Luke Kennard to read at Over The Edge

Thu, May 21, 2015

BRITISH POET Luke Kennard will launch the latest edition of the Skylight 47 poetry newspaper, and read from his own work, at the Over The Edge reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday May 28 at 6.30pm.

Rainbow Rain author to read in Galway schools

Thu, May 21, 2015

LAURA BRETT, the Galway born author of the new children's book Rainbow Rain, will be in Galway on Wednesday May 27, visiting a number of schools.

Fiction writing classes

Thu, May 21, 2015

POET AND short story writer Susan Millar DuMars will teach classes in advanced fiction writing, starting June 17 and running for six weeks every Wednesday from 7pm to 9.30pm.

Book review: Claire-Louise Bennett's Pond

Literature Reviews Thu, May 14, 2015

"THERE WERE lines across the pages but they were imperceptible because of how dark it had become and once a word was written it was irretrievable, as if abducted. I went on, sinking words into the pages, perhaps wondering what or who was taking them in. And, then, for the first time that day, just as it was ending, I knew where I was – I was beneath the ground. I was far beneath the ground at last, and my blood thronged and my heart flounced back and forth bewitchingly. The pen came to settle in the seam of my notebook. Sooner or later, I thought, you’re going to have to speak up.”

Poet leaves Enniscorthy to drive around America

Literature Reviews Thu, May 14, 2015

EAMONN WALL has, over the past two decades, written a body of work that has made him one of Ireland’s leading diaspora poets, though he is nothing like as famous as he should be.

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Thu, May 07, 2015

IRISH WRITERS Paul Perry, Anne Irwin, Rachael Hegarty, James O’Toole, and Australian poet Ross Donlon will read at the next Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering.

At Home With Yeats in Thoor Ballylee

Thu, May 07, 2015

GALWAY POETS and musicians will gather in Thoor Ballylee in south Galway, the one-time home of WB Yeats, for an evening of poetry, song, and story when The Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society presents At Home With Yeats, on Poetry Ireland Day this eveing at 8pm

Celebrate the life of writer Walter Macken

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

WALTER MACKEN, one of Galway’s most famous writers, was born 100 years ago this May, and An Taibhdhearc and Galway’s West End community will hold commemorative events.

Read your favourite poem at Galway City Museum

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

WHAT IS your favourite poem? Would you like to hear other people’s favourites too? Would you like to discover new poets? If the answer is Yes to any of these, then read on.

Saturday is Free Comic Book Day

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

FREE COMIC Book Day takes place this Saturday at Sub-City Comics in the Corbett Court Shopping Centre, and there will be a range of comics available absolutely free.

Galway Arts Centre poetry workshops

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

POETRY WORKSHOPS, for beginners, intermediate, and advanced levels, taught by acclaimed Galway poet Kevin Higgins, take place in the Galway Arts Centre next month.

How artists see the west of Ireland and her people

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

THE WAYS in which artists, both Irish and foreign, have depicted the country’s Atlantic seaboard and people will be the subject of a public talk.

Far From Literature We Were Reared

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

FAR FROM Literature We Were Reared the annual hooley of prose, poetry, music, and craic by Galway writers and performers, returns to the Róisín Dubh this Sunday at 8pm.

Booker listed Joseph O’Neill returns to Cúirt

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

IRISH AUTHOR Joseph O’Neill, who has previously been long listed for the Booker, will take part in a public interview for the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

Tongue Fu - poetry, but not as you know it

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

TONGUE FU, a riotous experiment in live literature, music, film, and improv, and one of London’s best attended spoken word nights, is coming to Galway.

Celebrate the legacy of Lady Gregory

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

THE LEGACY of Lady Augusta Gregory will be celebrated in the Lough Cutra Castle and estate, outside Gort in south Galway, next month.

Public lecture on Liam O’Flaherty by his publisher

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

LIAM O’FLAHERTY, had the dubious honour of being the first novelist to endure the wrath of the Free State censors, when his The House Of Gold was banned.

Launch of ROPES Literary Journal today

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Ropes 2015, a literary journal published by the MA in Literature and Publishing at NUI Galway, will be launched during this year’s Cúirt Festival.

Cúirt/Over The Edge New Writing Showcase

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

EMERGING WRITERS Alvy Carragher, Mary McGill, Teresa Sweeney, Daniel Roy Connolly, and Sonya Gildea, will read at the Cúirt and Over The Edge New Writing Showcase.

Cúirt Fringe to remember Nora Crubs - “Galway’s first nightclub”

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

NORA CRUBS, a one time Quay Street venue, described by some as “Galway’s first nightclub” will be remembered and celebrated at an event at the Cúirt Fringe next week.

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