Paul Theroux in Lismore |
Literary festivals seem to be popping up all over the event map these days. Ennis is home to the lively Book Club Festival now firmly established on the Festival calendar, Lismore, a beautiful riverside village in County Waterford seems to have chosen wisely in exploring a tributary with a niche festival dedicated entirely to travel writing, Immrama, established there in the last ten years. It was quite a coup for the organizers to tempt big fish of the genre, American Paul Theroux to the Blackwater valley for this year's festival and it was with some sense of expectation that I made the trip to hear him talk about his work and travels.
Cloudy- Sparkling |
The sound The amplification was not good. Portable speakers extended half way down the hall but were less than effective from where I was sitting at the back of audience. It was loud but not sharp enough and the result was a cloudy obscured impression of the author that was unsatisfactory particularly for a high priced, ticketed event .
Ticket Price: €25 was expensive for a solo artist for an hour long discourse at a festival receiving public funding and sponsorship. Add in the purchase of a book at the sponsor's stand (Easons) and you didn't have much change from €40 per head. Generally speaking, arts centres and promoters have kept prices down and there is amazing value to be had at arts events but this wasn't good value by any standard.
The literary events were spaced out over 4 days and with the next event still some way off, we decided to call it a day at Immrama.
Related article Report from blogging worksho.2011Immrama
Ticket Price: €25 was expensive for a solo artist for an hour long discourse at a festival receiving public funding and sponsorship. Add in the purchase of a book at the sponsor's stand (Easons) and you didn't have much change from €40 per head. Generally speaking, arts centres and promoters have kept prices down and there is amazing value to be had at arts events but this wasn't good value by any standard.
The literary events were spaced out over 4 days and with the next event still some way off, we decided to call it a day at Immrama.
Related article Report from blogging worksho.2011Immrama
http://cathydesmond.blogspot.de/2011/06/blogging-at-immrama.html
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