Jan Carson at the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies

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Brilliant Belfast writer Jan Carson visits the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies for a reading and Q&A on 27 March in Barboék Leuven, at 6 pm CET. Jan is a fiercely original writer, who often uses magical elements in her short stories and novels as she tries to make sense of Northern Ireland's tumultuous past and present. Her powerful novel about fatherhood, The Fire Starters, won the EU Prize for Literature in 2019 and her most recent novel, The Raptures received raving reviews. A short story series commissioned by BBC radio 4 came out as The Last Resort in 2021.

Jan Carson at KULeuven, Kortrijk

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Belfast writer Jan Carson is visiting KU Leuven Kulak on Friday 24 March for a lunch event. More information can be found on the university's website. 

Jan Carson at Ghent University

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Northern Irish author Jan Carson will be in Ghent on 23 March 2023 for an afternoon of reading and and conversation.

Jan Carson, winner of the EU Prize for Literature for The Fire Starters in 2019, will be touring around Belgium and the Netherlands in March and we are happy to welcome her for an afternoon of reading and conversation.

The author will read some excerpts from her works and converse with the audience, with a Q&A session. A book signing is foreseen.

The event will take place in English. No registration needed.

Jan Carson at the University of Antwerp

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On Wednesday 22 March 2023 the Antwerp EFACIS Centre for Irish Studies welcomes Northern Irish writer Jan Carson, following her latest book The Raptures. 

7.30 - 8.30 pm: Jan Carson reads from her own work, followed by an interview

8.30-9.30 pm: reception and book signing

Participation is free, but please register on the event's webpage. 

Jan Carson at the Radboud University, Nijmegen

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Jan Carson will be visiting the Radboud University Nijmegen on Monday 20 March. 

 

Photo courtesy of Jonathan Ryder. 

Toms, David

David Toms is an Irish writer based in Norway. His poetry is widely published in Ireland in journals including Banshee, The Stinging Fly, and Channel and internationally in the UK and US. His work has been anthologised in Ireland and the UK, most recently in All Strangers Here (Arlen House/Syracuse University Press, 2021). He is previously a recipient of Arts Council of Ireland Literary Bursary and Agility Awards. His most recent books are a poetry collection Northly (Turas Press, 2019) and a memoir Pacemaker (Banshee Press, 2022).

Hughes, Caoilinn

Caoilinn Hughes' latest novel, The Wild Laughter (2020) won the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award. It was also shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards' Novel of the Year and RTÉ Radio 1 Listener's Choice Award 2020, the Dalkey Literary Awards, and was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. Her first novel Orchid & The Wasp (2018) won the Collyer Bristow Prize 2019, and was a finalist for four other prizes. Her poetry collection, Gathering Evidence (Carcanet 2014), won the Irish Times Strong/Shine Award.

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