Latest Past Events

Raymond Queneau and Dublin 1916 – October 2015

The Bloomsbury Hotel The Bloomsbury Hotel, 16-22 Great Russell Street, London

A late addition to the programme to replace the cancelled John Banville appearance we welcome Dr Dennis Duncan to the Society to discuss Raymond Queneau's 1947 short novel On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes (We Always Treat Women Too Well ) set during the Easter Rising in 1916. The novel was first published as a purported work of ...

Annual Yeats Lecture – 8 Oct

The Embassy of Ireland 17 Grosvenor Pl, London , London

The Ambassador of Ireland Daniel Mulhall hosts the second Annual Yeats Lecture at the Embassy of Ireland with the Irish Literary Society. The event forms part of the Embassy's Yeats 2015 programme, a year-long national and international celebration of the life and work of W.B. Yeats. His Excellency Ambassador Dan Mulhall will introduce Professor John Kelly, this year's guest speaker. ...