Irish Storytelling and Music

Thursday April 30.
Start time 7 pm: admission free

We are very proud and very pleased to join forces with Books for Amnesty to present a heart warming, toe tapping evening of Irish storytelling and traditional music.
Local author Bridget Whelan will read from her new novel ‘A GOOD CONFESSION’. Set against the vivid backdrop of the Irish community in 1960s London, the story revolves around the friendship that grows between Cathleen, a young widow and a charismatic Catholic priest

…An unputdownable, compelling love story…
Daily Mirror columnist Miriam Stoppard

A moving, humorous and subtle book…
The Irish World
Find out more and read extracts at: www.agoodconfession.co.uk

Bernadette Cremin, a prize winning poet whose work has been published in the UK and Eire, has published two volumes of poetry to critical acclaim: the third will come out this year.

…weird and wonderful; Cremin dares to write honestly…
Michael Donaghy

…Hers is the smoky voice of an underclass, forever tough, feminine  and vulnerable.
John O’Donoghue
Hear her perform http://www.myspace.com/bernadettecremin

Cork man Ty Galvin is chair of County Brighton. Extracts from his writing about his childhood in Ireland and working life in Brighton – he was once the electrician on Palace Pier – were published last year in The Guardian as part of a two page feature on Salt and Vinegar, a sell out anthology produced by a Brighton Community Centre.

Writer Carmel Walsh has a sharp ear for comedy and a heart for the small self deceptions that makes us human. Her gentle sense of fun ensures that her parish tales about the Irish in Britain are laugh out loud funny. The 2006 winner of The Irish Post short story competition, Carmel is just about to complete a Masters in Creative Writing from Sussex University.

She is also one third of The Celtic Ti-grrs, an Irish traditional music band based in Brighton that delights audiences with their exuberant interpretation of Celtic music. They have played in various UK venues including Fontwell Park racecourse, where they were the support band for the legendary Saw Doctors. http://www.myspace.com/theceltictigrrs

Support Books for Amnesty, the ‘little pink bookshop’ that houses two floors of books, cds, records, dvds, comics, greeting cards and fair trade chocolate. Since its launch two years ago, it has become a focus for Brighton literary events and is now firmly established as a goldmine for secondhand books and new books at unbeatable prices.

Books for Amnesty, 15 Sydney Street, Brighton BN1 4EU
http://www.myspace.com/amnestybooksbrighton