The ate (Association of Teachers of English) will host a discussion on Saturday November 18th with Fergus Bell and Sophia Hillan King on King's just published book, The Edge of Dark: A sense of place in the writings of Michael McLaverty and Sam Hanna Bell. Fergus Bell is the son of Sam Hanna Bell and Sophia Hillan King is associate director of the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast. The venue is the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, and the starting time is 2 p.m.