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?"

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.

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