Three poets go Over The Edge

Thu, Aug 20, 2020

THE POETS Knute Skinner, Derek Coyle, and Sinead Mongan will read from their work at the August Over The Edge: Open Reading via Zoom on Thursday August 27 from 6.30pm.

Bard Yard to host Belfast poet Elizabeth McGeown

Mon, Aug 17, 2020

BELFAST POET Elizabeth McGeown, a four time finalist in the All-Ireland Poetry Slam, will read at this week's Bard Yard, Galway's new, online, poetry open mic event.

Autumn Creative Writing Classes

Thu, Aug 13, 2020

THE POET Kevin Higgins will begin a new series of his Creative Writing For Beginners classes at the Galway Technical Institute.

The Word Ark: a voyage worth taking

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 06, 2020

On a bright Good Friday morning when Good Friday was Good Friday I was sitting behind the counter of the bookshop, then in High Street. Suddenly, the front door windows blacked out, the door opened and one of the biggest men I have ever seen walked in, followed by a much older man, obviously a relation. They greeted me in Irish and then passed through to the Gallery.

Skylight 47 gets Over The Edge Zoom launch

Thu, Jul 16, 2020

SKYLIGHT 47, regarded as “possibly Ireland's most interesting poetry publication”, will have the launch of its latest issue broadcast live from Galway.

What Do You Mean You Haven't Read?

Coffee Break Read Thu, Jul 09, 2020

Ibrahim Noonan
Imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Maryam Mosque, Ballybrit

What Do You Mean You Haven't Read?

Coffee Break Read Thu, Jul 02, 2020

Barry Richardson, musician
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick

Poetry reading with Trotsky's great-granddaughter

Thu, Jul 02, 2020

LEON TROTSKY'S great-granddaughter, Veronica Volkow, will, along with fellow-poets Kim Moore and Ailbhe Darcy, read at this month's Over The Edge: Open Reading via Zoom.

What Do You Mean You Haven't Read?

Coffee Break Read Thu, Jun 25, 2020

Jenny Farrell
Department of Languages & Humanities, GMIT

What Do You Mean You Haven't Read?

Coffee Break Read Thu, Jun 18, 2020

Pauline O’Reilly
Green Party Senator

Poems for the Lockdown - romance in a Galway bookshop

Coffee Break Read Mon, Jun 15, 2020

THE FINAL of my nine Poems For The Lockdown is from my third poetry collection, Frightening New Furniture, which was published by Salmon Poetry in 2010. It was inspired by an interaction I observed in a famous Galway bookshop. Any resemblance to Charlie Byrne’s is entirely deliberate.

What Do You Mean You Haven't Read?

Coffee Break Read Thu, Jun 11, 2020

Anna McCarthy, lead singer/songwriter with indie-rock band, Dott

The Little Book of Galway; a perfect little guide to the county

Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 11, 2020

As someone who is absolutely fascinated by the subject of history, it is rather inexplicable that in my five and half years of living in Galway that the only real historical fact I knew about the county was Mayor James Lynch Fitzstephen hanged his own son Walter for murder and thus came the term lynching. So when the opportunity to read The Little Book of Galway presented itself, I finally had a chance to bring my Galway history knowledge up to scratch and it did not disappoint.

Poems for the Lockdown - chatting up girls in Galway

Coffee Break Read Mon, Jun 08, 2020

IN THIS poem from my 2005 debut collection, The Boy With No Face, I take a comic look at my mostly unsuccessful attempts at wooing a person of the opposite gender in night clubs such as The Oasis in Salthill.

What Do You Mean You Haven't Read?

Coffee Break Read Thu, Jun 04, 2020

Michael Gorman, poet
Short stories of Anton Chekhov

Over The Edge open reading on Zoom

Thu, Jun 04, 2020

THE OVER The Edge readings are back! Covid-19 has prevented the city's popular literary institution from taking place in the city library, but Digital technology is facilitating its return next month.

Poems for the Lockdown - the changing face of Galway

Coffee Break Read Mon, Jun 01, 2020

THIS POEM was written in 2002 and features in my first collection of poems, The Boy With No Face, published by Salmon in 2005.

What Do You Mean You Haven't Read?

Coffee Break Read Thu, May 28, 2020

Tara Jaye Burke, animator
The Running Man by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)

Poems for the Lockdown - Merlin Park Hospital

Coffee Break Read Mon, May 25, 2020

THIS IS the title poem from my most recent poetry collection, published by Salmon last summer. It was inspired by my visits to the Infusion Unit at Merlin Park Hospital, where I am a regular.