WW 2013 PRINT FILE - Listowel Writers
WW 2013 PRINT FILE - Listowel Writers
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International:<br />
ALISON MOORE<br />
St. John’s Theatre &<br />
Arts Centre<br />
2.15pm - 3.15pm<br />
€12 / €10<br />
“Beautiful and compelling...<br />
Moore's storytelling is<br />
masterful.”<br />
Nuala Ní Chonchúir<br />
Alison Moore’s<br />
amazing debut novel, The<br />
Lighthouse, was shortlisted<br />
for the Man Booker Prize<br />
2012. Her collection of her<br />
short stories, The Pre-War<br />
House and Other Stories<br />
was recently published by<br />
Salt. Born in Manchester in<br />
1971, Alison lives near<br />
Nottingham with her<br />
husband Dan and son<br />
Arthur. She is a member of<br />
Nottingham <strong>Writers</strong>’ Studio<br />
and an honorary lecturer in<br />
the School of English at<br />
Nottingham University.<br />
Poetry:<br />
POETRY WITHOUT<br />
PINTS!<br />
The Seanchaí Centre<br />
3pm - 4pm<br />
Free of charge<br />
Prepare to be entertained<br />
by poets of every<br />
persuasion. Call into The<br />
Seanchaí Centre for this<br />
eclectic poetry event.<br />
Hosted by John McGrath.<br />
Book online at writersweek.ie or call +353 (0)68 21074<br />
FRIDAY 31 MAY<br />
Science & Anthropology:<br />
ROBIN DUNBAR<br />
The Arms Hotel<br />
3.30pm - 4.30pm<br />
€12 / €10<br />
What is the best way to sniff out your perfect partner?<br />
How many friends does one person need?<br />
Robin Dunbar, anthropologist, will explore the psychology<br />
and etiology of romantic love to find out if the brain and<br />
science can help us explain how and why we fall in love.<br />
In addition he will talk about “Dunbar’s number”, this<br />
number 150 calculates the 'cognitive limit' of the number of<br />
people with whom we can hold meaningful friendships.<br />
A Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of<br />
Oxford, Dunbar is a widely published popular science writer<br />
and broadcaster. His principal research interests focus on<br />
the evolution of sociality in mammals (with particular<br />
reference to monkeys, apes and humans). His ideas of the<br />
way our social networks are naturally structured have<br />
influenced the design of social networking sites, including<br />
Path.com and Google+ and the design of security software<br />
for mobile phones. He has written regularly for New Scientist<br />
magazine and many of the UK broadsheets, as well as a<br />
regular column in The Scotsman. His popular science books<br />
include The Trouble With Science; Grooming, Gossip and<br />
the Evolution of Language, The Human Story; How Many<br />
Friends Does One Person Need? Dunbar’s Number and<br />
Other Evolutionary Quirks, and The Science of Love and<br />
Betrayal.<br />
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