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The 24th Cúirt International Festival of Literature

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The 24th Cúirt International Festival of Literature will take place from 21st-26th April 2009. The festival will once again feature the eclectic and exciting range of Irish and international writers for which Cúirt is renowned. Previous guests include J.M. Coetzee, Derek Walcott, Nadine Gordimer, Seamus Heaney, Allen Ginsburg, Ivan Klíma, Ian McEwan, Germaine Greer, Annie Proulx, Andrea Dworkin, Chris Abani, Rebecca Miller, Carlos Fuentes, Beryl Bainbridge, John McGahern, Bei Dao, Jack Mapanje, André Brink, Irvine Welsh, Chuck Palahniuk, James Kelman, Julian Barnes, Van Morrison, Edward Bunker, Margaret Atwood, Rita Ann Higgins, Ronan Bennett, Jim Crace, Lorrie Moore, Irina Ratushinskaya, Tom Paulin, Eavan Boland, Galway Kinnell, Ben Okri, Mike McCormack, John Healy, Jan Morris, Paul Muldoon, Erwin James, Ariel Dorfman, Damon Galgut, Nikki Giovanni, Michael Hartnett, and many other fascinating authors.