Tales of Resilience: Cork World Book Fest 2025 at Triskel Arts Centre Cork, on Saturday 26 April. Brighid ‘Biddy’ McLaughlin and Katriona O'Sullivan talk to Elmaire Mawe about the importance of fortitude and resilience.
Brighid ‘Biddy’ McLaughlin and Katriona O’Sullivan, in conversation with Elmarie Mawe.
A reading and conversation from two formidable women and authors, whose experience of resistance, fortitude and eventually of well-being will help guide us all through the patchwork of life.
Tales of a Patchwork Life by Irish journalist and storyteller Brighid ‘Biddy’ McLaughlin is a memoir of resilience in the face of uncharted grief, finding solace in art, cooking and storytelling. This work celebrates the unconventional people and passions that sustained her.
Poor by Katriona O’Sullivan, is the extraordinary story – moving, funny, brave, and sometimes startling – of how Katriona turned her life around.
