Creative writing classes at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

THE SHORT story writer and poet Susan Millar DuMars will teach a series of creative writing classes at the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, starting in September.

Letterfrack and the President's trees

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

TREES AROUND Áras an Uachtaráin, which were felled by storms, and subsequently gifted by Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D Higgins, to Letterfrack GMIT, are now the subject of a new book - See The Wood From The Trees.

Bumpfizzle The Best

Thu, Aug 09, 2018

There is an inherent wonder and sometimes infectious joy in picking up a children’s book if only for a minute. The magical wonders promised by the busy colourful images on the cover may only last a few moments, but the memories they bring back are often real, long lasting and always joyful. The suspension of disbelief is total and time stands completely still.

Boost your confidence with new writing skills

Thu, Aug 09, 2018

Writer Charlie Adley’s popular Craft of Writing Course returns to Galway's Westside Resource Centre this September.

“My course is designed for anyone who would like to improve their writing skills, from complete novices to published novelists,” explains Adley. “Just as carpenters must learn how to use their tools, all writers benefit from learning the craft of writing. Anyone can learn this craft. There is no mystery to it.”

Poetry workshops at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 09, 2018

THE POET Kevin Higgins will teach classes in poetry writing for beginners and advanced levels in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, starting in September.

The classes on Tuesdays (starting September 25), from 7pm to 8.30pm, and Fridays (starting September 28) from 2pm to 3.30pm, are open to complete beginners as well as those who have been writing for some time. The Thursday classes (starting September 27), from 2pm to 4pm is an advanced poetry workshop for those who have participated in poetry workshops before or had poems published in magazines.

Karl MacDermott - an antidote to dullness

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 02, 2018

THE PUBLICATION of Karl MacDermott's short story collection Juggling With Turnips – in which there is little juggling, other than the metaphorical sort, and not one single turnip – sees the comedy writer and occasional stand-up, widen his repertoire by adding ‘writer of short comic fiction’ to the list of things he successfully does.

Creative writing classes at Galway Technical Institute

Thu, Jul 26, 2018

CREATIVE WRITING classes for beginner and intermediate levels, taught by the Galway writers Kevin Higgins and Susan Miller DuMars, take place in the Galway Technical Institute in September.

EM Reapy to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

EM REAPY, whose debut novel Red Dirt was awarded the 2017 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, will read at the next Over The Edge Writers Gathering in the Galway City Museum.

Galway’s biggest literary open-mic

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

THE WESTSIDE Arts Festival and Over The Edge literary events will host what is probably Galway’s biggest literary open mic of the year in the Westside Library, Seamus Quirke Road.

Denis Mockler to launch new poetry collection

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

DENIS MOCKLER is best known as a singer-songwriter, but next week he lain chest a new poetry collection - Poetry From The Heart of Galway.

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

THE WRITERS Eleanor Hooker, Nathanael O’Reilly, and Anne Casey, will read from their work at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering, in The Kitchen Café of the Galway City Museum on Friday June 29 at 8pm.

A book which should be mandatory reading for short story fans

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

THE STINGING Fly magazine was born in 1998 with the specific aim in mind of providing a platform in Ireland for new short stories, some of which are nowe collected in Stinging Fly Stories, edited by Sarah Gilmartin and Declan Meade, and published by Stinging Fly Press.

Mike McCormack wins International Dublin Literary Award

Wed, Jun 13, 2018

GALWAY BASED author Mick McCormack has won the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award for his novel hugely acclaimed novel Solar Bones, published by independent Irish publisher Tramp Press.

Three women go Over The Edge

Wed, May 30, 2018

THE WRITERS Anne Walsh Donnelly, Jessamine O’Connor, and Jacqueline Saphra, will read at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading, which will also see the launch of issue 10 of poetry paper Skylight 47.

Julian Gough and connections, connections

Literature Reviews Thu, May 24, 2018

THE PHYSICAL presence and classy design of Julian Gough’s new novel, Connect, really does debunk the classic cliché of 'You can’t judge a book by its cover'.

County Galway author wins award for Nora Barnacle inspired story

Mon, May 14, 2018

BALLINASLOE-BASED author Nuala O’Connor has won the prestigious UK-based Short Fiction Prize for her story ‘Gooseen’, about Galway woman Nora Barnacle, wife and muse to James Joyce.

Book launches at next Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Thu, May 10, 2018

FOUR NEW books will be launched at the next Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering - poetry collections by Stephanie Conn, Robyn Rowland, and Kate Ennals, and a new short story collection from Rosemary Jenkinson.

Sunflowers and disintegrating lovers

Literature Reviews Thu, May 10, 2018

THE WORK of some poets is great, or at least initially sounds great, when you hear it declaimed from a festival stage, but is rather less rewarding when read on the page, in the absence of the bells and whistles of performance.

Free Comic Book Day 2018

Thu, May 03, 2018

FREE COMIC Book Day 2018, the international day to celebrate comic books and comic shops, and to introduce family and friends to comics, falls on Saturday May 5.

Book review: Will Galway beat Mayo?

Literature Reviews Thu, May 03, 2018

GROWING AFFLUENCE and increased leisure time are said to be the main reasons for the growing presence of sport in the daily lives of more and more people. The sports sections in newspapers are getting bigger, and there is rarely a news bulletin on radio or TV without a sports report.

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