Town of Books Festival Programme 2023

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Thursday 17th — Festival Launch

● 7.00 pm — Edward Hayden in conversation with Rachel Doyle, Arboretum


discussing her new Book “My Tree of Life” — Graiguenamanagh Library

Friday 18th — Book Shops Open — 12.00 pm to 6.00 pm


● 9.00 am to 5.30 pm — Open Studio — Cushendale Woollen Mills, Mill Road,
Graiguenamanagh

● 6.00 pm — Talk by Larry Scallan: ‘Graiguenamanagh a Decade of Revolution 1913


to 1923’ — Graiguenamanagh Library

● 7.00 pm — Talk by Shem Caulfield: ‘Vernacular Forged Wrought Iron Field Gates’ —
Graiguenamanagh Library

● 8.30 pm — Film – Outdoor Cinema: Award-winning film by Cartoon Saloon,


Wolfwalkers — Barrow Valley Activities Hub

Saturday 19th – Book Shops Open – 10.00 am to 6.00 pm


● 10.00 am to 5.00 pm — Craft Fair — Abbey Hall, Graiguenamanagh

● 10.30 am to 5.30 pm — Open Studio — Cushendale Woollen Mill, Mill Road,


Graiguenamanagh

● 11.00 am — Fairy Door Making Workshop — Graiguenamangh Library (Booking


required)

● 12.00 pm to 12.45 pm and 1.00 pm to 1.45 pm — Drumming Workshop — Barrow


Valley Activities Hub — Places are limited (only one space per child)
● 12.00 pm to 6.00 pm — Model Ship Exhibition — Boats Bistro, Tinnahinch

● 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm — Face Painting — Barrow Valley Activities Hub

● 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm — Eco Showboat — Walk, talk, music, and refreshments

● 8.30 pm — Film – Outdoor Cinema: Award-winning film by Cartoon Saloon,


Wolfwalkers — Barrow Valley Activities Hub

Sunday 20th – Book Shops Open – 10.00 to 6.00 pm


● 10.00 am to 5.00 pm — Craft Fair — Abbey Hall, Graiguenamanagh

● 11.00 am to 6.00 pm — Plein Air Painting & Exhibition — Exhibition at the entrance
to Barrow Valley Activities Hub from 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm

● 12.00 pm to 6.00 pm — Model Ship Exhibition — Boats Bistro, Tinnahinch

● 12.15 pm to 3.00 pm — Talk by Éanna Ní Lamhna — Starts at the entrance to the


Barrow Valley Activities Hub

● 12.30 pm — Local History/Heritage trail of Graiguenamanagh — Starts outside


Duiske Abbey

● 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm — Face Painting — Barrow Valley Activities Hub

● 3.00 pm — Graiguenamanagh Brass Band — The Duiske Inn

● 3.30 pm to 4.15 pm — Poetry by the Barrow — Outside Waterside Guesthouse

● 4.30 pm — Talk: 'Why Study Practical Philosophy — Barrow Valley Activities Hub

All events are free, but booking may be required - Please check Town of Books
Facebook for further details on each event www.facebook.com/IrelandsBooktown.

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