I’ve been back a couple of days now and only just about recovered enough to write about the time I spent at the Frank O’Connor Festival in Cork. I guess that means that I did it right! The festival started on Wed 17th Sept; I arrived late on the 19th. The full programme is
here
: writers from all over the world, including three of Salt’s authors, Carys Davies, Tania Hershman and Vanessa Gebbie. Usually the line-up comprises the shortlisted authors and as there was no official shortlist this year, I like to think that the people who read would have been on it (certainly, they deserved to be). I met so many people, heard so many stories, saw so many fantastic sights, it’s difficult to condense it all. But hopefully the following account gives you some idea of how it all went.
Friday, 19th September:
Woops! Sorry, you’ll have to
click here
to read more. Go on, click, you know you want to 
