Library Voices: Niall Williams and Chris Binchy

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Library

The Autumn season of DLR Library Voices concludes with an evening in the company of Niall Williams and Chris Binchy. Since his first novel, Four Letters of Love, Niall Williams has established a firm following of loyal readers who have warmed to his rich lyrical style. His new novel, John, is an extraordinary portrait of St John of the gospels and his travails on the island of Patmos. It is a prodigious feat of imagination written with real poetic vision. Chris Binchy is back with a new novel and a new publisher. Already enjoying rave reviews, Open-handed has been hailed as the definitive chronicle of the Celtic Tiger era. It traces the stories of five characters, two Irish and three Eastern European, who become entangled with one another in a web of politics, property, sex and violence. In this podcast, which was recorded at Dun Laoghaire County Hall on 13th November 2008, the writers read from their latest work and take questions from the audience.