The New York Premiere of Woman and Scarecrow by Marina Carr takes place on 9 May in the W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre, Irish Repertory Theatre, New York. This is Carr’s first work to be performed at Irish Repertory Theatre. Directed by Ciaran O’Reilly with Pamela J Gray, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Aidan Redmond, and Dale Soules […]
Annual Heinrich Boll Weekend: 4-6 May
The 15th annual literary and walking festival The Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend, takes place from May 4th–May 6thon Achill Island. Readings, workshops, discussions, launches etc by Patricia Byrne, Frank Finlay, Kevin Barry, Maren Wurster, Gerald Dawe, Christiane Schönfeld, Laoise Kelly, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Sean Lysaght, Kevin Toolis and others. Saturday 5 May 3.00pm ‘Crossing the Sound’. Poetry and Paintings: Gerald Dawe and […]
Cúirt International Festival of Literature: 23-29 April
6:00 pm Tuesday April 24th Nun’s Island Theatre, 23 Nun’s Island, Galway Admission: €10.00 POETRY: Jane Clarke and Michael Coady Reading Jane Clarke’s first collection, The River, was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2015 to both public and critical acclaim. In 2016 she won the Listowel Writers’ Week Poem of the Year Award, the Hennessy Literary […]
“Soul Clap its Hands and Sing”: John McAuliffe (poet) & Kevin Doherty (singer/songwriter)
Poetry Day Ireland Event Thursday 26 April, 8.00pm Poetry Ireland, 11 Parnell Square East, Dublin 1 Tickets: €10/€8 concessions BOOK NOW In the publicity for his recent album Seeing Things, Kevin Doherty gives credit to Seamus Heaney as a source of inspiration for his work. But his observant and soulful lyrics draw on many other […]
Reviewing Poetry with Kate Kellaway and John McAuliffe: 26 April
Poetry Day Ireland Event Develop your skills to review poetry with The Observer‘s Kate Kellaway and John McAuliffe, chief poetry critic at The Irish Times. Kate Kellaway is a journalist and literary critic who writes for The Observer. John McAuliffe is a poet, an editor, chief poetry critic at The Irish Times and co-director of the University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing. This workshop […]
A Further Shore: The Journey to Good Friday, 1998: April 5th
7.30pm Thursday 5 April Milton Court Concert Hall, Silk St, London EC2Y 9BH Tickets: £15 www.barbican.org.uk A Further Shore: The Journey to Good Friday, 1998 is a gathering of Ireland’s finest poets, actors, musicians and artists telling the powerful story of Northern Ireland’s continuing journey to peace and reconciliation. Powerful, evocative, moving, informative. This tells […]
A Further Shore: April 9th
8.00pm Monday 9 April Lyric Theatre, Belfast Tickets: £15 https://lyrictheatre.co.uk A Further Shore To mark 20 years of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement, this evocative performance traces the path from the commencement of the Troubles through to Good Friday 1998. Hosted by Olivia O’Leary and directed by Lynne Parker, the island of Ireland’s finest poets, actors […]
Muldoon’s Picnic: 9 April
7:30pm Monday 9 April Irish Arts Center 553 West 51st Street New York, NY 10019 Muldoon’s Picnic: Hosted by Paul Muldoon with house band Rogue Oliphant The critically-acclaimed feast of music, storytelling, poetry, and more—now in its eighth season— Muldoon’s Picnic has become a staple of New York’s cultural diet. Led by Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet […]
Call for Submissions and exciting Poetry Workshop: Kilkenny Poetry Broadsheet Issue 18
Poetry Workshop with Peter Sirr Fee: €15 payable by Monday 9th April at 3.30pm to secure your place. See below for payment details. In advance of the April 27th deadline for submissions, Broadsheet 18 editor Peter Sirr will run a poetry workshop in Kilkenny on Saturday 14th April @10am. Participants will have an opportunity to meet the […]
Peter Sirr at VerseFest
VerseFest, Ottawa’s International Poetry Festival features Peter Sirr in its Transatlantic Showcase. 7.00pm Saturday 24 March Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar Street, Ottawa Peter Sirr’s most recent collection of poems is Sway, versions of poems from the troubadour tradition, was published in 2016. The Rooms was published by Gallery in 2014 and shortlisted for the […]
