To mark the launch of All Over Ireland, a new anthology of Irish short stories, ILF Dublin brings the book’s editor, Deirdre Madden, together with two contributors – author and lecturer Selina Guinness and novelist Eoin McNamee – to explore the unique challenges and opportunities of the form. The short story, VS Pritchett once said, is “exquisitely difficult” to write, yet it’s a form at which Irish writers excel. In the age of tablets and ebooks there may never have been a better time to be a short story writer, but what does it take to write a great one?

The event is chaired by Stephen Matterson, professor of English at Trinity College Dublin.