This September, Laureate for Irish Fiction Sebastian Barry will deliver his first annual lecture entitled The Lives of the Saints.

Speaking about the lecture, Sebastian Barry said, “In forty years of writing and living, inevitably and often by mere accident, a writer encounters other writers. This lecture is an account of some of the singular individuals met in this way over the years, many no longer with us, but who hold strong places in memory, and constitute a kind of private reference for how to endure as a writer and indeed how to write.”   

• Date and time: 9 September 2017, 6pm
• Location: Gate Theatre, Cavadish Row, Rotunda, Dublin 1
• Tickets are free but booking is required through Eventbrite:  https://laureate-annual-lecture-sebastian-barry.eventbrite.ie

Sebastian Barry is the second Laureate for Irish Fiction and was awarded the honour by the Arts Council in early 2018. The Laureate for Irish Fiction promotes Irish literature nationally and internationally and encourage the public to engage with high quality Irish fiction. The Laureate for Irish Fiction has been developed by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and is supported by University College Dublin (UCD) and New York University (NYU).