Irish novelist Eimear McBride will talk about her acclaimed book, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, on Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, Room 100. Her novel was awarded the Goldsmiths Prize, Baileys Prize for Women’s Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize), Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year, Desmond Elliot Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. McBride is also the author of The Lesser Bohemians, which was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction. Co-sponsors: Lowell Humanities Series and the Irish Studies Program. | Interview with McBride in the Guardian