12th of August @ 7:30 pm join us at the launch Eithne Shortall’s latest book “The Lodgers”
Eithne Shortall is an Irish journalist and author, known for her magnificent works of fiction such as “Love in row 27” and “Grace after Henry”. “The Lodgers” will be her fifth book to be published. One house. Three strangers. A second chance at happiness.
Tessa’s life as an activist and volunteer worker takes a hit after a fall. At the ripe young age of 69, she’s no longer able to live alone and decides to take in two lodgers for free. After the recent death of his brother, Conn is riddled with grief and determined to make amends. A free room seems too good to be true – until he meets the other lodger. Chloe arrives at Tessa’s house to deliver a package and leaves with a room. But she takes an instant dislike to Conn, who refuses to say where he disappears to at night. With everyone so busy keeping their own secrets, the mysterious package is forgotten. It’s addressed to Tessa’s daughter who’s been missing for 10 years – and only the contents have the answer to what happened…
13th of August @ 5 pm join us at the launch Shane O’Mara’s new book
Talking Heads : The New Science of how Conversation Shapes Our World
We are delighted to welcome Shane O’Mara, Neuroscientist, to the bookshop to launch his new book “Talking Heads”.
We talk about ourselves to change what other people think of us, feel about us, will do for us.
This novel way of thinking about talking turns our view of identity inside-out because our sense of identity arises out of what we think others think about us. We tell our stories to others, drawing on our fragile and fallible autobiographical memories, which are in turn shaped by the questions we are asked and the stories we want to tell about ourselves, and by what others tell us. And we do so to affect what others think about us – not simply to disclose ourselves to others. And this is all in the service of social belonging: to the family, to tribes, to institutions, to cultures and subcultures, to nations, to those who profess the same ideals and stories that we do. Talking Heads blends expertise and a scientific journey of discovery, leavened by Shane O’Mara’s warm tone and evangelical gift for transmitting the wonder of the brain to a wide readership.
Come along for a book signing and to meet the amazing Shane O’Mara in person
This is a free event, everyone is welcome!
AUTUMN Events MEET THE AUTHOR, CULTURE NIGHT AND BOOK LAUNCH
13th of August @ 5 pm join us at the launch Shane O’Mara’s new book
Talking Heads : The New Science of how Conversation Shapes Our World
We are delighted to welcome Shane O’Mara, Neuroscientist, to the bookshop to launch his new book “Talking Heads”.
We talk about ourselves to change what other people think of us, feel about us, will do for us.
This novel way of thinking about talking turns our view of identity inside-out because our sense of identity arises out of what we think others think about us. We tell our stories to others, drawing on our fragile and fallible autobiographical memories, which are in turn shaped by the questions we are asked and the stories we want to tell about ourselves, and by what others tell us. And we do so to affect what others think about us – not simply to disclose ourselves to others. And this is all in the service of social belonging: to the family, to tribes, to institutions, to cultures and subcultures, to nations, to those who profess the same ideals and stories that we do. Talking Heads blends expertise and a scientific journey of discovery, leavened by Shane O’Mara’s warm tone and evangelical gift for transmitting the wonder of the brain to a wide readership.
Come along for a book signing and to meet the amazing Shane O’Mara in person
13th of July @ 7:30 pm join us at the launch for Dan Glass’s Queer Foot Prints
“What is Queer Footprints – a travel guide, a history text, a social commentary? Yes, yes, and yes. The divinely passionate Dan Glass has uncovered the Queer history of one of the world’s great cities in a way that is not only eye-opening, but just as entertaining as the writer himself. Whether you’ve visited London, lived in London, or never been that lucky, you will see it with fresh eyes. Dan’s research is extraordinary, and his use of eyewitnesses elevates his important work to another level of greatness. And perhaps most importantly, his call to action, for activists to create similar histories of their communities, is one I believe will be the legacy of this fabulous book.” Victoria Noe, Author of the Friend Grief series and F*g Hags, Divas and Moms: The Legacy of Straight Women in the AIDS Community.
“I had a good litmus test for this book, having lost my gay virginity decades ago in London, at a time between the Gay Liberation Front and Terrence Higgins Trust. Dan Glass, London’s unofficial queer mayor, passed my test with rainbow colors, capturing that time just as I had remembered. Queer Footprints takes you bar and history hopping through former gay ghettos and new queer spaces. The oral histories Glass obtained from those who were there, much like hidden gems on less travelled side streets, bring his guide to vibrant life.” Peter Staley, author of Never Silent / ACT UP New York.
17th June @ 7.30pm Join us for in conversation with Sally Hayden – Author of award winning “My Fourth Time, We drowned”
Come and join us for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee.
Sally Hayden is an Irish journalist focused on migration, conflict, and humanitarian crises. She is currently the Africa correspondent for the Irish Times. Sally’s work on Libya has been featured by the New York Times, the Guardian, Channel 4 News,
The Western world has turned its back on migrants, leaving them to cope with one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history.
Reporter Sally Hayden was at home in London when she received a message on Facebook: “Hi sister Sally, we need your help.” The sender identified himself as an Eritrean refugee who had been held in a Libyan detention center for months, locked in one big hall with hundreds of others. Now, the city around them was crumbling in a scrimmage between warring factions, and they remained stuck, defenseless, with only one remaining hope: contacting her. Hayden had inadvertently stumbled onto a human rights disaster of epic proportions.
From this single message begins a staggering account of the migrant crisis across North Africa, in a groundbreaking work of investigative journalism. With unprecedented access to people currently inside Libyan detention centers, Hayden’s book is based on interviews with hundreds of refugees and migrants who tried to reach Europe and found themselves stuck in Libya once the EU started funding interceptions in 2017.
It is an intimate portrait of life for these detainees, as well as a condemnation of NGOs and the United Nations, whose abdication of international standards will echo throughout history. But most importantly, My Fourth Time, We Drowned shines a light on the resilience of humans: how refugees and migrants locked up for years fall in love, support each other through the hardest times, and carry out small acts of resistance in order to survive in a system that wants them to be silent and disappear.
Join us for “Meet Write Up” – Fun Literary Event for 18+ at Tertulia
4th June Sunday @ 2pm
Meet up with like-minded Book Lovers Ages 18+
Ever fancied writing yourself?
Come along and meet Young Adult Writer – Jarlath Gregory author of “What Love Looks Like” – Sometimes love turns up where you least expect it – Ben Brennan, is 17, gay and happy most of the time. He’s finished school and is on track to a great career – all that’s missing is falling in love. Can Ben navigate the pitfalls of gay dating, with all its expectations and be true to himself?
Jarlath was nominated for the Best Young Adult Book at the An Post Book Awards. Jarlath will read from his book and tell us a bit about this journey to publication and what his books mean to young adults in the LGBTQ+ community.
Mayo Pride is proud to partner with Tertulia for this event. The mission of Tertulia is to contribute to a positive change in the way the world thinks. The vision of Tertulia is to live in a world where every story matters, to live in a world that understands that (our) stories are interconnected. It is this understanding that can help make our world a more equal society. See more at www.tertuliabookshop.com
13th May @ 7.30pm Join us for a conversation with Kathleen MacMahon – Author of recently published “The Home Scar”
Come and join us for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee. (AND A BIT OF PHILOSOPHY IN THERE TOO1)
Tertulia Book Reviews for the Mayo News – “Book review – Bríd Conroy
“Blood is thicker than water. We all know that one. We also know that blood and water have the capacity to run in a straight line, but, like family relations, they rarely do. Two astounding books this week take us on a journey of exploration into family relations. ‘The Home Scar’, by Kathleen McMahon, just recently published by Penguin, is a beautiful book set in the wilds of Connemara. The novel tells the story of Cassie and Christo, half brother and sister, who live now as adults in Mexico and Cambridge, respectively. Christo spots a news item that the remains of an ancient forest on a beach in Connemara have been discovered. This was the place of pivotal events in their childhood before their mother died, and they both decide almost on a whim to go to Ireland and find this forest. What they hadn’t banked on, however, was the place’s power to bring all that was buried within them to the surface along with the forest. It is a beautiful story at many levels. Christo and Cassie’s story is heartbreaking and emotional and thoroughly engaging at all times. We care deeply as readers about them and hold them throughout the reading. Yet, there is another beauty that enfolds; the landscape and how we are silently tied to it, sometimes unbeknownst to ourselves. McMahon describes her characters so gently and empathically and relates their story with a charming quirkiness. Cassie feels like a lonely alien some days and others a covert spy. Eduardo, her boyfriend, is meticulous (and meticulously opened up to us) in all his searches for perfection, yet all the while acknowledges beauty in the imperfection.”
Meet your favourite Authors at Tertulia (and our bookclub)
30th April @ 7.30pm Join us for a conversation with Carmel McMahon – Author of recently published “In Ordinary Time”
Come and join the Tertulia Bookclub for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee. (AND A BIT OF PHILOSOPHY IN THERE TOO)
Tertulia Book Reviews for the Mayo News – “Book review – Bríd Conroy
“Another book just out starts with Imbolc, the feast of Saint Brigid on February 1 and 2, set at the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. A memoir called ‘In Ordinary Time’, by Carmel McMahon, published by Duckworth Books, it talks about the passing of time when Saint Brigid lived, when it was not governed by clocks but by nature and a connection to the ethereal. McMahon interweaves her own story of emigration to New York in the ’80s and the effect on her family of the loss of a child not long before she herself was born. She talks about how the body remembers what the mind can’t and the importance of the healing and restorative power ‘in the intimate exchange of speaking and listening and being heard’. Her story follows our Celtic year from Imbolc through Bealtaine and Lughnasadh to Samhain and connects individual stories to that of our history and collective consciousness. McMahon has since returned to Ireland and is currently living in Mayo”
Easter Saturday 8th April – Join us for an Evening with Padraig O’Malley
8pm to 9.30pm
Padraig O’Malley will be holding the Mayo Launch of his latest book published by Lilliput Press
PERILS AND PROSPECTS OF A UNITED IRELAND
Come and join us for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee.
Padraig O’Malley’s Perils and Prospects of a United Ireland presents a wide-ranging and unique study of the questions around the future of Northern Irish politics, including the idea of reunification.
O’Malley has forged relationships across the political divide for over half a century and here he attemps to ascertain whether, after decades of interaction – but especially since the B/GFA – the protagonists are any closer to working co-operatively.
In this book, O’Malley explores the factors that might lead to the Northern Ireland Secretary of State calling a border referendum and the challenges both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would face. How might that majority for unity, a simple 50 per cent + 1, emerge? What criteria might a Secretary of State draw on to make their judgment call?
Saturday 22nd April – Join us for the first Time ever – Record Store Day in Westport 12 pm to 5pm
Celebrate all things “Vinyl”
Local bands and Musicians playing
Westival Literature and Philosophy events – 26th to 31st October
All Night Time Events sponsored by the NTESS scheme
13th of August @ 5 pm join us at the launch Shane O’Mara’s new book
Talking Heads : The New Science of how Conversation Shapes Our World
We are delighted to welcome Shane O’Mara, Neuroscientist, to the bookshop to launch his new book “Talking Heads”.
We talk about ourselves to change what other people think of us, feel about us, will do for us.
This novel way of thinking about talking turns our view of identity inside-out because our sense of identity arises out of what we think others think about us. We tell our stories to others, drawing on our fragile and fallible autobiographical memories, which are in turn shaped by the questions we are asked and the stories we want to tell about ourselves, and by what others tell us. And we do so to affect what others think about us – not simply to disclose ourselves to others. And this is all in the service of social belonging: to the family, to tribes, to institutions, to cultures and subcultures, to nations, to those who profess the same ideals and stories that we do. Talking Heads blends expertise and a scientific journey of discovery, leavened by Shane O’Mara’s warm tone and evangelical gift for transmitting the wonder of the brain to a wide readership.
Come along for a book signing and to meet the amazing Shane O’Mara in person
This is a free event, everyone is welcome!
summer Events 2 exciting book launches weekend of 12th and 13th august
12th of August @ 7:30 pm join us at the launch Eithne Shortall’s latest book “The Lodgers”
Eithne Shortall is an Irish journalist and author, known for her magnificent works of fiction such as “Love in row 27” and “Grace after Henry”. “The Lodgers” will be her fifth book to be published. One house. Three strangers. A second chance at happiness.
Tessa’s life as an activist and volunteer worker takes a hit after a fall. At the ripe young age of 69, she’s no longer able to live alone and decides to take in two lodgers for free. After the recent death of his brother, Conn is riddled with grief and determined to make amends. A free room seems too good to be true – until he meets the other lodger. Chloe arrives at Tessa’s house to deliver a package and leaves with a room. But she takes an instant dislike to Conn, who refuses to say where he disappears to at night. With everyone so busy keeping their own secrets, the mysterious package is forgotten. It’s addressed to Tessa’s daughter who’s been missing for 10 years – and only the contents have the answer to what happened…
13th of August @ 5 pm join us at the launch Shane O’Mara’s new book
Talking Heads : The New Science of how Conversation Shapes Our World
We are delighted to welcome Shane O’Mara, Neuroscientist, to the bookshop to launch his new book “Talking Heads”.
We talk about ourselves to change what other people think of us, feel about us, will do for us.
This novel way of thinking about talking turns our view of identity inside-out because our sense of identity arises out of what we think others think about us. We tell our stories to others, drawing on our fragile and fallible autobiographical memories, which are in turn shaped by the questions we are asked and the stories we want to tell about ourselves, and by what others tell us. And we do so to affect what others think about us – not simply to disclose ourselves to others. And this is all in the service of social belonging: to the family, to tribes, to institutions, to cultures and subcultures, to nations, to those who profess the same ideals and stories that we do. Talking Heads blends expertise and a scientific journey of discovery, leavened by Shane O’Mara’s warm tone and evangelical gift for transmitting the wonder of the brain to a wide readership.
Come along for a book signing and to meet the amazing Shane O’Mara in person
13th of July @ 7:30 pm join us at the launch for Dan Glass’s Queer Foot Prints
“What is Queer Footprints – a travel guide, a history text, a social commentary? Yes, yes, and yes. The divinely passionate Dan Glass has uncovered the Queer history of one of the world’s great cities in a way that is not only eye-opening, but just as entertaining as the writer himself. Whether you’ve visited London, lived in London, or never been that lucky, you will see it with fresh eyes. Dan’s research is extraordinary, and his use of eyewitnesses elevates his important work to another level of greatness. And perhaps most importantly, his call to action, for activists to create similar histories of their communities, is one I believe will be the legacy of this fabulous book.” Victoria Noe, Author of the Friend Grief series and F*g Hags, Divas and Moms: The Legacy of Straight Women in the AIDS Community.
“I had a good litmus test for this book, having lost my gay virginity decades ago in London, at a time between the Gay Liberation Front and Terrence Higgins Trust. Dan Glass, London’s unofficial queer mayor, passed my test with rainbow colors, capturing that time just as I had remembered. Queer Footprints takes you bar and history hopping through former gay ghettos and new queer spaces. The oral histories Glass obtained from those who were there, much like hidden gems on less travelled side streets, bring his guide to vibrant life.” Peter Staley, author of Never Silent / ACT UP New York.
17th June @ 7.30pm Join us for in conversation with Sally Hayden – Author of award winning “My Fourth Time, We drowned”
Come and join us for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee.
Sally Hayden is an Irish journalist focused on migration, conflict, and humanitarian crises. She is currently the Africa correspondent for the Irish Times. Sally’s work on Libya has been featured by the New York Times, the Guardian, Channel 4 News,
The Western world has turned its back on migrants, leaving them to cope with one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history.
Reporter Sally Hayden was at home in London when she received a message on Facebook: “Hi sister Sally, we need your help.” The sender identified himself as an Eritrean refugee who had been held in a Libyan detention center for months, locked in one big hall with hundreds of others. Now, the city around them was crumbling in a scrimmage between warring factions, and they remained stuck, defenseless, with only one remaining hope: contacting her. Hayden had inadvertently stumbled onto a human rights disaster of epic proportions.
From this single message begins a staggering account of the migrant crisis across North Africa, in a groundbreaking work of investigative journalism. With unprecedented access to people currently inside Libyan detention centers, Hayden’s book is based on interviews with hundreds of refugees and migrants who tried to reach Europe and found themselves stuck in Libya once the EU started funding interceptions in 2017.
It is an intimate portrait of life for these detainees, as well as a condemnation of NGOs and the United Nations, whose abdication of international standards will echo throughout history. But most importantly, My Fourth Time, We Drowned shines a light on the resilience of humans: how refugees and migrants locked up for years fall in love, support each other through the hardest times, and carry out small acts of resistance in order to survive in a system that wants them to be silent and disappear.
Join us for “Meet Write Up” – Fun Literary Event for 18+ at Tertulia
4th June Sunday @ 2pm
Meet up with like-minded Book Lovers Ages 18+
Ever fancied writing yourself?
Come along and meet Young Adult Writer – Jarlath Gregory author of “What Love Looks Like” – Sometimes love turns up where you least expect it – Ben Brennan, is 17, gay and happy most of the time. He’s finished school and is on track to a great career – all that’s missing is falling in love. Can Ben navigate the pitfalls of gay dating, with all its expectations and be true to himself?
Jarlath was nominated for the Best Young Adult Book at the An Post Book Awards. Jarlath will read from his book and tell us a bit about this journey to publication and what his books mean to young adults in the LGBTQ+ community.
Mayo Pride is proud to partner with Tertulia for this event. The mission of Tertulia is to contribute to a positive change in the way the world thinks. The vision of Tertulia is to live in a world where every story matters, to live in a world that understands that (our) stories are interconnected. It is this understanding that can help make our world a more equal society. See more at www.tertuliabookshop.com
13th May @ 7.30pm Join us for a conversation with Kathleen MacMahon – Author of recently published “The Home Scar”
Come and join us for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee. (AND A BIT OF PHILOSOPHY IN THERE TOO1)
Tertulia Book Reviews for the Mayo News – “Book review – Bríd Conroy
“Blood is thicker than water. We all know that one. We also know that blood and water have the capacity to run in a straight line, but, like family relations, they rarely do. Two astounding books this week take us on a journey of exploration into family relations. ‘The Home Scar’, by Kathleen McMahon, just recently published by Penguin, is a beautiful book set in the wilds of Connemara. The novel tells the story of Cassie and Christo, half brother and sister, who live now as adults in Mexico and Cambridge, respectively. Christo spots a news item that the remains of an ancient forest on a beach in Connemara have been discovered. This was the place of pivotal events in their childhood before their mother died, and they both decide almost on a whim to go to Ireland and find this forest. What they hadn’t banked on, however, was the place’s power to bring all that was buried within them to the surface along with the forest. It is a beautiful story at many levels. Christo and Cassie’s story is heartbreaking and emotional and thoroughly engaging at all times. We care deeply as readers about them and hold them throughout the reading. Yet, there is another beauty that enfolds; the landscape and how we are silently tied to it, sometimes unbeknownst to ourselves. McMahon describes her characters so gently and empathically and relates their story with a charming quirkiness. Cassie feels like a lonely alien some days and others a covert spy. Eduardo, her boyfriend, is meticulous (and meticulously opened up to us) in all his searches for perfection, yet all the while acknowledges beauty in the imperfection.”
Meet your favourite Authors at Tertulia (and our bookclub)
30th April @ 7.30pm Join us for a conversation with Carmel McMahon – Author of recently published “In Ordinary Time”
Come and join the Tertulia Bookclub for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee. (AND A BIT OF PHILOSOPHY IN THERE TOO)
Tertulia Book Reviews for the Mayo News – “Book review – Bríd Conroy
“Another book just out starts with Imbolc, the feast of Saint Brigid on February 1 and 2, set at the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. A memoir called ‘In Ordinary Time’, by Carmel McMahon, published by Duckworth Books, it talks about the passing of time when Saint Brigid lived, when it was not governed by clocks but by nature and a connection to the ethereal. McMahon interweaves her own story of emigration to New York in the ’80s and the effect on her family of the loss of a child not long before she herself was born. She talks about how the body remembers what the mind can’t and the importance of the healing and restorative power ‘in the intimate exchange of speaking and listening and being heard’. Her story follows our Celtic year from Imbolc through Bealtaine and Lughnasadh to Samhain and connects individual stories to that of our history and collective consciousness. McMahon has since returned to Ireland and is currently living in Mayo”
Easter Saturday 8th April – Join us for an Evening with Padraig O’Malley
8pm to 9.30pm
Padraig O’Malley will be holding the Mayo Launch of his latest book published by Lilliput Press
PERILS AND PROSPECTS OF A UNITED IRELAND
Come and join us for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee.
Padraig O’Malley’s Perils and Prospects of a United Ireland presents a wide-ranging and unique study of the questions around the future of Northern Irish politics, including the idea of reunification.
O’Malley has forged relationships across the political divide for over half a century and here he attemps to ascertain whether, after decades of interaction – but especially since the B/GFA – the protagonists are any closer to working co-operatively.
In this book, O’Malley explores the factors that might lead to the Northern Ireland Secretary of State calling a border referendum and the challenges both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would face. How might that majority for unity, a simple 50 per cent + 1, emerge? What criteria might a Secretary of State draw on to make their judgment call?
Saturday 22nd April – Join us for the first Time ever – Record Store Day in Westport 12 pm to 5pm
Celebrate all things “Vinyl”
Local bands and Musicians playing
Westival Literature and Philosophy events – 26th to 31st October
All Night Time Events sponsored by the NTESS scheme
12th of August @ 7:30 pm join us at the launch Eithne Shortall’s latest book “The Lodgers”
Eithne Shortall is an Irish journalist and author, known for her magnificent works of fiction such as “Love in row 27” and “Grace after Henry”. “The Lodgers” will be her fifth book to be published. One house. Three strangers. A second chance at happiness.
Tessa’s life as an activist and volunteer worker takes a hit after a fall. At the ripe young age of 69, she’s no longer able to live alone and decides to take in two lodgers for free. After the recent death of his brother, Conn is riddled with grief and determined to make amends. A free room seems too good to be true – until he meets the other lodger. Chloe arrives at Tessa’s house to deliver a package and leaves with a room. But she takes an instant dislike to Conn, who refuses to say where he disappears to at night. With everyone so busy keeping their own secrets, the mysterious package is forgotten. It’s addressed to Tessa’s daughter who’s been missing for 10 years – and only the contents have the answer to what happened…
13th of August @ 5 pm join us at the launch Shane O’Mara’s new book
Talking Heads : The New Science of how Conversation Shapes Our World
We are delighted to welcome Shane O’Mara, Neuroscientist, to the bookshop to launch his new book “Talking Heads”.
We talk about ourselves to change what other people think of us, feel about us, will do for us.
This novel way of thinking about talking turns our view of identity inside-out because our sense of identity arises out of what we think others think about us. We tell our stories to others, drawing on our fragile and fallible autobiographical memories, which are in turn shaped by the questions we are asked and the stories we want to tell about ourselves, and by what others tell us. And we do so to affect what others think about us – not simply to disclose ourselves to others. And this is all in the service of social belonging: to the family, to tribes, to institutions, to cultures and subcultures, to nations, to those who profess the same ideals and stories that we do. Talking Heads blends expertise and a scientific journey of discovery, leavened by Shane O’Mara’s warm tone and evangelical gift for transmitting the wonder of the brain to a wide readership.
Come along for a book signing and to meet the amazing Shane O’Mara in person
13th of July @ 7:30 pm join us at the launch for Dan Glass’s Queer Foot Prints
“What is Queer Footprints – a travel guide, a history text, a social commentary? Yes, yes, and yes. The divinely passionate Dan Glass has uncovered the Queer history of one of the world’s great cities in a way that is not only eye-opening, but just as entertaining as the writer himself. Whether you’ve visited London, lived in London, or never been that lucky, you will see it with fresh eyes. Dan’s research is extraordinary, and his use of eyewitnesses elevates his important work to another level of greatness. And perhaps most importantly, his call to action, for activists to create similar histories of their communities, is one I believe will be the legacy of this fabulous book.” Victoria Noe, Author of the Friend Grief series and F*g Hags, Divas and Moms: The Legacy of Straight Women in the AIDS Community.
“I had a good litmus test for this book, having lost my gay virginity decades ago in London, at a time between the Gay Liberation Front and Terrence Higgins Trust. Dan Glass, London’s unofficial queer mayor, passed my test with rainbow colors, capturing that time just as I had remembered. Queer Footprints takes you bar and history hopping through former gay ghettos and new queer spaces. The oral histories Glass obtained from those who were there, much like hidden gems on less travelled side streets, bring his guide to vibrant life.” Peter Staley, author of Never Silent / ACT UP New York.
17th June @ 7.30pm Join us for in conversation with Sally Hayden – Author of award winning “My Fourth Time, We drowned”
Come and join us for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee.
Sally Hayden is an Irish journalist focused on migration, conflict, and humanitarian crises. She is currently the Africa correspondent for the Irish Times. Sally’s work on Libya has been featured by the New York Times, the Guardian, Channel 4 News,
The Western world has turned its back on migrants, leaving them to cope with one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history.
Reporter Sally Hayden was at home in London when she received a message on Facebook: “Hi sister Sally, we need your help.” The sender identified himself as an Eritrean refugee who had been held in a Libyan detention center for months, locked in one big hall with hundreds of others. Now, the city around them was crumbling in a scrimmage between warring factions, and they remained stuck, defenseless, with only one remaining hope: contacting her. Hayden had inadvertently stumbled onto a human rights disaster of epic proportions.
From this single message begins a staggering account of the migrant crisis across North Africa, in a groundbreaking work of investigative journalism. With unprecedented access to people currently inside Libyan detention centers, Hayden’s book is based on interviews with hundreds of refugees and migrants who tried to reach Europe and found themselves stuck in Libya once the EU started funding interceptions in 2017.
It is an intimate portrait of life for these detainees, as well as a condemnation of NGOs and the United Nations, whose abdication of international standards will echo throughout history. But most importantly, My Fourth Time, We Drowned shines a light on the resilience of humans: how refugees and migrants locked up for years fall in love, support each other through the hardest times, and carry out small acts of resistance in order to survive in a system that wants them to be silent and disappear.
Join us for “Meet Write Up” – Fun Literary Event for 18+ at Tertulia
4th June Sunday @ 2pm
Meet up with like-minded Book Lovers Ages 18+
Ever fancied writing yourself?
Come along and meet Young Adult Writer – Jarlath Gregory author of “What Love Looks Like” – Sometimes love turns up where you least expect it – Ben Brennan, is 17, gay and happy most of the time. He’s finished school and is on track to a great career – all that’s missing is falling in love. Can Ben navigate the pitfalls of gay dating, with all its expectations and be true to himself?
Jarlath was nominated for the Best Young Adult Book at the An Post Book Awards. Jarlath will read from his book and tell us a bit about this journey to publication and what his books mean to young adults in the LGBTQ+ community.
Mayo Pride is proud to partner with Tertulia for this event. The mission of Tertulia is to contribute to a positive change in the way the world thinks. The vision of Tertulia is to live in a world where every story matters, to live in a world that understands that (our) stories are interconnected. It is this understanding that can help make our world a more equal society. See more at www.tertuliabookshop.com
13th May @ 7.30pm Join us for a conversation with Kathleen MacMahon – Author of recently published “The Home Scar”
Come and join us for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee. (AND A BIT OF PHILOSOPHY IN THERE TOO1)
Tertulia Book Reviews for the Mayo News – “Book review – Bríd Conroy
“Blood is thicker than water. We all know that one. We also know that blood and water have the capacity to run in a straight line, but, like family relations, they rarely do. Two astounding books this week take us on a journey of exploration into family relations. ‘The Home Scar’, by Kathleen McMahon, just recently published by Penguin, is a beautiful book set in the wilds of Connemara. The novel tells the story of Cassie and Christo, half brother and sister, who live now as adults in Mexico and Cambridge, respectively. Christo spots a news item that the remains of an ancient forest on a beach in Connemara have been discovered. This was the place of pivotal events in their childhood before their mother died, and they both decide almost on a whim to go to Ireland and find this forest. What they hadn’t banked on, however, was the place’s power to bring all that was buried within them to the surface along with the forest. It is a beautiful story at many levels. Christo and Cassie’s story is heartbreaking and emotional and thoroughly engaging at all times. We care deeply as readers about them and hold them throughout the reading. Yet, there is another beauty that enfolds; the landscape and how we are silently tied to it, sometimes unbeknownst to ourselves. McMahon describes her characters so gently and empathically and relates their story with a charming quirkiness. Cassie feels like a lonely alien some days and others a covert spy. Eduardo, her boyfriend, is meticulous (and meticulously opened up to us) in all his searches for perfection, yet all the while acknowledges beauty in the imperfection.”
Meet your favourite Authors at Tertulia (and our bookclub)
30th April @ 7.30pm Join us for a conversation with Carmel McMahon – Author of recently published “In Ordinary Time”
Come and join the Tertulia Bookclub for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee. (AND A BIT OF PHILOSOPHY IN THERE TOO)
Tertulia Book Reviews for the Mayo News – “Book review – Bríd Conroy
“Another book just out starts with Imbolc, the feast of Saint Brigid on February 1 and 2, set at the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. A memoir called ‘In Ordinary Time’, by Carmel McMahon, published by Duckworth Books, it talks about the passing of time when Saint Brigid lived, when it was not governed by clocks but by nature and a connection to the ethereal. McMahon interweaves her own story of emigration to New York in the ’80s and the effect on her family of the loss of a child not long before she herself was born. She talks about how the body remembers what the mind can’t and the importance of the healing and restorative power ‘in the intimate exchange of speaking and listening and being heard’. Her story follows our Celtic year from Imbolc through Bealtaine and Lughnasadh to Samhain and connects individual stories to that of our history and collective consciousness. McMahon has since returned to Ireland and is currently living in Mayo”
Easter Saturday 8th April – Join us for an Evening with Padraig O’Malley
8pm to 9.30pm
Padraig O’Malley will be holding the Mayo Launch of his latest book published by Lilliput Press
PERILS AND PROSPECTS OF A UNITED IRELAND
Come and join us for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee.
Padraig O’Malley’s Perils and Prospects of a United Ireland presents a wide-ranging and unique study of the questions around the future of Northern Irish politics, including the idea of reunification.
O’Malley has forged relationships across the political divide for over half a century and here he attemps to ascertain whether, after decades of interaction – but especially since the B/GFA – the protagonists are any closer to working co-operatively.
In this book, O’Malley explores the factors that might lead to the Northern Ireland Secretary of State calling a border referendum and the challenges both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would face. How might that majority for unity, a simple 50 per cent + 1, emerge? What criteria might a Secretary of State draw on to make their judgment call?
Saturday 22nd April – Join us for the first Time ever – Record Store Day in Westport 12 pm to 5pm
Celebrate all things “Vinyl”
Local bands and Musicians playing
Westival Literature and Philosophy events – 26th to 31st October
All Night Time Events sponsored by the NTESS scheme
12th of August @ 7:30 pm join us at the launch Eithne Shortall’s latest book “The Lodgers”
Eithne Shortall is an Irish journalist and author, known for her magnificent works of fiction such as “Love in row 27” and “Grace after Henry”. “The Lodgers” will be her fifth book to be published. One house. Three strangers. A second chance at happiness.
Tessa’s life as an activist and volunteer worker takes a hit after a fall. At the ripe young age of 69, she’s no longer able to live alone and decides to take in two lodgers for free. After the recent death of his brother, Conn is riddled with grief and determined to make amends. A free room seems too good to be true – until he meets the other lodger. Chloe arrives at Tessa’s house to deliver a package and leaves with a room. But she takes an instant dislike to Conn, who refuses to say where he disappears to at night. With everyone so busy keeping their own secrets, the mysterious package is forgotten. It’s addressed to Tessa’s daughter who’s been missing for 10 years – and only the contents have the answer to what happened…
13th of August @ 5 pm join us at the launch Shane O’Mara’s new book
Talking Heads : The New Science of how Conversation Shapes Our World
We are delighted to welcome Shane O’Mara, Neuroscientist, to the bookshop to launch his new book “Talking Heads”.
We talk about ourselves to change what other people think of us, feel about us, will do for us.
This novel way of thinking about talking turns our view of identity inside-out because our sense of identity arises out of what we think others think about us. We tell our stories to others, drawing on our fragile and fallible autobiographical memories, which are in turn shaped by the questions we are asked and the stories we want to tell about ourselves, and by what others tell us. And we do so to affect what others think about us – not simply to disclose ourselves to others. And this is all in the service of social belonging: to the family, to tribes, to institutions, to cultures and subcultures, to nations, to those who profess the same ideals and stories that we do. Talking Heads blends expertise and a scientific journey of discovery, leavened by Shane O’Mara’s warm tone and evangelical gift for transmitting the wonder of the brain to a wide readership.
Come along for a book signing and to meet the amazing Shane O’Mara in person
13th of July @ 7:30 pm join us at the launch for Dan Glass’s Queer Foot Prints
“What is Queer Footprints – a travel guide, a history text, a social commentary? Yes, yes, and yes. The divinely passionate Dan Glass has uncovered the Queer history of one of the world’s great cities in a way that is not only eye-opening, but just as entertaining as the writer himself. Whether you’ve visited London, lived in London, or never been that lucky, you will see it with fresh eyes. Dan’s research is extraordinary, and his use of eyewitnesses elevates his important work to another level of greatness. And perhaps most importantly, his call to action, for activists to create similar histories of their communities, is one I believe will be the legacy of this fabulous book.” Victoria Noe, Author of the Friend Grief series and F*g Hags, Divas and Moms: The Legacy of Straight Women in the AIDS Community.
“I had a good litmus test for this book, having lost my gay virginity decades ago in London, at a time between the Gay Liberation Front and Terrence Higgins Trust. Dan Glass, London’s unofficial queer mayor, passed my test with rainbow colors, capturing that time just as I had remembered. Queer Footprints takes you bar and history hopping through former gay ghettos and new queer spaces. The oral histories Glass obtained from those who were there, much like hidden gems on less travelled side streets, bring his guide to vibrant life.” Peter Staley, author of Never Silent / ACT UP New York.
17th June @ 7.30pm Join us for in conversation with Sally Hayden – Author of award winning “My Fourth Time, We drowned”
Come and join us for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee.
Sally Hayden is an Irish journalist focused on migration, conflict, and humanitarian crises. She is currently the Africa correspondent for the Irish Times. Sally’s work on Libya has been featured by the New York Times, the Guardian, Channel 4 News,
The Western world has turned its back on migrants, leaving them to cope with one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history.
Reporter Sally Hayden was at home in London when she received a message on Facebook: “Hi sister Sally, we need your help.” The sender identified himself as an Eritrean refugee who had been held in a Libyan detention center for months, locked in one big hall with hundreds of others. Now, the city around them was crumbling in a scrimmage between warring factions, and they remained stuck, defenseless, with only one remaining hope: contacting her. Hayden had inadvertently stumbled onto a human rights disaster of epic proportions.
From this single message begins a staggering account of the migrant crisis across North Africa, in a groundbreaking work of investigative journalism. With unprecedented access to people currently inside Libyan detention centers, Hayden’s book is based on interviews with hundreds of refugees and migrants who tried to reach Europe and found themselves stuck in Libya once the EU started funding interceptions in 2017.
It is an intimate portrait of life for these detainees, as well as a condemnation of NGOs and the United Nations, whose abdication of international standards will echo throughout history. But most importantly, My Fourth Time, We Drowned shines a light on the resilience of humans: how refugees and migrants locked up for years fall in love, support each other through the hardest times, and carry out small acts of resistance in order to survive in a system that wants them to be silent and disappear.
Join us for “Meet Write Up” – Fun Literary Event for 18+ at Tertulia
4th June Sunday @ 2pm
Meet up with like-minded Book Lovers Ages 18+
Ever fancied writing yourself?
Come along and meet Young Adult Writer – Jarlath Gregory author of “What Love Looks Like” – Sometimes love turns up where you least expect it – Ben Brennan, is 17, gay and happy most of the time. He’s finished school and is on track to a great career – all that’s missing is falling in love. Can Ben navigate the pitfalls of gay dating, with all its expectations and be true to himself?
Jarlath was nominated for the Best Young Adult Book at the An Post Book Awards. Jarlath will read from his book and tell us a bit about this journey to publication and what his books mean to young adults in the LGBTQ+ community.
Mayo Pride is proud to partner with Tertulia for this event. The mission of Tertulia is to contribute to a positive change in the way the world thinks. The vision of Tertulia is to live in a world where every story matters, to live in a world that understands that (our) stories are interconnected. It is this understanding that can help make our world a more equal society. See more at www.tertuliabookshop.com
13th May @ 7.30pm Join us for a conversation with Kathleen MacMahon – Author of recently published “The Home Scar”
Come and join us for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee. (AND A BIT OF PHILOSOPHY IN THERE TOO1)
Tertulia Book Reviews for the Mayo News – “Book review – Bríd Conroy
“Blood is thicker than water. We all know that one. We also know that blood and water have the capacity to run in a straight line, but, like family relations, they rarely do. Two astounding books this week take us on a journey of exploration into family relations. ‘The Home Scar’, by Kathleen McMahon, just recently published by Penguin, is a beautiful book set in the wilds of Connemara. The novel tells the story of Cassie and Christo, half brother and sister, who live now as adults in Mexico and Cambridge, respectively. Christo spots a news item that the remains of an ancient forest on a beach in Connemara have been discovered. This was the place of pivotal events in their childhood before their mother died, and they both decide almost on a whim to go to Ireland and find this forest. What they hadn’t banked on, however, was the place’s power to bring all that was buried within them to the surface along with the forest. It is a beautiful story at many levels. Christo and Cassie’s story is heartbreaking and emotional and thoroughly engaging at all times. We care deeply as readers about them and hold them throughout the reading. Yet, there is another beauty that enfolds; the landscape and how we are silently tied to it, sometimes unbeknownst to ourselves. McMahon describes her characters so gently and empathically and relates their story with a charming quirkiness. Cassie feels like a lonely alien some days and others a covert spy. Eduardo, her boyfriend, is meticulous (and meticulously opened up to us) in all his searches for perfection, yet all the while acknowledges beauty in the imperfection.”
Meet your favourite Authors at Tertulia (and our bookclub)
30th April @ 7.30pm Join us for a conversation with Carmel McMahon – Author of recently published “In Ordinary Time”
Come and join the Tertulia Bookclub for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee. (AND A BIT OF PHILOSOPHY IN THERE TOO)
Tertulia Book Reviews for the Mayo News – “Book review – Bríd Conroy
“Another book just out starts with Imbolc, the feast of Saint Brigid on February 1 and 2, set at the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. A memoir called ‘In Ordinary Time’, by Carmel McMahon, published by Duckworth Books, it talks about the passing of time when Saint Brigid lived, when it was not governed by clocks but by nature and a connection to the ethereal. McMahon interweaves her own story of emigration to New York in the ’80s and the effect on her family of the loss of a child not long before she herself was born. She talks about how the body remembers what the mind can’t and the importance of the healing and restorative power ‘in the intimate exchange of speaking and listening and being heard’. Her story follows our Celtic year from Imbolc through Bealtaine and Lughnasadh to Samhain and connects individual stories to that of our history and collective consciousness. McMahon has since returned to Ireland and is currently living in Mayo”
Easter Saturday 8th April – Join us for an Evening with Padraig O’Malley
8pm to 9.30pm
Padraig O’Malley will be holding the Mayo Launch of his latest book published by Lilliput Press
PERILS AND PROSPECTS OF A UNITED IRELAND
Come and join us for an engaging discussion and a glass of wine or coffee.
Padraig O’Malley’s Perils and Prospects of a United Ireland presents a wide-ranging and unique study of the questions around the future of Northern Irish politics, including the idea of reunification.
O’Malley has forged relationships across the political divide for over half a century and here he attemps to ascertain whether, after decades of interaction – but especially since the B/GFA – the protagonists are any closer to working co-operatively.
In this book, O’Malley explores the factors that might lead to the Northern Ireland Secretary of State calling a border referendum and the challenges both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would face. How might that majority for unity, a simple 50 per cent + 1, emerge? What criteria might a Secretary of State draw on to make their judgment call?
Saturday 22nd April – Join us for the first Time ever – Record Store Day in Westport 12 pm to 5pm
Celebrate all things “Vinyl”
Local bands and Musicians playing
Westival Literature and Philosophy events – 26th to 31st October
All Night Time Events sponsored by the NTESS scheme
Direction Forward – What we owe the future?’ 8.00pm on Friday 28th October
At the amazing Grove House
Come join Creative Together and Tertulia Bookshop for an evening of thought provocation and lively debate. Starting with the theory of ‘longtermism’ we will pose some interesting questions, drawing on a varied tapestry of philosophy and literature, to help fuel the fire of enquiry.
Simply defined ‘longtermism’ is the view that positively influencing the long-term future is a key moral priority of our time. But this view doesn’t come without some challenges and so is the future of our planet.
Can humans act wisely in response to global challenges? What values are required to create sustainable future? Where can we draw inspiration from to leave the world a better place? What we owe the future?
Why not brighten those darker Autumnal evenings with the light of your creativity? Use the ink of your life to write memoir, stories or poetry. No experience is necessary, although experienced writers are welcome. All you need is a desire to write and share your work with others. This is not a craft workshop, there will be no critical feedback and it’s not a therapy session, just a facilitated writing space in which you will put words on the page. Kate Carty is our facilitator who has an MA in writing from NUIG and she has facilitated numerous workshops over the years. There will be tea and coffee to help those creative juices to flow. Supported by the Night Time Economy Support Scheme
Admissions – €10 inc Vat for per night Location: Tertulia Bookshop, The Quay, Westport Times: 6.30pm to 9pm Dates: Remaining Tuesdays as follows: 27th September 4th October 11th October 25th October
THURSDAY TERTULIA 4th august
SUMMER Events TERTULIA'S, LAUNCHES & meet your favourite authors
4th August – Join us for an Evening Tertulia with Creative Together
8pm to 9.30pm
The theme for this is: Where does Social Sustainability and Market Economics cross over
SOCIETY & ECONOMICS
with special guest Jim Power and host Lukasz Krzywon
Jim Power is one of Ireland’s leading and best-known economic analysts. Jim has a wealth of experience in delivering insightful economic analysis, forecasts and commentary to both Irish and international audiences. He writes regularly for national newspapers and is a regular contributor to radio and TV debates and discussions, and podcasts such as The Stand and Win Happy.
Lukasz Kryzwon of Creative Together is a philosopher and founder of Philosopher’s Hat Club along with Tertulia Bookshop.
Tertulia’s originated in Spain and like the French “Salons” provided a space for people to discuss life and literature.
We invite you to engage with each other over a coffee or glass of wine
Previous Tertulia’s we covered the origins and workings of the Citizen’s Assembly, the crossover of poetry and philosophy, what does climate change once resolved look like?
23rd July – an evening with Kieran Cooke – The accidental Foreign Correspondent 7pm to 8.30pm
Chasing Gadaffi round the Sahara Desert, chance meetings with the Pope and Castro, a kick in the head from a Ukrainian pole dancer, shot at in a Belfast cemetery, searching for Ludwig Wittgenstein’s chickens in Connemara – it’s all here in ‘The Accidental Foreign Correspondent’.
Kieran Cooke, based between homes in Mayo and Oxford and a foreign correspondent for the BBC, Financial Times and the London Independent, reflects on more than 40 years of reporting from around the world – the highs, the lows and the downright bizarre. Kieran, a long time contributor to the BBC’s flagship ‘From Our Own Correspondent’ programme, will be launching and reading from his book at Tertulia bookshop.
Come join us in welcoming Claire Keegan to Tertulia, where we will chat to Claire about her books and hear Claire read from her latest book “Small Things Like These”.
Claire Keegan’s stories have won numerous awards and have been translated into thirty languages. Her works are published in The New Yorker, Granta, and the Paris Review. Antarctica won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and was a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year. Walk the Blue Fields won the Edge Hill Prize, awarded to the strongest collection of stories published in the British Isles, judged by Hilary Mantel. Foster won the Davey Byrnes Award, the world’s richest prize for a short story. It is now part of the school syllabus in Ireland and has bed. adapted to the feature film An Cailin Ciuin/ The Quiet Girl. Her latest work, Small Things Like These, was recently published to huge international acclaim. The critic, Declan Kiberd, has written that she is “a writer already touched by greatness.”
We were delighted to be involved in last year’s Westival.
The line up was super.
Fiction, debate, workshops, art, literature, authors…what’s not to love!
Check out our events below.
Sponsored by Spot-Lit EU
A Room of One’s Own – The Necessity of Literature in Today’s Society.
Wednesday, 20th Oct, 7.00 p.m.
Come join Creative Together, Tertulia Bookshop and The Philosopher’s Hat Club for an evening of literature, thought provocation and lively debate. Starting with Virginia Woolf’s radical essay we will pose some interesting questions, drawing on a varied tapestry of prose and poetry, to help fuel the fire of inquiry.
Mayo Writer in Residence Elizabeth Reapy, Tertulia Bookshop and Mayo Arts Service come together to mix the artistic medium of drawing and writing with a view to freeing your creativity. Learn about free writing and free drawing, how the two are interchangeable and can inspire creative and artistic flow.
Tertulia Bookshop is delighted to introduce award winning authors Nuala O’Connor (Nora, Becoming Bell, Miss Emily) and Sophie White (Corpsing – My Body and Other Horror Shows, Unfiltered, Filter This). Spend the evening in our company, where we will be talking all things fiction.
The Little Prince is a novella by french aviator and writer Antoine de Saint -Exupéry. This well loved children’s book, first published in 1943, has sold over 140 million copies. The story follows a young prince who visits various planets in space, including Earth, and addresses themes of loneliness, friendship, love, and loss. Come join us for a fun creative workshop.
Watch Back - Launch Event of The Hidden Child and The Orchard Girls (Tertulia Event SepT 2021) Double Delight!
Wednesday, 8th Sept, 7.00 p.m.
Louise Fein’s anticipated novel The Hidden Child is on our bookshelves now.
We are delighted to have Louise back with us again, hot on the heels of her very successful novel People Like Us. Join us for a catch up with Louise on all things bookish, with an in-depth look at her latest creation, a novel set in 1920’s England at the time of the Eugenics movement.
Life for Eleanor and Edward is not all it seems to be. Secrets and scandal have a way of creeping out at the very worst moment.
We are excited to get to meet Louise virtually at Tertulia and find out more about her work and her anticipated second novel.
Also access our Members Area for previous events FREE member’s area.
Nikola Scott joins us virtually at Tertulia for the launch of her third novel The Orchard Girls.
Nikola’s work includes My Mother’s Shadow and The Summer of Secrets, all transportative fiction, where we take a trip back in time to the early 20th century.
Nikola creates worlds for us to get lost in and her latest creation is centred around The Women’s Land Army and how seventeen year old Violet’s life changes forever.
We are excited to get to meet Nikola virtually at Tertulia and find out more about her work and her anticipated third novel.
Also access our Members Area for previous events FREE member’s area.
the End of the world is a cul de sac (Tertulia Event JUly 2021)
Wednesday, 7th July, 7.30 p.m.
‘From the minute I started to write, I didn’t care if the house fell down around me.’ Louise Kennedy’s admission in her recent Irish Times interview. (Sat April 3rd, 2021)
The chef turned writer’s debut collection of short stories has been causing quite a stir, even rumours of bidding wars over the manuscript.
The End of the World is a Cul de Sac was finally secured by Bloomsbury and has been published in April of this year to great reviews.
Kennedy grew up in Hollywood in County Down and was always, consciously or otherwise, in the presence of division. That idea comes through in her stories, the them and us, the other and belonging.
Her short stories have won prizes and been widely published. In both 2019 and 2020 she was short-listed for the Sunday Times Audible Award, the world’s richest prize for a single short story, and the An Post Irish Short Story of the Year.
She has written for the Guardian, Irish Times, BBC Radio4 and RTE Radio 1.
We are delighted to get to meet her here at Tertulia and find out more about her work and her journey into writing.
Also access our Members Area for previous events FREE member’s area.
Hilary Fannin and the weight of love (PREVIOUS Event June 2021)
Previous Event – June 2021
Hilary Fannin will be talking to us about her latest novel The Weight of Love.
HILARY FANNIN is an award-winning playwright and newspaper columnist. Born in Dublin, where she still lives, she was writer in association at the Abbey Theatre in its centenary year.
Her plays, including Mackerel Sky, Doldrum Bay, Famished Castle and an adaptation of Racine’s Phaedra, have been performed in Ireland, London, Europe and North America. She writes a weekly column for the Irish Times and was awarded Irish Columnist of the Year in 2019. Her memoir, Hopscotch, was published to critical acclaim in 2015.
The Weight of Love is her first novel.
Come and chat with us as we get to know a little bit more about Hilary and her creative process.
A French native, Victoria Mas was raised in the south of France and fed unique local specialities from her village that still haunt her today.
After studying in California, she got her Master’s degree in Literature from the Paris Sorbonne University and remembered all the times she stepped into her Montmartre bakery to get through the exams.
She is author of the acclaimed debut novel The Mad Women’s Ball and is our guest this month at Tertulia.
Come and join us for an evening with Victoria, where we learn all about her latest novel and hear the exciting news of her film rights for THE MAD WOMEN’S BALL.
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