Over The Edge Culture Night Open-Mic

Thu, Sep 14, 2017

OVER THE Edge is holding two special Culture Night open-mics - one for fiction writers, the other for poets - with prizes for the best readers, at Kenny's Bookshop and Gallery in Liosbán Retail Park on Friday September 22.

Michael Longley to read at Clifden Arts Festival

Thu, Sep 07, 2017

MICHAEL LONGLEY, one of Northern Ireland’s foremost political poets, will read at the 40th Clifden Arts Festival, on a bill which also includes fellow poet Bernard O’ Donoghue, commonly referred to as the "nicest man in Oxford".

The experiences of the Irish in Occupied France

Literature Reviews Thu, Sep 07, 2017

IF EVER evidence was needed to give credence to the cliché that there is more to a book than just words on the page, then The Irish in Wartime France 1939-1945, by Isadore Ryan, is a prime example of a book that talks to you before you pick it up. It exudes an intriguing atmosphere.

Stories that confront, not console

Literature Reviews Thu, Sep 07, 2017

I HAVE, what some of the refined types who rely on the deluxe end of the social welfare system that is Áosdána, would consider a nasty confession to make: though June Caldwell is only now publishing her first book of stories, she has long been my one of my favourite Irish writers.

'I had to write this book'

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 31, 2017

Prize-winning author Paul Lynch will discuss his new novel Grace — an epic tale about a young girl in famine-era Ireland — in a public conversation with Alan McMonagle at The Black Gate Cultural Centre next Thursday, September 7.

Two Aran Islanders and the Russian Revolution

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

FÉILE NA bhFlaitheartach is different from other summer schools. It is not a talking shop for Official Ireland, but a commemoration of two Aran Island born brothers, who went into the world with a desire to change it.

Paul Muldoon brings his Picnic to the Town Hall

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

PAUL MULDOON, the Pulitzer Prize winning Irish poet and former Oxford professor of poetry, librettist for operas, and rock lyricist who has worked with The Handsome Family and Warren Zevon, is coming to Galway.

The crime solving taxi driver

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

GREEDY BUILDERS, resilient prostitutes, trafficked East European women, and rogue cops, all set in the Galway of 2009 - this is A Very Personal Service, a Galway noir novel by Seán Gibbons.

Autumn creative writing classes at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

POET AND short story writer Susan Millar DuMars will give a series of beginner and continuing creative writing classes in the Galway Arts Centre, starting in September.

Craft of Writing Course returns

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

GALWAY WRITER Charlie Adley will host another series of his popular Craft of Writing Course which returns to the Westside Community Centre, starting Thursday September 7.

Alan McMonagle to read at Utter Word

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

THE WRITERS Alan McMonagle and Nicole Flattery, and the artist Dolores Lynn, will headline the next Utter Word, the series of literary events at the Oranmore Library, which takes place on Wednesday August 9 at 7.30pm.

Poetry on the political end of the spectrum

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 03, 2017

THE NEW poetry collections by Karen J McDonnell, This Little World published by Doire Press, and Butterflies Of A Bad Summer, by Karl Parkinson, published by Salmon, have two things in common.

Poetry workshops at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

THE POET Kevin Higgins will give a series of poetry workshops for beginners, intermediate, and advanced, at the Galway Arts Centre, starting in September.

Richard Ford's happy book

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 03, 2017

ONE OF the main reasons readers are reverting to reading physical books as opposed to the Kindle is that, despite all its conveniences, the Kindle cannot provide the full book experience.

Crime fiction @ the Fringe

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

MONDAYS ARE Murder, an afternoon of noir and crime fiction, featuring Galway based writers Séamus Scanlon, Aoibheann McCann, Órfhlaith Foyle, and Kernan Andrews, takes place as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

GTI creative writing classes

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

THE POETS Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars will host a series of creative wiring classes in the Galway Technical Institute, Fr Griffin Road, starting in October.

Westside Arts Festival open-mic

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

THE WESTSIDE Arts Festival/Over The Edge Summer open-mic - possibly the biggest literary open-mic of the year - returns to the Westside Library, Seamus Quirke Road, on Wednesday July 12 from 6pm to 8pm.

Prose, poetry, and drama - Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Tue, Jul 04, 2017

AUTHORS, POETS, and dramatists - from Ireland, Canada, and the USA - will read from their work at the July Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering in the Galway City Library, St Augustine Street, next week.

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering June 2017

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

THE WRITER June Caldwell launches her debut short story collection, Room Little Darker, at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering, which takes place next week in the Kitchen Café of the Galway City Museum.

Colm Tóibín - a classic menagerie

Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 15, 2017

THE OPENING paragraph of Colm Tóibín’s new novel House Of Names is a surprise: “I have been acquainted with the smell of death...So much has slipped away, but the smell of death lingers. Maybe the smell has entered my body and been welcomed there like an old friend come to visit. The smell of fear and panic."

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