As the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw celebrates its 100th anniversary, book club members and reading groups will join Professor Barry Keane and author Andrew Hughes as they discuss The Coroner’s Daughter, the 2023 One Dublin One Book choice.
5pm Irish Time. 6pm Warsaw Time.
Booking details soon.
Free
A talk by James Scannell from the Old Dublin Society about the police intelligence reports from various newspapers around the time period of The Coroner’s Daughter (1800s) highlighting how offenders were treated.
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This One Dublin One Book performance by traditional singer Pádraig Ó Nualláin will include songs and the stories behind the songs accompanied by a visual presentation, from the 18th to 20th century of serial murderers, executions, hauntings and grave robbing.
Pádraig Ó Nualláin is a traditional singer from Dublin with a keen interest is social history. He is a graduate of Ceoltóir, HND in traditional music at Ballyfermot College of Higher education. His previous work includes song and visual presentation detailing the stories behind the songs. His performances include Dublin songs 18th to 20th century. He has performed at the Jonathan Swift festival, Arthurs, The Pipers Club, Christchurch Cathedral music room and in various libraries around Dublin amongst other venues. He also regularly attends and sings at “An Góilín” traditional singers club in the Teachers club and “The Night Before Larry Got Stretched” traditional singers club at The Cobblestone.
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Drawing room intrigue, revelry and romance, hidden rooms and buried secrets
In the wonderful surrounds of the Goethe-Institut, a splendidly refurbished Georgian house in Merrion Square, Andrew Hughes will be joined by author Sam Blake to discuss the atmosphere, sense of place, and plot inspiration provided by grand old houses in historical fiction.
Sam Blake is the No 1 bestselling author of the Cat Connolly procedural series and bestselling psychological thrillers Keep Your Eyes on Me, The Dark Room, Remember My Name and The Mystery of Four. She’s been shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year three times and 2023 sees the release of her much anticipated YA debut Something Terrible Happened Last Night. Sam is the founder of the Murder One International Crime Writing Festival and the award winning writing resources website Writing.ie.
Andrew Hughes is a qualified archivist who worked for RTÉ before going freelance. It was while researching his social history of Fitzwilliam Square – Lives Less Ordinary: Dublin’s Fitzwilliam Square, 1798-1922 – that he came across the true story of John Delahunt, a Victorian murderer and Dublin Castle informer, which inspired his debut novel. The Convictions of John Delahunt was shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Irish Crime Book of the Year. The Coroner’s Daughter, a tale of a young lady sleuth operating at the dawn of forensic science, is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2023.
*Please note this venue is not wheelchair accessible.
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Andrew Hughes and Henrietta McKervey will be joined in conversation by Declan Burke to discuss creating immersive settings and authentic characters from bygone eras and different cities, exploring issues of research and the challenges for authors in the distinct genre of historical crime.
Henrietta McKervey has published four novels. The most recent, A Talented Man, is a psychological suspense set in 1938 about a disillusioned author and master forger who discovers an unknown sequel to Dracula. Her previous novel Violet Hill, the story of the only female private investigator in post-World War I London, is being adapted for TV by Causeway Films. She has a Hennessy First Fiction Award and won the inaugural UCD Maeve Binchy Travel Award. She is a regular contributor to the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, Sunday Business Post and the Brendan O’Connor Show on RTÉ Radio 1.
Andrew Hughes born in Co. Wexford, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. A qualified archivist, he worked for RTÉ before going freelance. His debut novel, The Convictions of John Delahunt, was shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Irish Crime Book of the Year. The Coroner’s Daughter was nominated for the CWA Historical Dagger.
Declan Burke is an award-winning author and editor. His novel Absolute Zero Cool won the Goldsboro Award in 2012. Books to Die For (2013), co-edited with John Connolly, won the Anthony Award for Best Non-Fiction Crime. The Lammisters, a comic novel, is published by No Alibis Press.
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Drop in to Hodges Figgis Bookshop to listen to Andrew Hughes read from his novel The Coroner’s Daughter, this year’s One Dublin One Book choice.
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This tour will explore the fascinating, richly-layered area of Dublin North Georgian Core, the setting for Andrew Hughes novel The Coroner’s Daughter.
Formerly the 18th century home to Dublin’s wealthy, powerful Georgian elite, including peers, bishops and MPs, as well as the pioneering Rotunda Hospital and Pleasure Gardens, the area saw decline in the 19th and 20th centuries, but not without playing a starring role in much of the capital’s revolutionary, literary and theatrical history.
Stops include outside the Memorial Gardens, the Writers Museum, Charlemont House, Gate Theatre, Blessington Basin, Saint George’s Church, and more.
The tour is around 1 hour 45 minutes approximately, covers roughly 2.6 km walking distance and is led by Arran Henderson, of Dublin Decoded Tours.
The tour will begin and end with short readings from The Coroner’s Daughter by Andrew Hughes.
Booking is essential as places are limited.
Free
