Acclaimed Irish writer doles out beautifully worded nuggets of wisdom during a sold-out Saturday-night appearance at the festival
The name of acclaimed Irish writer Claire Keegan is not one that appears often on literary festival programmes, so it’s no wonder her Saturday-night appearance at Dalkey Book Festival sold out.
From that point on Keegan’s dry tone and wit had the bookish audience hooked, as she doled out beautifully worded nuggets of wisdom on her work and process. She commanded the room with the authority possessed only by the most engaging of teachers – she has taught creative writing for 30 years – and embodied the attractive and rare trait of being wholly comfortable in her own skin.
“I’m able to make a good living – my books pay for my horses,” she said to the delight of the audience.“I’ve never felt jealousy ever in my life,” she added, although she does on occasion experience envy, giving the example of a beautiful cottage garden, saying: if you’re envious of it you go to the garden centre and try to find the same plants, whereas if you’re jealous, you hope the garden burns down.
She hopes it will be a great success, she said but portrayed indifference regarding its reception, because, as she puts it, no matter how the film turns out, “my book is the same as it ever was.”
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