Belfast Book Fesival 2017 Belfast Book Festival 2017 | Page 30

AN AMERICAN DECADE
A DISCUSSION WITH RICHARD ARONOWITZ
The highly regarded author of Five Amber Beads and It’s Just the
Beating of my Heart joins us to read from and discuss his latest novel An
American Decade.
Evocative, heartfelt and beautifully written, the novel connects the current
political climate with that of the tumultuous 1930s; a decade in which the
world changed forever!
It tells the tale of Christoph who leaves Germany in 1930 and finds success
on Broadway. As the decade unfolds he witnesses the rapid rise of
American organisations sympathetic to Hitler but as the horror of Nazism
closes in, he is forced to act and sets sail across the Atlantic in search of a
hidden piece of his history.
6PM // £7 | £5 // BULLITT HOTEL
ON THE EDGE
Join three of Ireland’s finest short story writers Rosemary Jenkinson, Mia
Gallagher and Martina Devlin for an evening of taboo-busting, transgressive
tales. Each author will read an extract from their work, which shall be followed
by a discussion of how to produce challenging contemporary literature.
Rosemary Jenkinson’s two short story collections are Contemporary
Problems Nos. 53 &54 and Aphrodite’s Kiss.
Mia Gallagher is the author of two acclaimed novels: HellFire and
Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland, which featured in the
Irish Times Book Club.
Martina Devlin is a best selling author and award-winning journalist who
started writing fiction after winning the Hennessy Literary Award.
6.30PM // £7 | £5 // CRESCENT ARTS
Mon 12 Jun