Reading

5 December 2025 at 6.30pm

The James Joyce Centre was pleased to host a discussion with Portuguese writer Pedro Chagas Freitas in an event organised by the Embassy of Portugal to Ireland in collaboration with Literature Ireland on the subject of his new book, The Day I Found You, on Friday, 5 December 2025 at 6.30pm. Moderated by Sinéad Mac Aodha, Director of Literature Ireland, this literary gathering fostered a wide-ranging discussion about this exciting new novel and its exploration of love and loss.

Pedro Chagas Freitas is a Portuguese writer, journalist, public speaker, and creative writing mentor, having founded the National Championship of Creative Writing in Portugal. With over 30 books published, his work has been translated into more than a dozen languages ​​and published in over fifty countries, with sales exceeding one million copies worldwide. The Day I Found You is the first of his novels to be published in English.

The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.