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An Evening with Roddy Doyle
North Clondalkin Library is delighted to welcome Roddy Doyle to talk about his career as an author and screewriter.
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North Clondalkin Library 1 Liscarne Close D22 E2Y2 Dublin Ireland
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In this special event hosted by Mayor Cllr Emma Murphy Roddy Doyle will be in conversation with library staff member Sean Rafferty. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions in a Q&A session.
Light refreshments will be provided.
This event is free but booking is essential.
About Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle is the author of eleven novels, two collections of stories, two books of dialogues and Rory & Ita, a memoir of his parents. He has written seven books for children and has contributed to a variety of publications including The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Metro Eireann and several anthologies. He won the Booker Prize in 1993, for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
Roddy has written for the stage and his plays include Brownbread and Guess Who’s Coming For The Dinner. He co-adapted with Joe O’Byrne his novel The Woman who Walked into Doors and he has written the stage adaptation for The Commitments.
He also wrote the screenplays for The Snapper, The Van, Family, When Brendan Met Trudy and he co-wrote the screenplay for The Commitments.