Muldoon’s Picnic: 10 September

by Suella Holland | Aug 29, 2018 | Events

Hosted by Paul Muldoon With house band Rogue Oliphant The critically-acclaimed feast of music, storytelling, poetry, and more—now in its eighth season—has become a staple of New York’s cultural diet. Led by Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon, this...

Feis Teamhra/A Turn at Tara

by Suella Holland | Aug 22, 2018 | Events, Readings

Feis Teamhra/A Turn at Tara returns with Sebastian Barry, the newly-appointed Laureate for Irish Fiction, the distinguished poet David Wheatley, and the exhilarating female jazz-folk quartet, Mongoose. 3.00pm Sunday 26 August, 3.00pm Visitors’ Centre, Hill of Tara,...

Aifric Mac Aodha at Edinburgh Book Festival: 25 August

by Suella Holland | Aug 22, 2018 | Events, Poetry

Shared Identities is a verse dialogue and poetic translation event at Edinburgh International Book Festival. BBC Radio nan Gàidheal presenter, Mark Wringe, hosts a celebration of Scotland and Ireland’s shared cultural and literary identities in this poetry...

Celebrating Derek Mahon – 18 August

by Suella Holland | Aug 15, 2018 | Events, News

11.00 am Saturday 18 August Celebrating Derek Mahon Venue: The Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle Kilkenny Arts Festival presents Stephen Rea, Peter Fallon and Maureen Kennelly (Poetry Ireland) in an onstage discussion evaluating and celebrating Derek Mahon’s work...

Kilkenny Arts Festival: New York Time – 17/18 August

by Suella Holland | Aug 14, 2018 | Events, News, Poetry

The 45th Kilkenny Arts Festival takes place from 9-19 August this year. Including open-air theatre, a first-time full-staged opera, world premiere productions, exhibitions, an extensive music programme offering a more diverse range of concerts, spoken word events...