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“THE 661 glorious pages of Skippy Dies,” said The Guardian’s Patrick Ness, “is one of the most enjoyable, funny and moving reads of this young new year.”

NEXT MONTH sees the 26th Cúirt International Literature Festival when writers and booklovers from far and wide will converge on Galway from April 12 to 17 , to enjoy this justly fêted celebration of the written word.

Paul Murray, author of the acclaimed novel Skippy Dies, the English poet Simon Armitage, rapper Buck 65, and the Booker winning Irish author Anne Enright are all coming to Galway for Cúirt.

THE IRISH première of a new opera, a new children’s show, original drama, comedy, music, and art, will make up this year’s Múscailt - NUI, Galway’s annual arts festival.

Jennifer Johnston, Eugene McCabe, Theo Dorgan, and Dermot Healy, will be among the 70 major Irish writers coming to Kenny’s to help the bookshop celebrate 70 years in business.

An impressive array of musicians, actors and performers will gather in Glenamoy Community Hall on Saturday night December 13 to remember Peter Galligan, a much beloved musician who passed away this year.