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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/frank-shovlin-on-john-mcgahern-a
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SUMMARY:Victoria Gallery & Museum: Liverpool Irish Festival: Frank Shovlin 
 on John McGahern: A Writing Life
DESCRIPTION:In October\, Faber and Faber publish the much-anticipated aut
 horised biography of the Irish writer and novelist\, John McGahern\, writt
 en by Frank Shovlin\, Professor of Irish Literature at the University of 
 Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies. Frank will be talking about his
  much-anticipated authorised biography of the Irish writer and novelist\, 
 John McGahern.\n\nDrawn from more than two decades of research into one of
  the great prose stylists of the twentieth century\, John McGahern: A Wri
 ting Life will allow – for the first time – insight into the life of 
 this very private writer.\n\nJohn McGahern was a novelist\, short story wr
 iter and dramatist\, and published his first novel The Barracks in 1963.
  His second novel The Dark was banned by the Irish Censorship Board\, an
 d he was fired from his job in a Dublin school. He went on to publish a fu
 rther four novels and four collections of short stories.\n\nFrank will be 
 talking to Dr Paddy Hoey\, Senior Lecturer in Media\, Culture and Commun
 ications at Liverpool John Moores University.
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CATEGORIES:Literature & Poetry,Talks
LOCATION:Victoria Gallery & Museum\, Ashton Street\, University of Liverpoo
 l\, Liverpool\, L69 3DR\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom
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