Galway

7 MARCH
Meet ‘always a Derry Girl’ Susan McKay with ‘newbie’ Derry Girl Siobhan McSweeney as they chat about eye rolling nuns, tongue in cheekery and the state of the North in a winding conversation through Siobhan’s life as an actor on stage and screen and her inspirational views on the world at large.&nbsp;

8 MARCH
Galway 2020 will open International Women’s Day with RAGADAWN, a unique outdoor sunrise performance by international poet and sound artist Caroline Bergvall . This multisensory composition for two live voices, a dawn chorus of multiple recorded languages, alongside a special vocal work for soprano by Gavin Bryars, invites audiences to follow the slow rising of day. A powerful and moving voice performance that reconnects audiences to time, place and each other.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Join recent winner of the EU Prize for Literature, Jan Carson, for a discussion about her exhilarating new novel The Fire Starter with Galway’s own Elaine Feeney. Wowing critics with its magic realist take on modern-day Belfast, it has been hailed as ‘gripping, affecting and surprising’ (Lisa McInerney), ‘the best book I’ve read all year’ (Joseph O’Connor), ‘spectacular’ (Donal Ryan) and ‘exhilarating’ (Roddy Doyle).&nbsp;

Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale has become a symbol of women’s struggle against oppression. On this important day, special guest Atwood remarks upon her remarkable career, and the inspiration for her extraordinary new book, The Testaments. Hosted by Susan McKay, Atwood’s conversation will round out a full programme of International Women’s Day events by Galway 2020, bringing the weekend to an inspirational finish.

See the Galway 2020 Event page for more info <a href="https://galway2020.ie/en/news/wild-atlantic-women/" target="_self">https://galway2020.ie/en/news/wild-atlantic-women/</a>&nbsp;

Wild Atlantic Women - Galway 2020’s International Women’s Day celebrations

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