From the ends of the Earth - English author Nicholas Shakespeare to appear in Cork

English author Nicholas Shakespeare is at Triskel in Cork this week to talk about his book on Tasmania, writes Colette Sheridan.

LORD LUCAN was rumoured to have spent time writing a book in Tasmania, while Marilyn Monroe’s putative daughter was said to have lived there. This idyllic island off Australia at the end of the world, is the same size as Ireland with a population of just under half a million people. It is, says writer, Nicholas Shakespeare, author of In Tasmania, “a place of extremes in which you can find eccentric outposts.”