The Green, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, N39VW40
Begins at 7.30 p.m.
We are thrilled to introduce Lani O’Hanlon and Triona Walsh, who will offer their expert insights on this year’s Poetry and Short Story submissions. They will also have the honour of presenting prizes to the winners, who will have the opportunity to share their winning pieces. Lani and Triona will further delight us by reading from their own works.
Bestselling author Andrea Mara will join Irish singer Charlie McGettigan for an engaging conversation about life, offering a unique blend of storytelling and personal insights.
To round out the experience, we will be treated to enchanting musical performances by Eimer Reynolds & Co.
Refreshments will be provided.
Matt Farrell – Edgeworth Festival Committee.
Many people believe that Matt is married to Maria Edgeworth. He was awarded the title of Heritage Hero 2017 due to his incredible passion and commitment. Matt is the driving force behind the Maria Edgeworth Centre, where he strives to preserve her memory and raise awareness about her, her family, and the remarkable heritage of Edgeworthstown.
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Adult €7.50
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2 Adults & 2 Children €15
Adult is 16 years+
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Andrea Mara is a Number One Sunday Times, Irish Times, and Kindle bestselling author, who has been shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year at the An Post Book Awards for four of her books. Her most recent novel, Someone In The Attic was published in June 2024 and went straight to number 2 on the Irish bestseller list. It was published in the US in August 2024, her US debut. The New York Times said: “[Mara] lays out the pieces of the puzzle with diabolical wit, some good suspense and an unexpected note of sentimentality.”
Her previous novel, No One Saw A Thing, was a Number One bestseller in the UK, in Ireland and on Kindle, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, and has sold over quarter of a million copies. In Ireland, No One Saw A Thing spent five months in the Original Fiction Top Ten followed by seven months in the Paperback Top Ten. Her novel All Her Fault was Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, a top ten bestseller in the UK and Ireland, and a Kindle Top 5 bestseller. It has been optioned for TV and commissioned to go into production by US streamer Peacock, starring Sarah Snook, in her first TV role since Succession.
She lives in Dublin, Ireland, with her husband and three children.
Lani O’ Hanlon is a writer and somatic movement therapist living in West Waterford. Her writing is published internationally in various journals including Southword, Poetry, Portland Review, Poetry Ireland and the Irish Times and broadcast on RTE’s Sunday Miscellany. Winner of the Poetry Ireland Trocaire Award in 2022 and with director Fiona Aryan – The Bloomsday Award for Poetry Film in 2024, other prizes include: Dromineer, Bridport, Poetry on the Lake and shortlisted for the Hennessy Literary Award / Emerging Fiction. Her poetry collection Landscape of the Body (2023) is published by The Dedalus Press.
Lani is a highly experienced facilitator/voice-over/reader/performer with an MA in creative writing from Lancaster University, she works as a poet in palliative care, mental health and well-being with Waterford Healing Arts and facilitates creative writing, well-being and somatic movement retreats in the South East. She is the author of Dancing the Rainbow, Holistic Well-Being through Movement, Mercier Press and is a member of the Laban Guild for Dance and Drama.
Tríona Walsh is a best-selling author of Irish-set crime novels, all of which have been translated internationally. She is also an award-winning short story writer, having won the Molly Keane and Jonathan Swift competitions with The White Mulberry and Perhaps the Flames. Her shortlisted story Salt was broadcast on RTÉ Radio One as part of the Francis MacManus competition series.
Growing up, she loved the works of Agatha Christie and John Grisham, and now devours anything by Jane Casey, Kate Atkinson, and Ruth Ware. Despite her love for these authors, Tríona longed for crime novels set not in faraway America or the UK, but here at home in Ireland. Her three crime novels are set in real Irish locations—among the ancient ruins of Inis Mór, deep in the forests of a reimagined Moore Hall in Co. Mayo, and by the wild, windswept Fanad Lighthouse in Co. Donegal.
Her short stories explore the complexity of human relationships and the lengths we will go to for love and connection.