The keynote address of the festival.  The acclaimed American novelist Paul Auster talks about Samuel Beckett and his influence on him as a writer.  The programme also features remarks by festival organiser and County Heritage Officer Tim Carey; County Manager Eoin Keegan; Edward Beckett, executor of the Beckett estate; and Dr Eoin O'Brien, author of "The Beckett Country".  The podcast was recorded at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dún Laoghaire on September 10, 2009.

The Beckett Address

Dún Laoghaire, South Dublin, Ireland has a remarkable literary heritage which includes James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, as well as a host of historical and contemporary authors.  In recognition of this, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council held the inaugural Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival in September 2009.

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The Beckett Address

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