GALWAY WRITER and journalist Olaf Tyaransen will be performing and interviewing live at Electric Picnic in Stradbally this weekend.
The acclaimed poet and author will be “doing some verbals” on The Word Stage in the Mindfield area at 4.45pm on Saturday. He will also be publicly interviewing a number of Irish performers – including Gavin Friday, Sharon Corr and The Rubberbandits - in the Hot Press Chatroom over the weekend.
His festival appearance coincides with the E-book releases of his bestselling books Palace of Wisdom and Selected Recordings 2000-2010, which feature his in-depth interviews with Allen Ginsberg, JP Donleavy, Lady Gaga, Bono, Hugh Hefner, Nick Cave, Larry Flynt, and Courtney Love.
For a taste of what to expect at the Mindfield event, a short clip of him reading from his interview with notorious Loyalist paramilitary Johnny Adair, directed by Justin McCarthy, has just been uploaded to YouTube - www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM2BDOVv9rM
