, neuroscientist and writer.
