Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne to host event in the recently refurbished Skerries Carnegie Library on 13 May at 7pm
Fingal County Council and the Arts Council are delighted to announce that Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne will host an in-conversation event next week in the newly refurbished Skerries Carnegie Library.
Fingal County Council and the Arts Council are delighted to announce that Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne will host an in-conversation event next week in the newly refurbished Skerries Carnegie Library.
This event, which will take place on Wednesday 13 May from 7pm, will feature talented Dublin writer Catriona Lally in conversation about her fiction writing and most recent novel Wunderland as well as her newly published memoir Home Economics.
The event, which is in partnership with Fingal Libraries, is free and open to the public, but booking is essential. Tickets can be reserved by contacting Skerries Library directly on 01 8905671 or email [email protected]
The event in Skerries Library is one of a series of events as part of Éilís Ní Dhuibhne’s ‘Island of Imagination: A Literary Tour of Ireland’ Laureate for Irish Fiction programme, which will delve into contemporary Irish fiction on a journey of exploration to highlight literature emanating from every county in Ireland.
Further events coming up taking place across the country in the coming months include in Cork, Kerry, Mayo and Westmeath.
All of these in-person events will be recorded and available on the Arts Council’s podcast and YouTube channels.
To stay up to date with the Laureate for Irish Fiction programme sign up to the Laureate for Irish Fiction newsletter online at https://artscouncil.ie/developing-the-arts/flagship-programmes/laureate…
Notes to Editors
The Laureate for Irish Fiction is an initiative of the Arts Council. The role seeks to acknowledge the contribution of fiction writers to Irish artistic and cultural life by honouring an established Irish writer of fiction, encouraging a new generation of writers, promoting Irish literature nationally and internationally and encouraging the public to engage with high quality Irish fiction.
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025-2028. She was announced as Laureate in July 2025 and is in the role for a three-year term.
The Laureateship was previously held by Colm Tóibín (2022 – 2024), following Sebastian Barry (2018-2021) and the inaugural Laureate, Anne Enright (2015-2018).
About Éilís Ní Dhuibhne:
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is the author of more than thirty books. Her work includes the novels The Dancers Dancing, The Shelter of Neighbours, Fox, Swallow, Scarecrow, Hurlamaboc, Dordán, Cailíní Beaga Ghleann na Blath and seven collections of short stories. Her most recent books are Twelve Thousand Days: A Memoir (shortlisted for the Michel Déon Award 2020) and Little Red and Other Stories (Blackstaff 2020), Selected Stories (Blackstaff 2023), Fáínne Geal and Lae (Clo Iar Chonnacht 2023).
She has been the recipient of many literary awards, most recently the Pen Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Irish Literature, and a Hennessy Hall of Fame Award. Her novel, The Dancers Dancing, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize in 2000. In addition to her fiction and drama, she has written many scholarly articles on folklore and literary topics, and is a regular book reviewer for The Irish Times. She is a member of Aosdána, and President of the Folklore of Ireland Society.
About Catriona Lally
Caitriona Lally has published two novels, Eggshells (2015) and Wunderland (2021). She won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2018 and a Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction in 2019. She was the inaugural Rooney Writer Fellow at the Trinity Long Room Hub in 2022, and was one of the 2024 New Voices 20 Best New Irish Writers. Her first memoir, Home Economics, was recently published by New Island.
About the Arts Council
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon is the national agency for funding, developing and promoting the arts in Ireland. It works to ensure that the arts are valued and central to Irish life. Through advocacy, investment and partnership, the Arts Council supports artists, arts organisations and communities to engage with and enjoy the arts. The Arts Council was established in 1951 and operates under the Arts Act 2003. For more information, visit www.artscouncil.ie.