We hope you can join us in welcoming former Livingston County resident-turned internationally acclaimed author Charleen Hurtubise to the bookshop! Charleen will be sharing with us stories and inspirations for her novel Saoirse. Come to hear her words and ask her your own questions. Then, stay to have your book signed!
Your registration is very helpful in our planning for this event. You can do so as well as pre-purchase your book by visiting the event website.
We are grateful to Culture Ireland for bringing Charleen to the States!
About the author:
Charleen Hurtubise is a novelist, essayist, and artist. She is the author of The Polite Act of Drowning, published in Ireland and the UK in 2023. Saoirse is her US debut. She holds an M.Sc. from Trinity College Dublin and an MFA in creative writing from University College Dublin, where she has facilitated creative writing seminars. The sixth sister in a family of nine, she spent much of her childhood in Michigan, her early adult years in Boston, and has now lived half of her life in Ireland, which is home. Though she lives in Dublin with her Irish family, the pull of Donegal never leaves and continues to influence her drawings and writings, including Saoirse.