Dundalk's Roe River Books hosts Hillsborough: The Truth - Phil Scraton in conversation

To celebrate Roe River Books’ move to their fantastic new premises on Clanbrassil Street, Culture Club is teaming up with the independent bookshop to organise a very exciting series of author visits over the coming months.

The first of these events is one to relish as the legendary critical criminologist, academic and author Phil Scraton comes to Dundalk on Friday, April 19^th 2024.

On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster, Phil will read from his landmark book "Hillsborough: The Truth" and talk about his work as criminologist, activist and Liverpool supporter with Dundalk author, Marcel Krueger. 

On 15 April 1989 96 Liverpool fans, men, women and children were killed at Sheffield’s Hillsborough Stadium.

Hundreds were injured, many more traumatized. Twenty-seven years later, an inquest jury concluded they were killed unlawfully – the police were held primarily responsible, the fans exonerated.

Hillsborough: The Truth details three decades of struggle by bereaved families and survivors which led to the Hillsborough Independent Panel, the quashing of the original inquest verdicts and new investigations into the police.

Phil’s book is widely celebrated as the definitive account of what happened on that day and the long struggle for justice.

Roe River Books, Culture Club and Marcel Krueger are honoured to welcome Phil Scraton to Dundalk for what promises to be a very special evening.

Phil Scraton is Professor Emeritus in Law, Queen’s University, Belfast. Widely published, his books include Law, Order and the Authoritarian State; Childhood in ‘Crisis’; Power, Conflict and Criminalisation; The Violence of Incarceration.

In Hillsborough’s immediate aftermath on behalf of Liverpool City Council he led the Hillsborough Project, publishing two major reports: Hillsborough and After (1990); No Last Rights (1995).

He published Hillsborough: The Truth (1999), now in its fourth, updated edition. He was primary author of the Hillsborough Independent Panel’s ground-breaking report Hillsborough (2012); he was research consultant and contributor to the BAFTA award-winning film Hillsborough (2016) and co-author of ‘Treated With Contempt’ (2022), the independent report into police brutality at the 2022 Paris Champions League Final.

Having refused an OBE, in 2017 he was castaway on BBC’s Desert Island Discs. In 2016, he was awarded the Freedom of the City of Liverpool.

Hillsborough: The Truth - Phil Scraton in conversation at Roe River Books at 60 Clanbrassil Street takes place on Friday, April 19th, 7pm.

Admission is free but booking is essential to guarantee your place, demand will be high. Booking link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/an-evening-with-phil-scraton-at-roe-river-books-tickets-863705344937?aff=oddtdtcreator