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<\/a>And this year\u2019s Lunchtime series, which runs at The Market Place Theatre in Armagh from 28 July to 1 August, will not disappoint those attending the Summer School and local book lovers as the most attractive line-up ever for the Lunchtime Readings includes top Irish writers Joseph O\u2019Connor, Jennifer Johnston, Eoin McNamee, Mary O\u2019Donnell and David Park.<\/p>\nJoseph O\u2019Connor, who is one of the most popular writers ever to have visited the Hewitt Summer School, will start off this year\u2019s very attractive lunchtime series on Monday 28 July.\u00a0 The best-selling novelist and award-winning screenwriter will read from and talk about his new novel \u201cThe Thrill of It All\u201d, a masterfully woven story which follows a band and a friendship over 25 years.<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n The guest writer at lunchtime on Tuesday 28 July will be David Park,\u00a0 one of the most highly- regarded novelists living and working in Ireland, who will read from and discuss his latest novel, \u201cThe Poets\u2019 Wives\u201d. Deeply insightful and beautifully wrought, this book <\/em>features David Park at his best \u2013 a novelist whose work has the power to bring the hidden from the shadows, into a delicate and shimmering light.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n On Wednesday 30 July, there will be a warm welcome to JHISS for <\/strong>Eoin McNamee, now based in Sligo but originally from Kilkeel, Co Down. His first book, the novella \u201cThe Last of Deeds\u201d, was shortlisted for the Irish Times Literature Prize and his novels include \u201cResurrection Man\u201d, which was later made into a film, and \u201cThe Blue Tango\u201d which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Eoin will read from his\u00a0 latest novel \u201cBlue is the Night\u201d which completes his\u00a0 \u2018Blue Trilogy\u2019 of crime thriller novels, based on true murder cases from 1950s Northern Ireland, and he will talk about weaving real life cases into fiction.<\/p>\n Originally from Co Monaghan but now based in Co Kildare, poet and novelist Mary O\u2019Donnell makes her first appearance at JHIOSS in Armagh on Thursday 31 July. Her books include six collections of poetry and the bestselling novels,\u00a0\u201cThe Light-Makers\u201d, \u201cVirgin and the Boy\u201d and \u201cThe Elysium Testament\u201d. Her new novel, \u201cWhere They Lie\u201d, set mainly in Northern Ireland, faces the legacy of \u2018The Disappeared\u2019 head on, exploring how families cope with tragedy and how history, when ignored, can poison love, family and society.<\/p>\n While Jennifer Johnston has read for the John Hewitt Society in other locations, she will make her first appearance at the Hewitt Summer School in Armagh this year. One of the foremost writers of her generation,\u00a0 she has won the Whitbread Prize, the Evening Standard Best First Novel, and Best Book of the Year twice, and was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize with \u201cShadows on Our Skin\u201d. Jennifer will be reading from her latest novel \u201cA Sixpenny Song\u201d, where death brings a young woman back to Dublin from London, to the house of tyranny she thought she had long escaped, and this Lunchtime reading on Friday 1 August should be one of the highlights of this year\u2019s Hewitt week literary programme.<\/p>\n Tickets for individual readings cost \u00a37.00 and these will be available at the Box Office at The Market Place Theatre Tel. 028 3752 1821 or they may be booked online: www.marketplacearmagh.com<\/a> For further information see the Summer School brochure or website: www.johnhewittsociety.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Among the most attractive events at recent John Hewitt International Summer Schools in Armagh, supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Armagh City & District Council, have been the Lunchtime Readings featuring some critically acclaimed prose writers. And this year\u2019s Lunchtime series, which runs at The Market Place Theatre in Armagh from 28 … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7549,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7547\/revisions\/7549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}