Irish novelist Paul Murray discusses the buzziest word-of-mouth hit of the past year, The Bee Sting. 

Murray's dazzling tragicomedy charts the undoing of a once-prosperous Irish family haunted by the ghosts of the past through the perspective of multiple characters and has been hailed as ‘a 650-page soap opera with a clockwork plot whose delicate mechanism you can’t hear tick’ (Guardian).  

In conversation with Michael Williams, Murray introduces his wise, witty and heart-punching saga to Australia.     

Supported by the Embassy of Ireland. 

Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2024. 

Irish novelist Paul Murray discusses the buzziest word-of-mouth hit of the past year, The Bee Sting.      Murray's dazzling tragicomedy charts the undoing of a once-prosperous Irish family haunted by the ghosts of the past through the perspective of multiple characters and has been hailed as ‘a 650-page soap opera with a clockwork plot whose delicate mechanism you can’t hear tick’ (Guardian).     In conversation with Michael Williams, Murray introduces his wise, witty and heart-punching saga to Australia.        Supported by the Embassy of Ireland.    Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2024.

Australia's boldest literary festival.

Melbourne Writers Festival

Conversations from Australia's boldest literary festival.

Conversations from Australia's boldest literary festival.

Advertisement