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John Leonard

John Leonard was born in Dublin in 1976. He won a Dublin club championship with St Sylvester's in 1996 and represented Dublin at minor, under-21, junior and senior level. He now spends much of his time travelling the world filming documentaries of people who make a difference in their communities.
Reading for My Life

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Reading for My Life

Remembering Joan Didion

Didion was one of the country’s most trenchant writers and astute observers. Her bestselling works of fiction, commentary, and memoir have received numerous honors and are considered modern classics.  Didion was born in Sacramento in 1934 and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1956. After graduation, Didion moved to New York and began

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