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John Banville
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John Boyne
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Neil Jordan
Claire-armitstead
Claire Armitstead

Voices of Ireland: Literature, History and Nation

John Banville, John Boyne and Neil Jordan Chaired by Claire Armitstead

Sunday, 26 March 2023

6:00pm

1 hour

Sheldonian Theatre

£7 - £15

Three of Ireland’s most distinguished novelists, John Banville, John Boyne and Neil Jordan, come together to discuss their latest books, the common themes in their own and in Irish writing, and the place of Ireland in history and in the modern world.

Banville is author of 17 books and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction and the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. His novel, The Sea, in which an elderly art historian loses his wife to cancer and revisits the seaside villa of his childhood holidays, won the Booker Prize. His latest novel, The Singularities, is a multi-layered novel of nostalgia, life and death, and quantum theory, which returns to the life of one of his most famous characters, Freddie Montgomery, as he is released from prison.

Boyne is author of the 11-million-selling The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, which has been adapted for cinema, theatre, ballet and opera. His new novel is All the Broken Places, a sequel to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, the devastating story of a woman character from the first novel who must confront the sins of her past and the effects of a lifetime of guiilt. Boyne is author of 13 novels for adults and six for younger readers. He has won three Irish Book awards and many other international literary prizes.

Jordan is a film director, screenwriter and author. His first book, Night in Tunisia, won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. He is also a winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and the Irish PEN Award. His films include as writer and director of The Crying Game, winner of an Oscar for best original screenplay and a BAFTA for best British film. His latest novel is The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small, a reimagining of a turning point in Irish, American and European history. 

Discussions are chaired by Claire Armitstead, associate editor culture for the Guardian. She presents the weekly Guardian books podcast and is a regular commentator on radio and at live events.

This event is part of the festival’s programme of Irish literature and culture.

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The Feathers Hotel Woodstock festival hotel The Randolph Hotel by Graduate Hotels Sponsor of the festival crime fiction programme Blackwell’s Festival on-site and online bookseller International Literary Properties Supporters of the festival green room The Dorchester Hotels Collection Festival London hotel partner Italian Embassy Supporter of Italian programme Republic of Panama Event generously supported by Republic of Panama Cervantes Institute, London Spanish Embassy Event generously supported by the Spanish Embassy Oxford Martin School Festival ideas partner Bodleian Libraries Festival cultural partner Owen Mumford Supporter of programme of science and medicine and annual science and innovation award BBC World Service International radio partner Cultural Relations Platform Supporter of the festival's Voices of Europe programme European Union Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom Netflix University of Oxford FT Weekend Title partner Marlene Hauser Mary and Cecil Quillen Supporters of the programme of American literature and culture Jill Dunsmore David Isaac Carole and John Allen Lucian Hudson Pank Koria CEO of Project People Masumi and Jonathan Dobson Miles Young Emily Rose and James Marrow Supporters of the programme of American literature and culture George Warren Lady Hatch Patron donor for the programme of Irish literature and culture John Roberts Trinity College Trinity College St Cross College St Cross College Lincoln College Lincoln College Worcester College Worcester College New College Exeter College Exeter College: college home of the festival Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies British Academy Royal Academy of Arts Project People Institute of Hospitality Thje Menu Partners Foodbuy Jewish Book Week Partner of Jewish programme Bantam Doubleday Doubleday Transworld TORVA Books which change you, your mind, your world Princeton University Press Prestige publishing partner Symington Wines of the Douro Valley Compassion in World Farming Pasture to Plate Oxford Brookes University Oxford University Images Oxford University Images The Sheldonian Theatre Critchleys Accountants to the festival CAV Oxford Felicity Bryan Associates Conference Oxford Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies University of Oxford Alumni Office Alumni Office Paul Bloomfield Ltd Bear Ram Elk Festival Digital Strategy & Web Design BBC Radio Oxford Local radio partner The Oxford Times Regional media partner Racalia Olive Oil Olive oil from Sicily Schoolreaders The Litmus Partnership K T Bruce Photography K T Bruce Photography Ox in a Box OX magazine Siren Communications Siren Communications - corporate consultants Chêne Bleu Wines of Provence The Wild Geese James Currey Society Pusey House Confucius Institute Literature Ireland Flip through Flanders La Leccia