{"id":1429,"date":"2015-04-01T13:34:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T13:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2015-04-01T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T13:34:25","slug":"banter-at-cuirt-107-apr-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/banter-at-cuirt-107-apr-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Banter at C\u00fairt (107, Apr 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s always good to be asked back by a festival.\u00a0Banter<\/a>\u00a0had a fantastic time (and\u00a0a hectic 24 hours<\/a>) at the C\u00fairt Interational Festival of Literature<\/a>\u00a0ast year and it\u2019s great to be going back to Galway later this month for this year\u2019s festival.<\/p>\n

The Banter business at C\u00fairt involves an interview with author and journalist\u00a0David Sax<\/a>\u00a0about food fads on the back of his excellent book\u00a0The Tastemakers: Why We\u2019re Crazy for Cupcakes, But Fed up with Fondue<\/a>. In the book Sax talks to the farmers, chefs, store owners and data analysts who help decide on and create food trends and fads. It\u2019s a book which is full of entertaining stories and surprising truths about what we eat, how we eat it and why.\u00a0Banter with David Sax<\/a>\u00a0takes place at Busker Browne\u2019s, Galway on Saturday April 25 at 11am and admission is \u20ac10.<\/p>\n

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David Sax, author of The Tastemakers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Aside from that, I\u2019m also hosting two public interviews at C\u00fairt. The first is\u00a0An Evening With Irvine Welsh<\/a>\u00a0which will feature the author of such groundbreaking and shapeshifting books as Trainspotting, Filth, Glue, Porno and Skagboys read from and talk about his new book A Decent Ride (as well as talk about other stuff too). You\u2019ll find Welsh at the Town Hall Theatre on Friday April 24 at 8.30pm and admission is \u20ac15<\/p>\n

The other interview is with\u00a0Lawrence Hill about his book Blood<\/a>. In it, Hill writes about the history of blood with great erudition and perception from many different angles, from social and scientific to the role of blood in history and culture to, perhaps the most fascinating angle, his own background and health. This event takes place at An Taibhdhearc on Saturday April 25 at 4pm and admission is \u20ac8.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll find the full C\u00fairt programme\u00a0here<\/a>. Other highlights to catch the eye include Josephe O\u2019Neill in conversaton with Edel Coffey (Town Hall Theatre, Friday April 25), Jenny Offill and Evie Wyld in conversation with Sinead Gleeson (Town Hall Theatre, Friday April 25), Paul Durcan (Town Hall Theatre, Tuesday April 22) and an Arena special with poets Jane Hischfield and Miche\u00e1l O\u2019Siadhail and writer Miranda Hill (Town Hall Theatre, Thursday April 24).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s always good to be asked back by a festival.\u00a0Banter\u00a0had a fantastic time (and\u00a0a hectic 24 hours) at the C\u00fairt Interational Festival of Literature\u00a0ast year and it\u2019s great to be going back to Galway later this month for this year\u2019s festival. The Banter business at C\u00fairt involves an interview with author and journalist\u00a0David Sax\u00a0about food … <\/p>\n

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