Public interview with Jimmy McGovern

Thu, May 15, 2014

JIMMY MCGOVERN, the screenwriter for Cracker, Hillsborough, and The Lakes, is coming to Galway to take part in a public interview about his life and work.

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Thu, May 08, 2014

THREE POETS, a fiction writer, and a celebration of the poems of by the late Tom Duddy, will make up the May Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering.

The event takes place in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Middle Street, on Saturday May 17 at 6pm.

Man who had no interest in talking rubbish

Literature Reviews Thu, May 01, 2014

TOM DUDDY, who was taken far too soon by cancer in June 2012, is one of those poets whose work is not as well-known as it should be; though those familiar with Duddy’s poetry hold it in the highest regard.

Tom lectured in philosophy at NUI Galway for many years and was the author of a substantial study of the Irish contribution to philosophy, A History of Irish Thought. For much of his life Tom read and wrote poetry almost in secret. He was a little nervous that his fellow philosophers might see poetry as a frivolous activity when set against the admittedly serious business of working out the meaning of human existence.

Talking books: A service Galway can be proud of

Literature Reviews Thu, May 01, 2014

IN 1974, Galway County Libraries set up a service for the blind and visually impaired to allow them enjoy the benefits of the library. It was modelled on one already provided by the National Council for the Blind and Galway remains the only public library in Ireland to provide it. It is totally free of charge.

The Song of Wandering Aengus

Thu, Apr 24, 2014

WB YEATS’ The Song of Wandering Aengus has been published as a picturebook for children, illustrated by Italian artist Marina Marcolin.

The Song of Wandering Aengus is the first English-language book illustrated by Marcolin and published by County Galway company Futa Fata, which normally publishes works as Gaeilge.

Launch of newly discovered Liam O’Flaherty satiric essay

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

LIAM O’FLAHERTY is celebrated as the author of such short stories as His First Flight, but there is another, often neglected side, to the Aran Islands writer.

Wordhaus - marathons, footie, and music

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

NORTH POLE marathons, underground Irish music, and poems about football will all feature in the third Wordhaus event on Wednesday April 23 at 6.45pm.

Creative writing workshops

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

THE FICTION writer and poet Susan Millar DuMars will host daytime classes in the Galway Arts Centre, for beginner and continuing creative writing students.

The class, which is suitable for those working in poetry or fiction, takes place on Mondays from 2.30pm to 4pm, starting May 12, and running for eight weeks.

Stories, songs, craic, and Cúirt

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

WILD STORIES, outrageous incidents, music, and irreverent shenanigans will take place in the Róisín Dubh this Sunday, to bring the Cúirt festival to a high spirited close.

Diarmuid de Faoite agus An Gobán Saor

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

DIARMUID DE Faoite continues his Seacht Scéal/Seven Sagas series of interactive storytelling for all ages, with another lunchtime show at An Taibhdhearc.

Theo Dorgan to launch

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

POET, NOVELIST, and broadcaster Theo Dorgan will launch Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust’s latest series of Poems for Patience.

What is that singer’s favourite book?

Thu, Apr 10, 2014

FROM THE lieder tradition in Germany to bands like Iron Maiden setting Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of The Ancient Mariner’ to music, there has long been a connection between literature and song.

Hugo Hamilton remembers Nuala O’Faolain

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

HUGO HAMILTON, the author of acclaimed novel, The Speckled People, will read at this year’s Cúirt literature festival.

Hamilton - along with fellow Dubliner Roddy Doyle - will read from his new book, Every Single Minute, in the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday April 10 at 8.30pm. Published in February, the book details Hugo’s trip to Berlin with his friend Nuala O’Faolain, who passed away only 10 days after their holiday.

Noir By Noirwest - dark fiction from Irish writers

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

FROM CRIME on Galway city streets to violence in trenches of WWI, the dark side of human nature is explored by 30 Galway writers in a major new short story collection.

Over The Edge Cúirt reading

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

RUTH QUINLAN, Jennifer Matthews, Pat McDonnell, and Colm Scully will read at the Cúirt Over The Edge Showcase Reading.

Cúirt launch for The Galway Review 2

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

The Galway Review 2, an anthology featuring an array of Galway writers, will be officially launched as part of the Cúirt festival.

The anthology, the second printed edition of The Galway Review, the literary magazine which has evolved from the popular online edition and literary page published in the Galway Advertiser, will be launched in the Dáil Bar on Tuesday at 8pm by Galway city arts officer James Harrold.

Clifden Traditional Music Festival

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

THE CAPITAL of Connemara will come alive with music at the fifth annual Clifden Traditional Music Festival from Thursday April 10 to Sunday 13.

The festival will be officially opened by Raidio na Gaeltachta’s head of music, Neansai Ní Choistealdbha in the Clifden Station House Hotel at 7pm on April 10, followed by a concert.

Cúirtin’ in the kitchen

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

CONSCIOUS OF the fact that Galway’s literary festival, Cúirt, was becoming somewhat estranged from the people of Galway, for whom it was inaugurated, it was decided four years ago to organise a number of events in and for local communities, to bring the festival back to the people.

Liz Lochhead: hickies, nappies, and twelve inch tellies

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

I DISCOVERED Scottish poet Liz Lochhead in the 1993 Bloodaxe anthology The New Poetry, and a few years later she came to Galway to read at the 1998 Cúirt Festival.

Get inside the mind of Lara Croft

Thu, Mar 20, 2014

RHIANNA PRATCHETT, the video game scriptwriter for Bioshock, the Overlord series, and the recently rebooted Lara Croft, is coming to Cúirt 2014.

Rhianna, who is also the daughter of esteemed fantasy author Terry Pratchett, will take part in the Cúirt International Festival of Literature’s youth strand, the Cúirt Labs, on Saturday April 12, where she will give a workshop on story telling in video games.

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