Belfast Book Fesival 2017 Belfast Book Festival 2017 | Page 34

FOR THE SINS OF MY MOTHER
MARIE THERESE RODGERS-MOLONEY
WITH DARRAGH MACINTYRE
The BBC’s Darragh MacIntyre talks to Marie Therese Rogers-
Moloney about her extraordinary life and memoir.
Marie Therese was abandoned to a life of misery in a Nazareth
House Orphanage, one of the institutions investigated by the Historical
Institutional Abuse Inquiry. Her story is about the resilience of the human
spirit and the need we all have to discover who we really are.
12.45PM // £7 INC. LUNCH | £5 EVENT ONLY // CRESCENT ARTS
AN EVENING WITH THE
DOIRE PRESS
The Belfast Book Festival is pleased to welcome two of Doire Press’s
most exciting short story writers: Martin Malone and Helena Mulkern.
Prolific author Martin will be reading from This Cruel Station. The
stories explore what it is like to be Irish in today’s society. Inspired by
observations and interactions, Malone has created a series of authentic
and evocative voices that are both brave and daring,
yet fearful.
Helena’s debut short story was shortlisted for the Hennessy New Irish
Writing Award. Over 20 of her stories have since been internationally
anthologised, including one that was shortlisted for the Pushcart Prize
and another for the Francis MacManus Short Story Award. She will
read from her fiction debut, Ferenji and other Stories.
6.30PM // £6 | £4 // CRESCENT ARTS
Tue 13 Jun