If you are stuck in a reading rut or would like to ditch the doomscrolling and get lost instead in an uplifting story, this event is for you! Librarian and writer Jackie Lynam will share with you some of her favourite book recommendations to brighten up the long winter evenings ahead.
Jackie Lynam is a librarian and writer from Dublin. Her poems have been published in several journals and anthologies, and she has been shortlisted for the Anthony Cronin International Short Poem Award and Write by RTÉ’s The Prompt writing competition. Her writing has also featured in the Irish Independent and on RTÉ Radio 1’s Sunday Miscellany programme. Her debut chapbook Traces: Poems and Essays was published in 2023.