Palestinian poet Rafeef Ziadah to read at Cúirt

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

PALESTINIAN POET Rafeef Ziadah and American poet Patricia Smith will join journalist and broadcaster Olivia O’Leary for a night of poetry and discussion at the Town Hall Theatre as part of Cúirt.

Nicole Flattery launches debut short story collection

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

ONE OF the most exciting new voices in Irish fiction is Galway based writer Nicole Flattery, whose debut short story collection, Show Them A Good Time, was recently acquired as part of a six figure UK deal.

Japanese poetry in Charlie Byrne’s

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

THE 10TH annual Irish-Japanese poetry night in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop takes place on Friday March 1 at 6.30pm, with readings from Tanka poet, Hisa Kagawa, and Irish poet Mary O’Malley.

Creative writing classes at GTI

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

GALWAY WRITERS Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars will host creative writing classes for beginner and intermediate levels at the Galway Technical Institute, Fr Griffin Road.

Three women go Over The Edge

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

THE NOVELIST Claire Hennessy, the short story writer Aisling Keogh, and the poet Pauline McNamee, will read at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library.

Long neglected Liam O'Flaherty novel to be re-published

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY, Liam O’Flaherty's novel exposing the exploitation and machinations which lay behind the US film industry during its 'golden era', is set to be republished in April.

Love, death, Shergar, and Arlene Foster

Literature Reviews Thu, Feb 07, 2019

FROM 'MAYA'S Soliloquy to Pablo [Picasso]’, the striking opening of the first poem of White Horses, it is clear Northern Irish poet Jo Burns is in control of what she is doing with her poetry in a way most debut collection poets simply are not.

Johnny Duhan - Last of the wandering minstrels

Literature Reviews Thu, Feb 07, 2019

JOHNNY DUHAN'S newly published book, The Voyage, has something of a confessional feel to it, the black dustjacket with Johnny in profile as if in prayer, sets the tone for what follows.

Cúirt 2019 - looking beyond the Anglo-sphere

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

ITALIAN MULTIMEDIA poet Antonella Bukovaz, Albanian poet Luljeta Lleshanaku, and French novelist Sylvain Prudhomme, winner of the Prix de la Porte Dorée, are among the writers who will be reading at Cúirt 2019.

Over The Edge Poetry book showcase

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

THE 2019 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase, featuring a host of leading Galway based poets, takes place at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop on Friday February 8 at 6pm.

Over The Edge to celebrate 16th birthday

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

OVER THE Edge will celebrate its 16th birthday this month at the Galway City Library, with readings from the poets Tim Cumming and Sarah Padden, along with Jonathan Harper, and the Skylight 47 contributors.

UHG Arts Trust seeks entries for poetry competition

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

GALWAY UNIVERSITY Hospitals Arts Trust is seeking entries again for its annual poetry competition, run in conjunction with the Poems For Patience series as part of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

The reality for asylum seekers in Ireland's direct provision centres

Literature Reviews Thu, Jan 10, 2019

A MONTH or so before Christmas, a rather imposing volume landed on my desk. Bound in a strong blue cloth, the front cover declared the title to be Asylum Archive, the author to be Vukasin Nedeljkovic. The spine declared the publisher to be Asylum Archive.

Susan Lindsay’s linguistic and other challenges

Literature Reviews Thu, Jan 03, 2019

SUSAN LINDSAY'S gorgeously produced third collection of poems, Milling The Air, published by Doire Press, is a book which asks more questions than it answers. And this is no accident, but a deliberate strategy by Lindsay.

Creative writing classes at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Dec 27, 2018

THE SHORT story writer and poet Susan Millar DuMars, will teach a class on creative writing at the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, starting January.

There's more to mythical Ireland than leprechauns

Thu, Dec 20, 2018

IF YOU can only think of leprechauns when you think of mythical Irish creatures, think again! Ireland’s mythology is bursting with mysterious and fantastical characters, as a new book reveals.

Kilroy was here

Literature Reviews Thu, Dec 20, 2018

THE FIRST chapter of Over The Backyard Wall - A Memory Book, Thomas Kilroy’s 'autobiography', is entitled 'The Eye of Memory' and opens thus: “I have been asked more than once to write a memoir and I’ve always had to say no. I couldn’t do it. I could scarcely remember what happened the previous week, never mind the distant past, at least with any degree of accuracy. Then in 2006, at the age of seventy-two, something odd happened to me - rather, something routine occurred - but it had an odd result. I had a cataract operation in both eyes.”

Poetry workshops for 2019 at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Dec 20, 2018

THE POET Kevin Higgins will teach a new series of poetry workshops in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominck Street, with classes for beginner and experienced levels.

Cúirt Announces first names for 2019 festival

Thu, Dec 13, 2018

Jeanette Winterson, best known as the author of Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, and Joshua Cohen, listed as one of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists in 2017, will read at next year's Cúirt festival.

Man gives birth to alarm clock

Literature Reviews Thu, Dec 13, 2018

GALWAY WRITER Brian Coughlan is a clever comedic writer in the Alan McMonagle/Karl MacDermott mode. His characters tend to be no good types, the sort who, in what the career guidance teachers of my youth called the real world, end up in middle management, or as unsuccessful Fianna Fáil county council candidates. Such characters populate Coughlan's short story collection, Wattle & Daub.

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