There's an opportunity to hear all five writers who won this year's Irish Times Literature Prizes, as well as many of those shortlisted, at a joint reading session in Dublin next week.
The readings on Tuesday will feature Seamus Heaney, Roddy Doyle, Neil Belton, Lorrie Moore, Peter Sheridan, Antonia Logue, Colum McCann, Niall Williams, Medbh McGuckian, Pol Breathnach, Mairin Nic Eoin and Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill.
The Literary Editor of The Irish Times, Caroline Walsh, will introduce the readings, which start at 8 p.m, on November 2nd, in the Irish Film Centre, Eustace Street, Temple Bar.
Tickets £5, available from Eleanor Walsh, co-ordinator, The Irish Times Literature Prizes, 10-16 D'Olier Street, Dublin 2. (Tel: 01 6792022, ext. 8573; fax 01 6709383).