Galway writers to read in Easons

Tue, Sep 16, 2014

ELEVEN GALWAY short story writers and poets will be reading from their work in Easons on Mondays and Tuesdays in September.

A night of Scottish culture at Celtic Tales

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18 will be a momentous day in Scottish history as the nation goes to the polls to decide whether or not to become an independent state.

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Thu, Sep 11, 2014

A VARIETY of writers, working in different disciplines and styles, will read at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering in the Nuns Island Theatre on Friday September 12 at 8pm.

When Loughrea was a ‘den of infamy’

Literature Reviews Thu, Sep 04, 2014

WITH ALL the attention being given to the run-up to the 1916 Rising, the event itself, and its aftermath, little if anything has been written in relation to the Land War, which took place some 35 years before Pearse stood in the steps of the GPO and read the Proclamation.

Connemara’s Answer To Ken Bruen

Literature Reviews Thu, Sep 04, 2014

THESE DAYS, if an aspiring author is a good editor of his/her own work, and has a talent for self-promotion, it is possible to flog as many copies of a self-published effort – with a little help from Amazon – as the average first book of literary fiction from a mainstream publisher would sell the traditional way.

Oscar Wilde Festival returns for second year

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

Galway’s Oscar Wilde Festival returns for its second year on the weekend of September 5 to 7, the festival will provide a host of insights into Wilde’s life and work with speakers from Galway, the UK, and the US as well as supporting new Irish writing inspired by Wilde.

Majella Kelly, Mary McGill, and Jane Williams for August Over The Edge reading

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

The first Over The Edge: Open Reading after the summer break takes place in Galway City Library on Thursday August 28, from 6.30pm to 8.00pm.

Autumn beginners and intermediate creative writing classes at GTI

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

CREATIVE WRITING for Beginners with Kevin Higgins takes place one evening per week (Monday) from 7pm to 9pm for 10 weeks with a mid-term break.

JOLT’s new developmental workshops and talks

Thu, Aug 14, 2014

FOLLOWING THE success of its artist mentoring programme, Volition, JOLT will present a new series of workshops and talks, aimed at the Galway arts community.

New book from Galway publisher Arlen House

Thu, Aug 14, 2014

THE NEGATIVE Cutter, a collection combining two very different novellas by Patrick Chapman, is out now from Galway publisher Arlen House.

Fiction writing courses

Thu, Aug 14, 2014

THE SHORT story writer and poet Susan Millar DuMars will give an eight week course in advanced fiction, starting on September 19.

Tell your tall tale, fairy tale or true tale

Wed, Aug 13, 2014

‘LITTLE AND large’ is the theme for the next Moth & Butterfly storytelling and improvisation night at The Cottage Bar, Salthill, on Wednesday August 20 at 8pm.

The slaughter of The Great War

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

THE 100TH anniversary of the start of World War I is being commemorated across Europe, but the talk of sacrifice and heroism obscures the obliteration of nine million, mostly young, soldiers, and seven million civilians - one of the deadliest conflicts in history.

The enigma of Bulmer Hobson

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 07, 2014

ONE OF the more positive aspects of the wave of new books being published on the 1912-1923 period in Irish history is that it will fully explore the events leading up to, during, and after the 1916 Rising. Not only this, but for the first time, the lives of many enigmatic men and women who a played vital - and often dangerous - part in the fight for Irish Independence, but who have been airbrushed out of history, will be recorded in full.

Galway Arts Centre writing course

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

GALWAY WRITER Charlie Adley will hold a writing course in the Galway Arts Centre from Wednesday October 1, from 7.30pm to 9pm, running for eight weeks.

When Ireland voted against black babies

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 07, 2014

OONA FRAWLEY was provoked to write her debut novel, Flight, by the atmosphere surrounding the Citizenship Referendum in 2004, which removed from Irish-born children of asylum seekers the automatic right to citizenship.

Galway author’s new book on environmental justice

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 07, 2014

GLOBAL CONCERNS about environmental risks, climate change, and threats to the planet from industry have resulted in new movements challenging those putting profits before the planet.