Colm Tóibín in Conversation with Cathy Galvin
Date: Thursday 28th May 2026
Venue: Listowel Arms Hotel Main Room
Time: 2 PM
The News from Dublin, comes to Listowel
A master of understated emotions, the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island returns to Listowel Writers’ Week with a beautiful new collection of short stories. A woman in Galway hears of the death of her son in the First World War. An Irishman seeks anonymity in Barcelona, haunted by crimes he has committed. A young woman is pregnant during the Spanish Civil War… In “The News from Dublin” he delves into the days and nights of those living far from home: lives of great longing, at a great distance from past lives and past selves.
Colm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including. The Master, Brooklyn, and its sequel, Long Island, and The Magician, and three collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Between 2022 and 2024 he was the Laureate for Irish Fiction.
Cathy Galvin is a poet and journalist who has served as a senior editor for Newsweek and The Sunday Times.