Irish Consulate Book Club
Date/Time
September 12, 2024
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Event Registration Link
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Location
Consulate General of Ireland
1095 West Pender Street #1300,
Vancouver
The Consulate General of Ireland, Vancouver is delighted to invite you to the newest edition of the Consulate Book Club on Thursday, 12th September from 5:30pm to 7:00pm PDT.
You don’t need to be a literary expert to join – everyone is welcome. However, make sure you read the book before the book club so you can engage in the discussion. Light refreshments will be provided, and we will be hosting a draw for all attendees for a $50 book voucher.
There are limited spots available, click here to register! Their lending library has some copies available on a first come, first served basis.
About the author:
Anne Enright was born in Dublin, where she now lives and works. She has written two collections of stories, published together as Yesterday’s Weather, one book of non-fiction, Making Babies, and seven novels, includingThe Gathering, which won the 2007 Man Booker Prize,The Forgotten Waltz, which was awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, andThe Green Road, which was the Bord Gáis Energy Novel of the Year and won the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award.
In 2015 she was appointed as the first Laureate for Irish Fiction, and in 2018 she received the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Contribution to Irish Literature. She is also the recipient of the 2022 Irish Book Awards Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2024 Writers’ Prize for Fiction.
About the book:
Nell is a young woman with adventure on her mind. As she sets out into the world, she finds her family history hard to escape. For her mother, Carmel, Nell’s leaving home opens a space in her heart, where the turmoil of a lifetime begins to churn. Over them both falls the long shadow of Carmel’s famous father, an Irish poet of beautiful words and brutal actions.
From our greatest chronicler of family life,The Wren, The Wren is a story of the love that can unite us, and the individual acts that threaten this vital bond.