Round 19: In the good seats - Essays on film
As part of Cork World Book Fest
Hosted by: Benjamin Rupprecht
April 27th 2025​
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Featuring the following essays from
In the good seats - Essays on film (PVA Books 2025) :
- Cathy Sweeney: Summer with Monika
- Francis Halsall: Amazing Grace
Cathy Sweeney
Cathy Sweeney’s collection of short stories, MODERN TIMES, was published in 2020 by The Stinging Fly Press in Dublin and by W&N in London. Her debut novel, BREAKDOWN, was published by W&N in January 2024.
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Francis Halsall
Francis Halsall is a writer and academic based at National College of Art and Design, Dublin, where he is co-director of the master’s programme Art in the Contemporary World. He works on ideas of systems and their cultural and philosophical significance. His recent book Contemporary Art, Systems and the Aesthetics of Dispersion (Routledge) just came out in paperback.
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