BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240427T123000Z DTEND:20240427T133000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Home In Ireland: Cork World Book Fest DESCRIPTION:Suad Al Darra and Sree Sen in conversation with Peadar King. \n\nSuad Aldarra is a Syrian-Irish writer and data scientist based in Dublin. She lived in Saudi Arabia\, Syria\, Egypt\, and the US before eventually settling in Ireland. Suad was selected as the Common Currency writer in residence for the Cuirt International Festival and English/Irish PEN in 2021 and was awarded the Art Councils of Ireland English Literature bursary. Her debut memoir\, I Don't Want to Talk About Home\, was published by Doubleday/PRH Ireland in July 2022 and shortlisted for An Post Irish Book Awards - Biography of the Year. Her short story The Three Strangers was included in A Little Unsteadily Into Light: New Dementia-Inspired Fiction (2022)\, edited by Jan Carson. Suad has written several pieces for The Irish Times and Independent\, among other places. \n\nFrom India\, Sree Sen is currently based in Dublin\, Ireland. Her debut poetry pamphlet Cracked Asphalt was published by Fly On The Wall Press (UK) in 2022. Her creative works have appeared in Poetry Ireland Review\, Stinging Fly\, Banshee\, Honest Ulsterman\, bath magg\, The Night Heron Barks\, several anthologies and others. She's the winner of UCD Maeve Binchy Travel Award 2020\; recipient of the Cill Rialaig Residency 2020 and Agility Award 2021 by Arts Council of Ireland. As a journalist\, her articles have appeared in The Irish Independent\, Times of India\, The Hindu BusinessLine\, Firstpost\, DNA\, Sakal Times and other media platforms. \n\nPeadar King is a documentary filmmaker and writer. His latest book (2020) is War\, Suffering and the Struggle for Human Rights. (The Liffey Press) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Suad Al Darra and Sree Sen in conversation with Peadar King. \;

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Suad Aldarra \;is a Syrian-Irish writer and data scientist based in Dublin. She lived in Saudi Arabia\, Syria\, Egypt\, and the US before eventually settling in Ireland. Suad was selected as the Common Currency writer in residence for the Cuirt International Festival and English/Irish PEN in 2021 and was awarded the Art Councils of Ireland English Literature bursary. Her debut memoir\, I Don&rsquo\;t Want to Talk About Home\, was published by Doubleday/PRH Ireland in July 2022 and shortlisted for An Post Irish Book Awards - Biography of the Year. Her short story The Three Strangers was included in A Little Unsteadily Into Light: New Dementia-Inspired Fiction (2022)\, edited by Jan Carson. Suad has written several pieces for The Irish Times and Independent\, among other places. \;

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From India\, \;Sree Sen \;is currently based in Dublin\, Ireland. Her debut poetry pamphlet Cracked Asphalt was published by Fly On The Wall Press (UK) in 2022. Her creative works have appeared in Poetry Ireland Review\, Stinging Fly\, Banshee\, Honest Ulsterman\, bath magg\, The Night Heron Barks\, several anthologies and others. She&rsquo\;s the winner of UCD Maeve Binchy Travel Award 2020\; recipient of the Cill Rialaig Residency 2020 and Agility Award 2021 by Arts Council of Ireland. As a journalist\, her articles have appeared in The Irish Independent\, Times of India\, The Hindu BusinessLine\, Firstpost\, DNA\, Sakal Times and other media platforms. \;

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Peadar King \;is a documentary filmmaker and writer. His latest book (2020) is \;War\, Suffering and the Struggle for Human Rights. (The Liffey Press)

\n LOCATION:Triskel Arts Centre\, Tobin Street\, Cork City UID:e.2489.33933 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260505T025201Z URL:https://chamber.corkchamber.ie/events/details/home-in-ireland-cork-world-book-fest-33933 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR