A talk with illustrations: London Irish fictions and 'I only came over for a couple of years...'

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Time: 5.00pm
Venue: Room 5005, John Galsworthy building, Penrhyn Road campus, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE
Price: free
Speaker(s): Tony Murray

Tony Murray is Director of the Irish Studies Centre at London Metropolitan University. He is curator of the Archive of the Irish in Britain and runs the annual Irish Writers in London summer school. He co-produced 'I only came over for a couple of years...' (2005), a documentary film about elderly Irish people in London, and researches literary and cultural representations of the Irish diaspora. His book, London Irish fictions: narrative, diaspora and identity, was published by Liverpool University Press in 2012.

Tony will be talking about London Irish fictions and showing extracts from the film. His talk will be of general interest, and especially for students in English literature, creative writing, film, history, and Irish studies.

Co-hosted by Cultural Histories at Kingston.

For further information about this event:

Contact: Norma Clarke
Tel: 020 8417 2830
Email: N.Clarke@kingston.ac.uk