2.00pm Tuesday 22 August Cootehill Arts Festival Peter Fallon is a guest speaker at the Tyrone Guthrie Collection exhibition launch followed by a poetry reading as part of this year’s Arts Festival. Cootehill Library, Cootehill, Co Cavan
Oliver Goldsmith Literary Festival: 2-4 June
The 33rd Goldsmith International Literary Festival, the third longest running festival of its type in Ireland, will take place as usual over the June Bank Holiday. Founded in 1984 to celebrate the literary genius of Oliver Goldsmith and to promote beautiful Goldsmith Country as a tourist attraction, it has explored many aspects of Goldsmith’s life […]
Micheal Hartnett Memorial Poetry Reading: 2 June
2.00pm Friday 2nd June 2017 Admission: €15/€12 Venue: The Plaza Centre, Listowel (Doors open 13.45) The Michael Hartnett Memorial Poetry Reading is a very popular annual event held in honour of the late great poet Michael Hartnett at Listowel Writers Week. It features three celebrated writers: Thomas McCarthy, Kerrie O’Brien and Richard Skinner. Waterford-born Thomas McCarthy […]
The Coast Road: A Reading with the Poet and Her Translators – 20 May
The Coast Road: A Reading with the Poet and Her Translators BOOK NOW 4.00pm Saturday 20 May Poetry Ireland, 11 Parnell Square East, Dublin 1 Tickets: €10/€8 conc International Literature Festival Dublin and Poetry Ireland celebrate the publication of The Coast Road, poems in Irish by Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh with translations into English by thirteen Irish poets. […]
Louis de Paor ‘Poems of Repossession’: 13 May
Poems of Repossession The Irish World Heritage Centre and The Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester are delighted to bring to Manchester a unique and exciting poetry event, showcasing the best in modern and contemporary Irish language poetry and poetry in bilingual Irish-English translation. 6.00pm Saturday 13 May Irish World Heritage Centre, Manchester […]
Cúirt International Festival of Literature: 23-30 April
The 2017 Cúirt Festival aims to excite and engage its audience and provide a platform for some of the most innovative and loved writers across venues in Galway City and County. Each year the festival continues to grow: this year we are proud to introduce LABS as Gaeilge, a day of workshops for children through […]
Boll100 – Heinrich Boll Centenary Festival: 28-30 April
The 14th annual Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend a special year for the annual literary and walking festival on Achill Island, Co Mayo, from 28th to 30th April. This year is Boll100 – marking 100 years since the birth of the Nobel Laureate winning German author who fell in love with the Irish island and made […]
Annual lecture by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Ireland Professor of Poetry
The Ireland Chair of Poetry invites you to a lecture by the Ireland Professor of Poetry, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin entitled Pearse Hutchinson (1927-2012) A Poet and his Languages 7.30pm Wednesday 26 Apri Theatre M, Newman Building, UCD, Belfield RSVP: irelandchairofpoetry@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/events/263706027423813/
Féile na Bealtaine: 27 April – 1 May
Féile na Bealtaine kicks off on Thursday 27th April and runs until 1st May. There will be events for all tastes and age groups. There will be street theatre, children’s events, music of all types, poetry recitals, art exhibitions, short films, long films, comedy acts, theatre, art exhibitions as well as a poetry trail. Féile na Bealtaine aspires to […]
Mountains to Sea – Poetry Now Festival 22-26 March
The much-loved Poetry Now festival takes place at the same time as the Mountains to Sea festival and includes a strong line-up of poets including Michael Longley, Fanny Howe, Paula Meehan, Vona Groarke, Harry Clifton and Nick Laird. 6.30pm Thursday 23 March Heroes: Irish writers including Sarah Maria Griffin, Vona Groarke, Declan Hughes and John Kelly […]
