Neil Jordan: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺

Town Hall Theatre

Town Hall Theatre, Ireland

We are delighted to welcome Neil Jordan to Cúirt to discuss his latest novel The Library of Traumatic Memory , the first literary science fiction novel from the visionary director of The Crying Game, Michael Collins and The Butcher Boy . In the year 2084, Christian Cartwright, a quiet librarian at the enigmatic Huxley Institute, spends his days archiving the world's most painful memories in the Library of Traumatic Memory. But when his lover Isolde dies in a mysterious car crash, Christian secretly resurrects her as a digital consciousness - an act of grief, obsession, and defiance. As Christian navigates a world where memories can be edited, dreams harvested, and the dead made to speak, he uncovers a centuries old conspiracy buried in the Institute's foundations. And as the past and future collide, Christian must decide what it means to remember - and what it costs to forget. With gothic mystery, speculative science, and philosophical depth, this is a thrilling reflection on love, loss, and the ethics of memory. In partnership with Galway Film Fleadh.