Power-point dad, mum in a blue wig

Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 13, 2019

ALVY CARRAGHER is a compelling performer of her poetry; a writer who manages to combine sometimes emotionally explosive material with an almost whimsical light touch which draws the listener in.

Sex, death and Swiftian satire

Literature Reviews Thu, May 30, 2019

Sex and Death at Merlin Park Hospital is the arresting title of Kevin Higgins’ new collection of poetry, which is published by Salmon and will be launched on Saturday, June 14, at the House Hotel.

Orla McAlinden to read at Over The Edge

Thu, May 23, 2019

ORLA MCALINDEN, the multi-award-winning author, vet, farmer, teacher, and mother, will read at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday May 30 at 6.30pm.

Galway stories of positive working lives

Literature Reviews Thu, May 23, 2019

Over her broadcasting career, Marie Louise O’Donnell has had the opportunity to work closely with many individuals, sharing their working lives, gaining a unique insight into their day to day duties, and learning what motivates and inspires them in their sometimes unusual occupations.

Poets from opposite ends of the universe

Literature Reviews Thu, May 09, 2019

CHRISTINE VALTERS Paintner and Patrick Chapman are, in most ways, poets from opposite ends of the universe. Dreaming Of Stones is Valters Paintner’s debut collection while Open Season On The Moon is Chapman’s ninth.

Free Comic Book Day 2019

Thu, May 02, 2019

FREE COMIC Book Day happens each year on the first Saturday in May at participating comic book shops worldwide, with this year's event taking place in Sub City Comics, Eyre Square Centre, on May 4 from 11am.

Creative writing classes

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

CREATIVE WRITING classes with Kevin Higgins, covering poetry, and with Susan Miller DuMars, covering fiction, will take place in May, and enrolment is now taking place.

Susan Miller DuMars gets Naked

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

A QUARTER century of poetry will be marked, collected, and celebrated when Susan Millar DuMars' Naked: New & Selected Poems is launched this month as part of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

Ailbhe Darcy - the best Irish Poet of her generation?

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

AILBHE DARCY grew up in Dublin, graduated with a PhD from the University of Notre Dame, and now teaches creative writing at Cardiff University. I first became aware of her almost 20 years ago when she submitted a poem, ‘Gavrilo Princip’, to The Burning Bush, of which I was a co-editor.

Over The Edge Cúirt showcase

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

THE 14TH annual New Writing Showcase, hosted by the Over The Edge: Open Readings, will take place in the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday April 10 at 11am, as part of the Cúirt Festival of International Literature.

Liam O’Flaherty’s Hollywood sojourn

Literature Reviews Thu, Apr 04, 2019

BORN ON The Aran Islands in 1896, Liam O’Flaherty was to become one of the most distinguished and prolific writers of 20th century Ireland. His first book, Thy Neighbour’s Wife, was published in 1923 and was followed by an avalanche of novels, short stories, and poems in English and as Gaeilge, as well as travelogues.

Mayor to launch The Galway Review 7

Thu, Apr 04, 2019

THE GALWAY Review 7, the latest anthology of prose, poetry, stories, and essays by Galway and international writers, will be launched by the Mayor of Galway, Labour city councillor Niall McNelis, next week.

Mike McCormack inducted into Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame

Wed, Apr 03, 2019

GALWAY BASED writer Mike McCormack, author of the award winning, and critically acclaimed novel, Solar Bones, has been inducted into the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame.

Two novelists in conversation

Thu, Mar 21, 2019

IRISH NOVELISTS EM Reapy and Billy O’Callaghan will be in conversation in Galway next week, speaking about their work and discussing the theme of ‘obsessions’.

A evening of poetry and prose

Thu, Mar 21, 2019

THE WRITERS Mark Roper, Aelmuire Mullaney, and Anne Donnellan, will be the featured readers at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday March 28 at 6.30pm.

ROPES to get Cúirt launch next month

Thu, Mar 14, 2019

ROPES, THE annual literary journal produced by students of the MA in literature and publishing at NUI Galway, will be officially launched at next month's Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

Trevor Conway and the poetry of fear

Literature Reviews Thu, Mar 14, 2019

HAVING PUBLISHED his first collection with Salmon, Trevor Conway has taken the courageous decision to self-publish his second, Breeding Monsters, which, in every way, looks as good as the books currently emerging from any of the main Irish poetry publishers.

Create a comic book with Red Bird and Barry Keegan

Mon, Mar 11, 2019

GALWEGIANS AGED from 15 to 24 who are interested in graphic novels, and would like to get involved in the production of a comic, should check out a new project from the Red Bird Youth Collective.

Charlie Adley’s 'Craft of Writing' course

Thu, Mar 07, 2019

GALWAY WRITER, columnist, and prize-winning playwright, Charlie Adley, is bringing his popular 'Craft of Writing' course back to the Westside Resource Centre in April.

Nicole Flattery and the essence of absurdity

Literature Reviews Thu, Mar 07, 2019

THE FIRST paragraph in the first story of Nicole Flattery’s first collection, Show Them a Good Time, reads: “The schemes were for people with plenty of time, or people not totally unfamiliar with being treated like shit. I was intimate with both situations. Management interviewed me - bizarre questions through an inch of plexiglass: How long, in hours, have you been unemployed? Did you misspend your youth throwing stones at passing cars?"

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