Sebastian Barry 'overwhelmed' by Life Lines Book Club involving renal dialysis patients in CUH

You could call his approach ‘novel’, the notion of hosting a book club at locations where people are temporarily constrained, but Sebastian Barry is no stranger to creativity.

The award-winning author of a string of successful novels and plays and Laureate for Irish Fiction, was in Cork University Hospital (CUH) where renal dialysis patients took part in his Life Lines Book Club. The book club is part of his public programme as Laureate and is focused on promoting Irish literature in less accessible venues, for instance the Central Mental Hospital.