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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

'Alice in Wonderland meets Hieronymous Bosch'

Wed, Oct 19, 2016

VISITORS TO the Town Hall Theatre bar this week will find themselves transported to Shona Shirley MacDonald’s strange and magical otherworld of Juniper, showing as part of the Baboró International Children's Festival.

Ken Bruen's 'brilliant...surreal' take on Galway

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

IN THE pristine minds of the inoffensive middleweights who like to think they dominate Irish literary culture post-Heaney, Ken Bruen is problematic. He writes novels people they describe as ‘ordinary’ like to read, with no higher aim in their devastatingly average minds than pure pleasure.

Ballinasloe to examine women's role in 1916 Rising

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

THE ROLE of Women in 1916, and specifically the part played by Cumann na mBan in the run up to, and during, the Rising, will be the focus of a free conference taking place in the Ballinasloe Library this weekend.

Tower Poetry Slam Competition takes place this weekend

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

THE FIRST Tower Poetry Slam 2016 competition will be held in Thoor Ballylee, once the south Galway home of WB Yeats, with the event being MC'd by award winning Galway poets Elaine Feeney and Sarah Clancy.

How the collector becomes The Bookman

Thu, Oct 13, 2016

THERE ARE an infinite number of reasons why people buy books, but at the risk of generalisation, two reasons stand out: people who buy books to read them and those who buy books to collect them. While the former will most certainly read their purchases, the latter will probably not read theirs.

Patrick Carton to launch new poetry collection

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

"I HAVE a passion for words. I celebrate the minor and major mysteries of life with poetry. I will recite a rhyme, tell a story, maybe sing a song for your entertainment. I see myself as a knight whose quest is to open the door to the imagination again and again."

Mike McCormack to read at Over the Edge Fiction Slam

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

MIKE MCCORMACK, the Galway based author whose latest novel Solar Bones, has been nominated for the prestigious Goldsmith Prize, will be the featured reader and judge at the eighth annual Over The Edge Fiction Slam.

Creative writing classes for young people

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

EVERYONE HAS a story to tell and if you are a teenager with ambitions to write, why not tell your story through prose or poetry, and help is at hand with a new series of creative writing classes.

Why Shakespeare's tragedies still matter

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

A FASCINATING and insightful book on four key Shakespeare tragedies, aimed at Leaving Cert and undergraduate students, theatregoers, and those who would like to ‘get’ Shakespeare, will be launched next week.

Fred Johnston to give creative writing classes

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

THE POET, author, and critic Fred Johnston will give a creative writing course, for those interested in writing poetry or prose, in NUI Galway, starting Monday October 3.

Over The Edge open reading

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

THE POETS Caitríona O’Reilly, Colin Dardis, and James Anthony, will read at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday September 29 at 6.30pm.

Claddagh actor Aidan Dooley to launch new book on Tom Crean

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

CLADDAGH BORN actor Aidan Dooley, who has enjoyed international acclaim and success with his show Antartic Explorer, about the life of Tom Crean, will launch his new book, Travels with Tom Crean, tomorrow.

The vanished world of Cork’s Jews

Literature Reviews Thu, Sep 15, 2016

JEWTOWN, SIMON Lewis’s debut poetry collection, published by Connemara's Doire Press, tells the story of Cork’s Jewish community, from their arrival fleeing pogroms in 19th century Czarist Russia, to the closure of the last synagogue at South Terrace in February 2016.

Clifden to explore the hidden world of Lawrence of Arabia

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

TE LAWRENCE, immortalised by Irish actor Peter O'Toole in the epic 1962 film, Lawrence of Arabia, won fame and controversy as a British author, archaeologist, military officer, and diplomat, but he had strong Irish connections.

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