Efacis “Dermot Bolger exceeded all expectations. Engaging in direct dialogue with him provided a captivating insight into his multifaceted world of plays, novels, poems, and radio work. His reflection on writing stories as a means of understanding the world struck a chord with me profoundly.”
Zhao Wu
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"The literary reading and discussion with Dermot Bolger was an inspiring event that brought us the opportunity of meeting him personally and not just as an author. He was genuinely open to discuss his work with us. I really enjoyed his visit!"
Esther Fernández Arredondo
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“I really enjoyed the literary reading by Dermot Bolger. His masterful storytelling brought to life the intricate layers of his characters and Irish society, and his advice for young writers was truly enlightening”.
Xingyanli
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“I was hughly impressed with Dermot Bolger’s plenary in the Irish Week. He has every quality I think a perfect writer should have: decent, humorous, imaginative, both rational and emotional. His words inspired me that I should be brave to pursue what I yearn for. I benefited a lot from his public interview, which gave me a deeper understanding of writers.”
Jingxuan Ren
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“I really enjoyed Emilie Pine and Dermot Bolger's visits to the Irish Week because it was enlightening to hear them talk about the work we had read on the MA subject imparted by Prof. Villar Argáiz. We had the opportunity to learn more about their experiences on writing and they even gave us advice on how to start writing. The thing that shocked me the most was when Dermot Bolger mentioned that he did not start writing fiction, but poetry; from there, he began to expand the narrative and the initial stories turned into short stories. On the other hand, with Emilie Pine, we could see a personal growth from the time when she wrote her book Notes to Self to the present day. She also talked about how this has positively influenced the relationship with her own students as a lecturer in Ireland and how she rewrites her essays with her current mindset.”
Juan Molina López
