Iron Mountain Literature Festival, Shannon Videos

Day 4 #IronMountainLiteratureFestival, online today at the earlier time of 6pm. The Iron Mountain Commissions As part of the Leitrim Live Performance Programme funded by by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, The Iron Mountain Festival and Leitrim County Council commissioned #AliceLyons, Michael Harding, Seamus O'Rourke Ailie Blunnie, #PatMcCabe, #RoisinKelly and #StephenMurphy to write a new work that reflected on their environment, particularly as they have experienced it over these past 18 months. Each of the commissioned pieces was filmed by Edwina Guckian at sites chosen by the artist. Join us 👉 https://bit.ly/3oLlYd1

The #IronMountainLiteratureFestival runs from this Thurs 7th Oct for 4 days. This online festival brings you a diverse and excellent collection of writers – poets, novelists, also film makers and lovers of the written word from Ireland and afar. ‘Beyond Borders’ is an intriguing collection of conversations and readings which will be broadcast online from Thurs 7th until Sun 10th Oct. >> Day 1: Thurs 7th Oct, 8pm 📚 Poet #VincentWoods – Introduction 📚 John McGahern Award – Announcement of this year’s winner of the #JohnMcGahern Award for Literature 📚 Actor #StephenRea - reads from the work of John McGahern and discusses his memories of the Leitrim writer >> Day 2 : Friday 8th Oct, 8pm 📚 Poet Rita Ann Higgins – reads from her latest collection ‘Pathogens Love a Patsy: Pandemic and Other Poems’ 📚 New voice in Irish writing Author Kerri Ní Dochartaigh discusses her memoir ‘Thin Places’ 📚 Novelist Eoin McNamee – reads from a work-in-progress >> Day 3 : Saturday 9th Oct, 8pm - 📚 Celebrated American Author, Jeanine Cummins reads from her best-selling novel ‘American Dirt’ 📚 Nelofer Pazira pays tribute to her late husband, the journalist and writer #RobertFisk, discusses her own work as a film-maker and writer and considers the situation in her home country of Afghanistan >> Day 4 : Sunday 10th Oct, 8pm 📚 The Iron Mountain Commissions The Iron Mountain Festival and #LeitrimCountyCouncil commissioned - Alice Lyons - Michael Harding - Seamus O'Rourke - Ailie Blunnie - Pat McCabe - Roisin Kelly - Stephen Murphy to write a new work that reflected on their environment, particularly as they have experienced it over these past 18 months. Each piece was filmed by Edwina Guckian. We invite you to join us for the festival. Here you will find the programme details and also access to join us online each day: https://bit.ly/2YgRfdj Please share to friends and family. Thank you!