Five books that could save your life

Sarah Harte, Irish Examiner columnist and writer, in conversation with Madeline Mc Aleer from Haven Horizons, Danielle Roberts from Reclaim the Agenda, and Noelle Collins from Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid, discuss the impact of coercive control and consider ‘Five Books that Could Save Your Life’.

The five books include Operation Lighthouse, by Luke and Ryan Hart, whose mother and sister were murdered by their father in a domestic homicide; Brutally Honest, by Spice Girl and coercive control survivor Mel B; Invisible Chains, by psychologist Dr Lisa Aronson Fontes, In Control by Professor Jane Monckton Smith, a criminologist and former UK police officer, and What is to be Done About Violence Against Women by Professors Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Sandra Walklate, experts in the field of domestic abuse.

In a wide-ranging conversation, the panel examines why victims of coercive control find themselves trapped in ‘invisible chains’ and explores ‘dangerous relationships and how they end in murder’. They also consider barriers to recognising and responding to coercive control and why a radical new all-island approach is needed to eliminate domestic, sexual and gender-based abuse from society.

Tickets FREE from glór box office on 065 6843103 or online here.

Supported by

Ennis Book Club Festival is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.

  • Date : 7 March 2025
  • Time : 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Dublin)
  • Venue : Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis

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