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The acclaimed writers English poet Simon Armitage and Irish novelist Dermot Healy will be giving writers masterclasses as part of Cúirt.

HE HAS a CBE for services to poetry, an Ivor Novello Award for his songlyrics, scripted award-winning documentaries, penned plays, novels, and memoirs, and, to round it all off, has developed a recent sideline performing with a rock group.

NEXT MONTH sees the 26th Cúirt International Literature Festival when writers and booklovers from far and wide will converge on Galway from April 12 to 17 , to enjoy this justly fêted celebration of the written word.

Paul Murray, author of the acclaimed novel Skippy Dies, the English poet Simon Armitage, rapper Buck 65, and the Booker winning Irish author Anne Enright are all coming to Galway for Cúirt.