Belfast Book Fesival 2017 Belfast Book Festival 2017 | Page 7

MYRIAD ROUTES
FROM PAGE TO STAGE
WITH JANE TALBOT, HILARY MCCOLLUM AND CLAIRE SAVAGE
When you go to the theatre, do you ever wonder how the play you are
watching came into being? Join Jane Talbot as she leads a discussion
with two of Northern Ireland’s leading female authors, about the journey
their work has taken from page to stage.
Jane Talbot is a storyteller and a writer whose first book, The Faerie
Thorn and Other Stories, has been adapted for the stage by Big Telly
Theatre Company.
Hilary McCollum writes historical fiction and contemporary
drama and in 2016, The Pirates of Portrush was performed in
The Barracks, Belfast.
6.30PM // £6 | £4 // CRESCENT ARTS
THE BLOOD MIRACLES
LISA MCINERNEY
WITH JAN CARSON
Join the author of the Baileys Prize-winning The Glorious Heresies,
as she discusses her second novel, The Blood Miracles.
Like all twenty-year-olds, Ryan Cusack is trying to get his head
around who he is. However, his boss is exploiting his dual heritage
by opening a new black market route, his adored girlfriend has
decided he is irreparably corrupted and he has caught the eye of
an ornery grandmother who fancies herself as his saviour.
There may be a way to clear the chaos but Ryan is about to find out
what he’s made of and that chaos might just be in his blood.
7PM // £7 | £5 // CRESCENT ARTS
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