Andri Snær Magnason is participating in The Laugharne Weekend festival Friday the 3rd of April 2009. Other writers reading in the festival include Irvine Welsh and DBC Pierre.
More information here:
From the website of The Laugharne Weekend 2009
Here’s the programme. There will probably be one or two additions over the next few days. Check back in case of any cancellations or time changes.
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The Marquee: Mick Jones & Nick “Topper” Headon 9.30 – 11.00 pm
Mick Jones and Nick “Topper” Headon will be interviewed about their careers by
their former tour manager Johnny Green
Irvine Welsh & Patrick McCabe 6.00 – 8.00pm
Irvine Welsh’s debut novel Trainspotting played an influential role in mid-nineties British culture and was turned into a film starring Ewan MacGregor and directed by Danny Boyle. Since then he has gone on to establish himself as an essential British author with books such as Glue, Filth and his latest, Crime
“Mind-bendingly good” – GQ
Patrick McCabe was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland in 1955. Twice short
listed for The Booker Prize for his novels The Butcher Boy and Breakfast On Pluto
(both made into films by Neil Jordan). His latest novel The Holy City was published by Bloomsbury in January 2009
“ McCabe may well be the lodestone of Irish fiction” – New York Observer
Musical Afternoon #1 1.30 – 5/00 pm
Alasdair Roberts
Alasdair Roberts is a Scottish folk musician who has collaborated with Will Oldham
and toured and trodden the boards with Joanna Newsom, Waterson/Carthy and Smog.
“Infused with the enduring melodies and lyrical twists of ancient folk music — mesmerising” – The Observer/ www.alasdairroberts.com
Cate Le Bon
Cate Le Bon is a singer-songwriter from Cardiff, Wales, who sings in both English and Welsh. She appeared as a guest vocalist on Neon Neon’s album Stainless Style. She recently released the double A-side single No One Can Drag Me Down/Disappear (described by Gruff Rhys as “Bobbie Gentry and Nico fight over a Casio keyboard; melody wins!”). www.catelebon.co.uk
Threatmantics
Cardiff alt-rock trio who have just released their first album on Domino Recordings. Threatmantics claim they are not like other rock and roll bands, “This is mainly due to their lead guitar being a viola and their drummer and keyboardist being the same person. At the same time.” www.myspace.com/threatmantics
The Millennium Hall
Louis de Bernieres w/ the Antonius Players & Buddug James 8.00 – 11.00 pm
Louis de Bernieres was born in London in 1954. In 1993 he was chosen by Granta
as one of the twenty Best of Young British Novelists and his next novel Captain
Corelli’s Mandolin went on to become a phenomenal bestseller. His latest novel
A Partisan’s Daughter was short-listed for the Costa Prize. Louis plays the flute,
mandolin, clarinet and guitar and performs regularly with the Antonius Players. At
Laugharne he will be reading from his works and playing music with the Antonius
Players.
Buddug James is an opera singer from Cardigan. She will be performing Castravida a one
woman show basesd on the life of a fictional castrato and featuring arias by Handel and
Gluck .
Stuart Maconie 5.30 – 6.30 pm
Stuart Maconie is an English radio presenter, writer, journalist and critic. His books
include Cider With Roadies (about his experiences as a music journalist) Pies and
Prejudice (about the modern reality of the north of England) and his latest book
Adventures on The High Teas: In Search of Middle England. Stuart currently presents a show with Mark Radcliffe on Radio Two every Monday to Thursday and the Freak Zone show on BBC 6 Music every Sunday. “The best thing to come out of Wigan since the A58 to Bolton” – Peter Kay
Andri Snaer Magnason 3.00 – 4.00 pm
Prizewinning Icelandic writer and Bjork collaborator reads from his eco-conscious bestseller Dreamland: Self-help For A Frightened Nation.
The Stable Door
Stella Duffy & Charlotte Greig 5.00 – 6.00 pm
Stella Duffy was born in the UK, grew up in New Zealand and now lives in London. She
has written eleven novels including her latest The Room of Lost Things and has twice been
short listed for the Orange Prize.
“Always surprising, always moving and as fresh as tomorrow” – Neil Bartlett
Charlotte Greig has recorded five critically acclaimed folk albums and written a book
on girl groups Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow ?. Her first novel A Girl’s Guide To
Modern European Philosophy was published in 2007 and is a bittersweet coming-of-age
tale. “Sparkling and funny as well as intelligently thoughtful” – Tessa Hadley
Trevor Byrne & Denis Kehoe 3.30 – 4.30
Trevor Byrne was born in Dublin and is currently a tutor of creative writing at Glamorgan
University. His debut novel Ghosts and Lightning will be published in June 2009
Denis Kehoe was born in Dublin in 1978, where he now lives. Nights Beneath the Nation is his first novel. ‘This passionately written novel offers a bruised account of repression and loneliness, tempered by flickering instants of beauty and compassion… Kehoe writes like a dream, subtle rhymes and nuances drawing the reader towards a latent vein of mystery and eroticism.’ – The Independent
Jeb Loy Nichols & Fflur Dafydd 2.00 – 3.00
Singer-songwriter and award-winning Welsh language novelist, Fflur Dafydd, reads from her first English language novel, Twenty Thousand Saints.
The Missouri born Wales resident Jeb Loy Nichols has been ploughing his own country soul
furrow for over a decade with his latest album being the excellent Days Are Mighty. He
recently had a London exhibition of his paintings and published his first novel The
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