A Newer World: A Conversation with Sebastian Barry

Join us for a special lunchtime conversation with author, playwright and poet Sebastian Barry. Hear Barry discuss his newest book “The Newer World”, his writing and the history and ideas that shape his work. Lunch will be served.

The 2018–21 Laureate for Irish Fiction, Sebastian Barry is the author of nine novels, five of which have been long- or shortlisted for the Booker Prize, most recently Old God’s Time (2023). His work has won numerous awards in Ireland, the UK and France, including the Costa Book of the Year Award, the Walter Scott Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In the United States, his novels have been recognized by the ALA Carnegie Medal (longlist), the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (shortlist) and the High Plains Book Award (winner). He lives in County Wicklow, Ireland.