Literary Lunch with Gerard Stembridge

Acclaimed screenwriter, film director and satirist of Scrap Saturday fame, Gerard Stembridge is guest author for this year’s Wexford Book Festival Literary Lunch in Whites Hotel. Gerard’s sharp wit and entertaining insights to modern Irish life provide the backdrop to his latest book, Counting Down. Gerard’s first novel, According to Luke was published in 2006.

Gerard Stembridge is best known to a generation of Irish people as one of the writers, along with the late Dermot Morgan, of Scrap Saturday. The satirical comedy series lampooned cultural and political figures in Irish society. The popular radio show ran from 1989 to 1991 when Ireland was in a major period of growth to what later became known as The Celtic Tiger.

Stembridge also wrote the screenplay for Ordinary Decent Criminal in which Kevin Spacey plays infamous Irish crime boss, Martin Cahill. He also wrote and directed films including Guiltrip (1996), About Adam (2000) and Alarm (2008).
Born in Limerick, Gerard attended UCD and now lives in Dublin.

Bookings through Wexford Chamber 053 9122226/ Wexford Library 053 9121637