Kevin Barry, acclaimed Irish author of the novels Beatlebone (2015) and City of Bohane (2011), will give a reading Feb. 20 at Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave. The free event is hosted by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts in partnership with Avid Bookshop. A public reception with light refreshments and book sales will begin at 6 p.m. prior to the reading at 6:30 p.m.
In addition to his novels, Barry has published two short story collections, There are Little Kingdoms (2007) and Dark Lies the Island (2012). He won the Goldsmiths Prize for Beatlebone, a New York Times Notable Book of 2015; the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for City of Bohane; and the 2007 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for There Are Little Kingdoms. In 2016, he received the Lannan Foundation Literary Award for Fiction.