The Irish Times Poetry Now Award 12:30pm Saturday March 24th, dlr LexIcon, The Studio Free admission The Irish Times Poetry Now Award, is presented annually at the festival to the author of the best collection of poems in English, published by an Irish poet in the previous year. Previous winners of the Award include Paddy […]
IAC New York’s Poetry Fest — 6-8 November 2015
7th annual PoetryFest — November 6th–8th New York’s only three-day festival of contemporary poetry from both sides of the Atlantic. Curated by Belinda McKeon and Aengus Woods Presented in association with Literary Hub and Glucksman Ireland House – NYU The seventh annual PoetryFest celebrates Ireland and America’s great literary connection by showcasing an array of superb […]
Next Generation Poets at Crescent Arts Centre – 26 February
The Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast present an evening of poetry celebrating the Next Generation Poets. In association with the Seamus Heaney Centre, the event will feature performances from Tara Bergin and Alan Gillis from the Next Generation Poets 2014. They will be supported by special guests Leontia Flynn, from 2004’s Next Generation, and local […]
Cork Spring Poetry Festival 12-15 February
Some of the poets taking part in this year’s Cork Spring Poetry Festival Wednesday 12 Feb 2014 8.30pm Matthew Geden reading with John McAuliffe , Cork Arts Theatre Cork Arts Theatre, Camden Court, Carroll’s Quay, Cork City. Wednesday 12 February 10.00pm Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin reading with Macdara Woods Cork Arts Theatre, Camden Court, Carroll’s Quay, Cork City. […]
British and Irish Contemporary Poetry Conference 12-14 September
Thursday 12 – Saturday 14 September 2013 The Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester is delighted to host the 3rd British and Irish Contemporary Poetry Conference. Like its predecessor conferences, at St Anne’s in Oxford and Queens University Belfast, they aim to engage poets and critics in new conversations about recent British […]
