Ennis Book Club Festival 2011 Dates Are Confirmed

Arts and Entertainment - Books

Monday, 22 March 2010 01:00

Written by Mark Dunphy

Less than a fortnight after the 2010 Ennis Book Club Festival drew to a close the organisers have announced that next year’s festival will go ahead from March 4 to 6.

This year’s event, which featured contributions from writers and academics across Ireland, the United Kingdom and United States, attracted greater numbers of people than any of the three previous festivals.  Among the contributors were Lionel Shriver, Tim Pat Coogan, Joe Duffy, Joseph O’Connor, Paul Durcan, Eoghan Harris, Fiona Looney, David McWilliams and Alan Titley.

Supported by Clare County Library, the three-day programme of events attracted over 3,000  Book Club members and book lovers from all over Europe and North America to the Clare County capital. The Festival programme featured author visits, readings, lectures and workshops, exhibitions, walking history tours, musical entertainment and chocolate tasting in various venues around Ennis. It also included Ireland’s first ‘Book Club of the Year Award’ and a professional development workshop for library staff.