Stephen Connolly says he experienced hostility and anti-Northern bias from people angry at changes to Kerry festival
Listowel Writers' Week
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The Amusements wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award while Company wins Pigott Poetry Prize
Ongoing turmoil surrounding Writers’ Week could have been avoided if heads were ‘knocked together’ says well-known poet Fitzmaurice
Former arts minister says decision not connected to recent controversy on disbanding of voluntary committee
Sadness and anger from some committee members at being ‘very arbitrarily dismissed’, while others say some volunteers ‘deemed more important than others’
Appointment of curator follows controversy about leadership and governance of Ireland’s longest-running literary festival
Committee to be replaced by professional curator following report members have yet to see
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