Novelist commits crime of knowing what he’s talking about

Literature Reviews Thu, Oct 11, 2018

THE PROBLEM some people have with Danny Morrison’s novels is that, throughout them, he commits the heinous crime of knowing what he’s talking about. Had he been a US soldier returned from Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan, it would be perfectly acceptable for him to write about his war.

Mary Robinson and the challenge of global survival

Literature Reviews Thu, Oct 11, 2018

“HOLDING HER first grandchild in her arms in 2003, Mary Robinson was struck by the uncertainty of the world he had been born into. Before his fiftieth birthday, he would have to share the planet with more than nine billion people - people battling for food, water and shelter in an increasing volatile climate. The faceless shadowy menace of climate change had become, in an instant, deeply personal.”

The Over The Edge Fiction Slam is back

Thu, Oct 04, 2018

POETRY SLAMS are common and there are always opportunities for poets to read their work aloud. Not so for fiction writers, which is why the annual Over The Edge Fiction Slam is such a welcome event.

Liam O'Flaherty and The Radical Club

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

IN 1925, Aran Island born writer, Liam O'Flaherty, published his breakthrough novel, The Informer. In that year, he also joined the Radical Club in Dublin, a forum for progressive artists and writers.

Baboró information day on writing children's picture books

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

GALWEGIANS WHO have ever entertained ideas of writing or illustrating picture books for children, how to get a publisher, and how to find out what publishers and booksellers looking for when it comes to picture books, should check out an information day at Baboró.

An evening of tales about the Tuatha De Danann

Thu, Sep 27, 2018

AN EVENING of storytelling and trad music will take place in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop when Diarmuid Johnson reads excerpts from his new book, Tuatha De Danann, accompanied by Donegal fiddle player Bríd Harper.

Karl MacDermott to go Over The Edge

Thu, Sep 20, 2018

KARL MACDERMOTT, the Galway born writer whose short story collection, Juggling With Turnips, was published earlier this year, reads at the next Over The Edge in the Galway City Library.

Have you got a story to share on Culture Night?

Wed, Sep 12, 2018

OVER THE Edge will hold two special Culture Night open-mics - one for fiction writers, the other for poets - with prizes for the best readers, at Kenny's Bookshop, Liosbán Retail Park, on Friday September 21.

The pleasure and danger of chocolate

Literature Reviews Thu, Sep 06, 2018

FOR THE Love Of Chocolate is an attempt at an entire history of chocolate across the 4,000 years since the Mokaya people, in what is now Mexico and Guatemala, began cultivating the cacao tree, the beans of which produce chocolate.

Hear stories from the Westside Writer's Group

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

GALWAY'S 'WRITE On' Westside Writers Group will host an evening of literary entertainment in the Westside Library this month, with members reading extracts from their short stories, poems, flash fiction, and memoirs.

A Ballinasloe book launch and art exhibition

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

BECOMING BELLE, the new novel by Nuala O’Connor, and MAPS, a visual arts exhibition from Group 8, will both be launched in Ballinasloe Library next week.

Launch of Ben Murphy poetry collection

Thu, Aug 30, 2018

FAIRHILL, THE Claddagh, the Spanish Arch, and Quay Street form the landscape and routes of On Nimmo's Pier, a collection of poetry by the late Ben Murphy, to be launched in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, tomorrow at 6pm.

Fair City actor to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Aug 23, 2018

LISA HARDING, who played Connie in RTÉ’s Fair City, will read from her prize-winning novel, Harvesting, at the Over The Edge: Open Reading which takes place in the Galway City Library next week.

Féile na bhFlaitheartach 2018

Thu, Aug 16, 2018

THE SIXTH Féile na bhFlaitheartach, the annual celebration of the work of two of Ireland's finest writers - Liam and Tom O'Flaherty - takes place on Inis Mór, The Aran Islands, on Saturday August 25 and Sunday 26.

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.

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