![]() ![]() Deirdre has won many awards for her work including the Rooney Prize, a Hennessy Lifetime Achievement Award, and she has twice been shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. She edited the short story anthology All Over Ireland and she has also written for children. ![]() Her novels include One by One in the Darkness, Authenticity, Molly Fox’s Birthday and, most recently, Time Present and Time Past. ĭeirdre Madden grew up in Toomebridge, County Antrim. Join us for a memorable conversation with Wendy Erskine, author of two celebrated collections of short stories, Dance Move, and Sweet Home. The Belfast Book Festival is honoured to welcome Deirdre Madden to a special event at The Crescent.ĭeirdre’s first novel, Hidden Symptoms, was published by Faber in 1986, and since then she has established a reputation as one of Ireland’s most significant and emotionally resonant writers.ĭeirdre’s novels, including Molly Fox’s Birthday, Authenticity, One by One in the Darkness, and The Birds of the Innocent Wood have opened windows onto the troubled heart of Northern Ireland, women’s lives and experiences in contemporary Ireland, and the relationship between art and life. ![]()
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