What Elsie Martin’s husband chose to do to his wife
Thu, Dec 15, 2016
TRAMP PRESS'S most recent publication, Orange Horses, a collection of short stories by seriously overlooked Irish writer Maeve Kelly, is the third in its Recovered Voices series.
Read more ...Pádraic Ó Conaire's 1916 stories re-launched
Thu, Dec 08, 2016
PÁDRAIC Ó Conaire's short stories about the 1916 Rising, Seacht mBua an Éirí Amach/Seven Virtues of the Rising, is to be re-launched in a new edition and translation by acclaimed Galway actor Diarmuid de Faoite.
Read more ...Book review: Not backpacking in Oz
Thu, Dec 08, 2016
THERE ARE three central characters in EM Reapy's debut novel Red Dirt: Fiona, who has fled Ireland to extricate herself from an abusive relationship; Hopper, who is trying to find himself by taking acid and being left for dead in the outback; and Murph, whose family back home have been broken by the great construction crash of 2008.
Read more ...Final Over The Edge of 2016
Thu, Dec 08, 2016
THE POETS Matthew Caley, Helena Kane, and Mary Lee will read at the final Over The Edge: Open Reading of 2016, in the Galway City Library on Thursday December 15 at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Kinvara pupils help create Ireland’s first history book written and illustrated by children
Wed, Dec 07, 2016
Sixty pupils from third to sixth class in Northampton National School, Kinvara, have contributed to Across An Open Field, the first Irish history book written and illustrated by children.
Read more ...Máirtín Mór - the man who was Galway
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
IT IS a measure of the man named Máirtín Mór that, more than 80 years after his passing, mention of the name to certain generations of Galwegians, brings an instant reaction of awe, mingled with a touch of fear.
Read more ...Breda Joyce to launch debut poetry collection
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
CADENCE, THE début poetry collection from County Galway born poet Breda Joyce, will be launched by Rita Ann Higgins in the Galway City Library on Thursday December 8 at 6pm.
Read more ...A night of Left poetry book launches
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
POETS KEVIN Higgins, Fred Voss, David Betteridge, and Bob Starrett have poetry new collections from Culture Matters/Manifesto Press, which will be launched in Galway next week.
Read more ...Commemorative events for Galway 1916 leader Liam Mellows
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
LIAM MELLOWS, the Republican Socialist and leader of the 1916 Rising in Galway - the county which saw the highest level of activity outside Dublin - will be commemorated at a series of events this month.
Read more ...Public talk on Galway RIC men on opposing sides in the revolution
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
TWO RIC men with Galway connections, and the very different parts they played during the revolutionary period, will be the subject of two public talks at the Galway City Museum this weekend.
Read more ...Galway writer nominated for prestigious literary award
Thu, Dec 01, 2016
Fred Johnston, the Belfast-born, Galway based, short-story writer, poet, and novelist, has been nominated for a prestigious Pushcart Prize by the literary magazine, The Luxembourg Review.
Read more ...It's magic for Mike as he scoops prestigious Goldsmiths Prize
Thu, Nov 17, 2016
MIKE MCCORMACK, the novelist and NUI Galway English lecturer is celebrating this week after he won the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize for Fiction for his third novel Solar Bones, triumphing over a shortlist which also included Irish writer Eimear McBride and Irish-Canadian writer Anakana Schofield.
Read more ...New book on Loyalist/British collusion to be launched in Galway
Mon, Nov 14, 2016
A NEW book, dealing with collaboration between loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland and the British state, written by a leading member of Justice for the Forgotten, will be launched in Galway this week.
Read more ...International readings at Over The Edge
Thu, Nov 10, 2016
A FORMER PR for UN peacekeeping missions in the Third World will be among the writers reading at Over The Edge in the Galway City Library on Thursday November 17 at 6.30pm.
Read more ...New Year creative writing classes
Thu, Nov 10, 2016
ADVANCED FICTION writing classes with the poet and short story writer Susan Millar DuMars have been announed for the New Year, but bookings are already being taken.
Read more ...Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! voice actor in Galway in January
Mon, Nov 07, 2016
ERIC STUART, a leading voice actor in some of the most popular and enduring modern cartoon series, as well as a musician who has toured with Ringo Starr and Lynyrd Skynyrd, is coming to Akumakon 2017.
Read more ...Baking the planet
Thu, Nov 03, 2016
THERE IS an increasing personal belief that a poetry selection should at first be read through fairly quickly, and then revisited at a later date at a slower pace. This will help the reader to a deeper understanding of the why and wherefore of the poems and greatly enrich his/her reading experience.
Read more ...Gordon D’Arcy to launch new book in Galway
Thu, Oct 27, 2016
THE BREATHING Burren, the new book by environmental writer, artist, and educator, Gordan D’Arcy, will be launched in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, tomorrow at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Irish Times' Lorna Siggins to read at alway Library
Thu, Oct 20, 2016
THE IRISH Times' Lorna Siggins; Bernadette Joyce, a wtiness to Pinochet's Chile; and Jackie Walker, a British Labour Party activist, will read at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library, on Thursday October 27 at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Cúirt New Writing Prize 2017
Thu, Oct 20, 2016
THE CÚIRT New Writing Prize is seeking entries in poetry and fiction, with a €500 cash prize for the winner of each category and the opportunity to read at the Cúirt/Over The Edge Showcase at Cúirt 2017.
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