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Nov 2022
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Winter Papers Vol 8 launch - live from M...

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A live broadcast from the Museum of Literature Ireland, to mark the publication of Winter Papers, a collection of essays, short stories, interviews and poems, with photography. With Winter Papers editor, Kevin Barry, along with some contributors to this year’s collection, Belinda McKeon, Dragana Jurišic, Brian Leyden, and Jessica Traynor. 
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