New poetry collection from Mary O'Malley is worth rejoicing over
Literature Reviews Thu, Oct 10, 2019
THE POET Dave Lordan has argued that, in an age when poetry is more effectively transmitted over the internet, rather than through traditional book sales, the poetry collection belongs more to the heritage end of the poetry business.
Read more ...Poet Stephen James Smith at the Róisín Dubh
Thu, Oct 03, 2019
STEPHEN JAMES Smith, the Dublin poet, playwright, and spoken word artist, plays the last date of his Irish tour in Galway, before taking his verse around Britain.
Read more ...Book it! - new children’s book festival for Galway
Thu, Oct 03, 2019
Book it!, Galway's new book festival for children is taking place this month, and will feature readings and events with Alan Durant, Catherine Doyle, Patricia Forde, Eric Kaeil, Patrick Ryan and Michael Smith.
Read more ...Dara Ó Foghlu to host creative writing workshop
Thu, Sep 26, 2019
THE WAR Against Cynicism: A Workshop for Blocked Writers, hosted by Dara Ó Foghlu, takes place in Galway next month.
Read more ...Three women go Over The Edge
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
THE WRITERS Ingrid Casey, Barbara Dunne, and Leah Keane will read from their work at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday September 26 at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Patricia Forde and the power of words
Literature Reviews Thu, Sep 19, 2019
IT IS most unusual that the sequel to a wonderful book is anywhere near as good as the first one. In 2015 Patricia Forde’s The Wordsmith was published to great acclaim, winning several awards, and introducing readers to Letta the Wordsmith, whose job it is to hand out words to people who need them.
Read more ...New book on a moment when an Irish city went Soviet
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
The Limerick Soviet of 1919 was a brief period in Irish revolutionary and labour history when workers defied British colonialism and took power into their own hands.
Read more ...Ken Bruen to read at Culture Night event
Thu, Sep 12, 2019
KEN BRUEN, the award winning crime writer, and one of the most critically acclaimed novelists to ever emerge from Galway, will read at one of two special Over The Edge events for Culture Night.
Read more ...Susan Millar DuMars' fiction writing classes
Thu, Sep 12, 2019
ADVANCED FICTION writing classes with the short story writer and poet, Susan Millar DuMars, will start on October 4, taking place each Friday from 2pm to 4pm, running for eight weeks.
Read more ...Danielle Holian launches debut poetry collection
Thu, Sep 05, 2019
BEAUTIFULLY CHAOTIC, the debut poetry collection from Galway writer Danielle Holian, which explores sexuality, the trauma of sexual assault, heartbreak, feminism, and learning how to survive, has just been published.
Read more ...Emily Cullen to launch new Skylight 47
Thu, Sep 05, 2019
THE POET and harpist Emily Cullen will launch the latest issue of poetry journal, Skylight 47, on Sunday September 8 at 5pm in The House Hotel, Lower Merchants Road.
Read more ...From Millar to Mars to Susan
Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 29, 2019
IN HER new collection Naked - New & Selected Poems, Galway writer Susan Millar DuMars presents a poetic landscape as cosmic as it is intimately personal, satiric, and fascinating.
Read more ...Kevin Higgins' poetry workshops
Thu, Aug 29, 2019
THE ACCLAIMED Galway poet, Kevin Higgins, will host a series of poetry workshops, with classes for both beginners and experienced, in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street.
Read more ...Maeve Mulrennan goes Over The Edge
Thu, Aug 22, 2019
MAEVE MULRENNAN, head of visual art and education at the Galway Arts Centre, will be one of the readers at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday August 29 at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Katherine Noone's nostalgia with a sting
Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 15, 2019
KATHERINE NOONE came late to poetry. Born near Gort, she spent decades working as a nurse in New York before retiring to Galway where, as people do, she began writing poetry.
Read more ...Jack Taylor and his battle with the Galway Girl
Thu, Aug 08, 2019
'GALWAY GIRL' has been the title of both a Steve Earle song and an Ed Sheeran song. The term is about to be put to better use by the award-winning crime writer Ken Bruen in his forthcoming novel.
Read more ...Charlie Adley’s Craft of Writing course
Thu, Aug 08, 2019
GALWAY WRITER, columnist, and prize-winning playwright, Charlie Adley will host a new term of his popular Craft of Writing course in September, in the Westside Resource Centre.
Read more ...Susan Millar DuMars' creative writing classes
Thu, Aug 08, 2019
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.
Read more ...Over The Edge Writer of The Year
Thu, Aug 01, 2019
FICTION WRITERS and poets are being called on to enter the 2019 Over The Edge Writer of The Year competition. The deadline for entries is Wednesday August 7.
Read more ...Autumn creative writing classes
Thu, Aug 01, 2019
AUTUMN IS always a good time to take up that project, ambition, or idea you have long wanted to realise, and those interested in writing should take a look at the courses being offered in the Galway Technical Institute.
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