The Belfast Book Festival is Northern Ireland’s leading literary festival and the 9th Belfast Book Festival will run from the 7th – 16th June 2019. Sunday 09 June 2019 Brian Friel Archive Performance: ‘Don’t Anticipate The Ending’ A Life’s Work In Progress with Zosia Kuczynska, Jessie Keenan & Robbie Blake. Drawing on Brian Friel’s Dancing at […]
Poetry Spring Festival of Lithuania: an evening of contemporary Lithuanian and Irish poetry
Poetry Spring Festival of Lithuania: an evening of contemporary Lithuanian and Irish poetry 6.00pm Wednesday 15 May 2019 Trinity Centre for Literal and Cultural Translation, 36 Fenian Street, Dublin 2 The Lithuanian community in Ireland and the Lithuanian Writer‘s Union is holding an Irish-Lithuanian poetry reading to mark the Poetry Spring Festival of Lithuania. Award […]
Talking Translation: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Peter Sirr
Talking Translation: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: Poetry and Translation 4:00 pm Thursday, 23 May Trinity Long Room Hub Free, booking required Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin in conversation with Peter Sirr explores the importance of poetry-in-translation today. Why do poets choose to translate each other? Is their creative work then influenced by the act of translation?
Launch of File ar Fhile – 20 May
Launch of File ar Fhile, translations from European literature to Irish published by Cois Life Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Gabriel Rosenstock, Tomás Mac Síomóin in conversation with Dr Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith to mark the publication of the series File ar Fhile, translations from European literature to Irish published by Cois Life. […]
Poetry Reading / In Conversation with Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
Poetry Reading and In Conversation with Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: 6.00pm Monday 13th May Venue: Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building, University of York Heslington West Campus Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is one of the leading Irish poets of today, as well as Professor Emerita at Trinity College, Dublin, specialising in Renaissance Literature, and currently Ireland Professor of Poetry. […]
Three Irish Poets at O Miami Festival – 21 April
Aifric Mac Aodha, John McAuliffe and Paul Perry will take part in O, Miami Poetry Festival (in partnership with The Betsy Hotel and presented by Poetry Ireland and Culture Ireland) on Sunday 21st April. 7.30pm Sunday, 21 April 2019 The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar South Beach Miami www.omiami.org/events/2019/3/16/three-irish-poets Aifric Mac Aodha was born in […]
Marina Carr in conversation…. Blessington Library – 5 April
Join Dr Ciara Kelly as she interviews Arnold Thomas Fanning & Marina Carr on what it is like to craft such dark narratives based around mental health and how they are received. Both authors will read from selected works and discuss what it is like to immerse themselves in their writing process and how they […]
Poetry & Music at Cúirt – 9 April
POETRY & MUSIC/FILÍOCHT & CEOL at Cúirt International Festival of Literature The Calling Cards anthology of younger poets writing in Irish, with translations into English, (The Gallery Press & Poetry Ireland, 2018) introduced a new generation of Irish-language poets to a wider audience. Cúirt is delighted to present two of these poets, Aifric […]
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh & Billy Ramsell – 5 April
Reading and cultural debate with the two Irish poets Billy Ramsell and Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, based on their respective works. Billy Ramsell’s The Architect’s Dream of Winter (Dedalus Press, 2013) is the first work by Billy Ramsell to be translated into Italian. Translator Lorenzo Seas will also participate in the meeting. Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh has published two collections in […]
Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival Irish Times Poetry Now Award
Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival Irish Times Poetry Now Award Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival and The Irish Times once again present the Poetry Now award in which the winner of the best collection of 2018 is announced. This year’s judges are poets Bernard O’Donoghue, Moya Cannon and Lucy Collins. 12.00pm Saturday March 30th […]
