{"id":125,"date":"2024-10-28T12:03:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steinbeckfestival.com\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2026-09-20T13:54:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T12:54:47","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/steinbeckfestival.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-614a3ec2\">\n\n<div class=\"is-style-default wp-swiper is-style-default is-style-default is-style-default\" id=\"home\"><div class=\"wp-swiper__wrapper\"><div class=\"swiper-container swiper\" 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This book examines the extent of Steinbeck\u2019s Ulster roots, his \u201cIrishness\u201d and the influence all this had, both on his sense of himself and also on certain aspects of his creativity.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4fecd74f\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7d53376f\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-beb598a0 gb-headline-text\">Content Covered<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-4400a05a\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-50834388\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-50834388\">\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-95d56768 gb-headline-text\">A European Tour<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-e60e8e37\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e60e8e37\">\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b741204f gb-headline-text\">Steinbeck &amp; Northern Ireland<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-dc4562d5\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-dc4562d5\">\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-27ede20d gb-headline-text\">John &amp; Elaine In Derry<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-878a6825\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-878a6825\">\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3866d6ad gb-headline-text\">John Steinbeck in Ballykelly<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-6e271aed\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6e271aed\">\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1a45bf48 gb-headline-text\">Samuel Hamilton<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-5f67bb74\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-5f67bb74\">\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-9e7a3a57 gb-headline-text\">The &#8216;Ulster Scots&#8217; influences<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-5b4597eb\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-5b4597eb\">\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b9314697 gb-headline-text\">Steinbeck in Ireland<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-4409edad\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4409edad\">\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-47284e4b gb-headline-text\">Steinbeck&#8217;s Irishness<\/h3>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-09a36234\" id=\"chapters\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ada7872f\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-5c6e82e8\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-8575cfb9\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8575cfb9\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-aacb01f8 gb-headline-text\">CHAPTER 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a2cec26d gb-headline-text\">A European Tour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c26d83f8 gb-headline-text\">In August 1952, John and Elaine Steinbeck came to Northern Ireland intent on visiting the tiny village of Ballykelly. Their visit was part of a working holiday that had begun in March of that year. John had been commissioned to travel Europe writing articles for Collier\u2019s Magazine and Elaine had been employed to take accompanying photographs. The trip had&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to arriving in Belfast, the couple had driven \u2018all around Scotland\u2019, but there is no record of them having visited Burns Cottage in Ayrshire, the birthplace of Robert Burns. This seems a strange&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given that the family name was Hamilton, is it more than likely that Steinbeck&#8217;s Ulster Scots ancestors came from Ayrshire. Steinbeck may, or may not have been aware of this connection, but by this point he was focused on a long-cherished mission to uncover the reality of his Irish ancestry and its background. He said he had grown up with a strong sense of &#8216;demi-Irishness&#8217; ever-present in his life. Aged fifty, this was an appropriate time to investigate the roots of this Irishness first-hand&#8230;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-19d63620\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-19d63620\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-fe04ce3f\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"673\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-fe04ce3f\" src=\"https:\/\/steinbeckfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/john-steinbeck-portrait.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"john-steinbeck-portrait\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steinbeckfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/john-steinbeck-portrait.png 575w, https:\/\/steinbeckfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/john-steinbeck-portrait-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-28616c63\" id=\"founder\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-fe5393bf\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-e6b041ee\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-c3d85f8c\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c3d85f8c\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-01692a77\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"1335\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-01692a77\" src=\"https:\/\/steinbeckfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/dougie-bartlett-author-festival-founder.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"dougie-bartlett-author-festival-founder\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steinbeckfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/dougie-bartlett-author-festival-founder.png 876w, https:\/\/steinbeckfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/dougie-bartlett-author-festival-founder-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/steinbeckfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/dougie-bartlett-author-festival-founder-672x1024.png 672w, https:\/\/steinbeckfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/dougie-bartlett-author-festival-founder-768x1170.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-98c21f82\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-98c21f82\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-210704ac gb-headline-text\">BOOK AUTHOR \/\/ FESTIVAL FOUNDER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-89cd43b0 gb-headline-text\">Douglas Bartlett<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d3e1f977 gb-headline-text\">Douglas Bartlett founded the Steinbeck Festival Limavady in 2019. 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<strong>East of Eden<\/strong> are based on members of Steinbeck\u2019s own family and their beliefs and behaviours should be familiar to us all..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-5e91a250 gb-headline-text\">This year\u2019s theme for the competition is <strong>Moving People<\/strong>.&nbsp; People can be moved in many different ways, for example physically or emotionally.&nbsp; What does that title suggest to you?&nbsp; The subject has been deliberately designed to be open to the widest of artistic interpretations and accommodate the full range of genres and styles.&nbsp; John Steinbeck believed, \u201c<em>the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.<\/em>\u201d&nbsp; The main motivation for the organisers of the competition is their desire to encourage individual creativity.&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-53507f2d gb-headline-text\">Entry to the competition is free and there are no age limits on participant entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-323b1a0a gb-headline-text\">Each entrant may submit up to three digital images to <a href=\"mailto:steinbeckfestival@gmail.com\">steinbeckfestival@gmail.com<\/a>.&nbsp; There is no entry fee and there are no age limits for those taking part.&nbsp; The closing date for the receipt of photographs is midnight on December 20th.&nbsp; Twenty of the best photographs will be exhibited in February at the Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre.&nbsp; The overall winner will receive a decorative \u201cDust Bowl\u201d, hand thrown by the esteemed local ceramicist Adam Frew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-04b3b28a gb-headline-text\">The sender must be the owner of the photograph(s) and if applicable, hold the portrait rights. 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