Giveaways Win a trip to the Ennis Book Club Festival, and a family hamper of purifiers
The Ennis Book Club Festival takes place from March 1 to 3, aiming to promote and celebrate reading. Each year, readers from Ireland and further afield come to Ennis in Co Clare to share the joy of reading. This March, the Festival welcomes authors including Elif Shafak, Emilie Pine, Conor O’Clery, Sarah Davis-Goff, Anne Griffin, Julia Kelly, Thomas Lynch, Paul Lynch, Caoilinn Hughes and Michelle Redmond. www.ennisbookclubfestival.com
The Beyond Borders Book Club takes place once a month on Thursday evenings for four months during the winter of 2018/19. Clare-based poet Sarah Clancy interviews a different presenter each evening about the book they have chosen and will host a panel discussion with the presenters at the Ennis Book Club Festival on 2 March.
The prize: One lucky reader will win overnight B&B accommodation at Auburn Lodge Hotel.on Friday, March 1, plus a pair of tickets to two of the headline events for 2019 – a discussion on the fascinating novel The Shoemaker and his Daughter with Conor & Zhanna O’Clery, and the annual favourite, 10 Books You Should Read, which this year features best-selling authors Paul Lynch and Michelle Richmond.
Situated on the outskirts of Ennis, the Auburn Lodge Hotel has 108 en suite bedrooms, a swimming pool, gymnasium, Jacuzzi, steam room, sauna. The hotels River Lodge Spa also has four beauty treatment rooms, offering massage, facials, pedicures and a whole range of other treatments. Enjoy excellent homemade cuisine, and Irish traditional music in Tailor Quiley’s Pub. With banquet and conference facilities available, there is also WIFI throughout the Hotel. The Auburn Lodge Hotel is an ideal base for touring the West of Ireland, close to Bunratty, the Burren, the Cliffs of Moher and many awardwinning golf courses, with Shannon international airport just 15km away. www.auburnlodge.com
For your chance to win this great prize, just answer the following question:
When is the Ennis Book Club Festival 2019? Is it: a) March 1-3 b) April 1-3 c) May 1-3