Wednesday 4 July 2012

Bram Stoker Centenary events this month

The author of Dracula can still draw a crowd! Bram Stoker's centenery celebrations continue with the following events:

Wednesday 4 July: Actor Laurence Foster will read from Dracula at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. The cathedral organ will be adding to the atmosphere. 7pm. Free event. No booking required.

Saturday 7 July: Bram Stoker’s Dublin Journal. Join Elizabeth Miller, author of Dracula: Sense and Nonsense, and Dacre Stoker, great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker, for a lecture on the man who gave us the scariest vampire of them all. National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin. 2pm. Free. No booking required. You need to arrive early to secure a place.

Monday 9 July: Bram Stoker Seminar. Two talks: Dacre Stoker will talk about the mysteries surrounding the writing of Dracula; Douglas S Appleyard will talk about the Stoker family in Ireland. Free, but booking essential on 01 674 4806 or email.