Audio book clubs welcome to Ennis Book Club Festival

Award winning novelist Roddy Doyle and Dermot Bolger will participate in the 2nd annual Ennis Book Club Festival 2008, details of which were announced recently.

The writers will be joined in the County Clare capital from 29th February to 2nd March 2008 by a number of other internationally renowned writers, including Morgan Llywelyn, Lorna Landvik, and Thomas Lynch. The three-day festival, which is supported by Clare County Library, is expected to attract hundreds of book club members and book lovers from all over Europe.

According to Frances O’Gorman, Committee Chairperson, there are at least 150 Library Book Clubs and 300 Private Book Clubs in Ireland alone, creating a huge demand for such an event.

Ms O’Gorman also encourages any audio book clubs around the country to partake in the event. “We hope some groups might travel to Ennis for the event. We are also looking for a member of an audio book club who would be part of a panel group, discussing how to set up and run a book club. The panel will be made up of representatives from a variety of different types of book clubs, for example, a library club, a workplace club, a newspaper club and an audio club,” explains Ms O’Gorman.

More writers are set to sign up in the coming months. Events will again be held in such venues as Glór Irish Music Centre and the De Valera Library, as well as in selected hotels, cafes, bookshops and restaurants around Ennis.

Further details on the Ennis Book Club Festival 2008 are available from info@ennisbookclubfestival.com or www.ennisbookclubfestival.com