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Irish Writers' Weekend: Altered States
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Standard ticket £13; concessions available, concession amount not specified.
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Jan Carson and Keith Ridgway discuss alternative realities in their fiction with writer and critic Brian Dillon.
The conversation considers two recent novels: Jan Carson’s imagined drained Lough Neagh and Keith Ridgway’s uncanny version of Dublin. The session is part of the British Library’s 2026 Irish Writers’ Weekend and is listed for the Pigott Theatre.
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