Music and Readings

An exceptional Music Rendez-Vous with singer Fishbach, combining literary and musical variations around Vernon Subutex by Virginie Despentes (MacLehose). Awarded a Victoire de la musique in 2017, Fishbach will be on the cast of the new TV adaptation of the book. With translator Frank Wynne, she will read extracts from Vernon Subutex and will perform songs inspired by Despentes’ world.

Beyond Words Festival
7pm £7, conc. £5

Talk

French writer Eric Chevillard (Dalkey Archive), Irish writer Claire-Louise Bennett (Fitzcarraldo), German writer Esther Kinsky (Fitzcarraldo), and Music and Literature editor (and former Man Booker International judge) Daniel Medin will be discussing narrative non-fiction in European writing today and the importance of translation in a salon style event.

Beyond Words Festival
7.15pm £7, conc. £5

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