OLE1215 The Blackbird Bookclub, Part 2

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Tess Maginess, BA, MA, PhD

Fee £100.00 (concession rate £80.00) - fee will amend when you select the appropriate fee rate below

New Year 2026

10 weekly sessions on Mondays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 19 January

The Blackbird meets again in the New Year. New participants welcome.

19 January

Edna O’Brien, The Country Girls

Eamonn Hughes

26 January

Poetry- winter poems

Tess Maginess

2 February

Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie, Dream Count

Linda McKeown

9 February

Sarah Winman: Still Life

Louise McIvor

16 February

Joseph O’Connor, In my Father’s House

Tess Maginess

23 February

Sebastian Faulks, Snow Country

Alison MacKenzie

2 March

Euripides' Medea: the Not-So-Perfect wife

Geraldine O’Neill

9 March

Mairin Mitchell, Storm Over Spain (PDF will be available)

Martin Tyrrell

16 March

John Kelly, About Blood (reading)

John Kelly

23 March

Orla Mackey, Mouthing

Tess Maginess

Dates and speakers correct at time of going to print.

This class will take place on QUB campus

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