Heaney Translations

by Suella Holland | Aug 4, 2023 | Events, News

To mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Seamus Heaney, Kilkenny Arts Festival present a series of discussions about Heaney Translations in which leading contemporary poets explore some of Heaney’s most celebrated translations with Olivia O’Leary. The...

A Celebration of Seamus Heaney: 21 October

by Suella Holland | Oct 13, 2020 | Events, News

Wednesday 21st October sees A Celebration of Seamus Heaney as part of Bealtaine At Home October. 1995 was the year that Seamus Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. His Nobel address ‘Crediting Poetry’ has been hailed as a masterpiece. To celebrate this...

Gallery at 50: Episode Ten

by Suella Holland | Sep 9, 2020 | News, Poetry

Seamus Heaney was, from the beginning, an important, constant friend of The Gallery Press, collaborating on many projects and publications. In this, Episode Ten of our summer celebratory video series, we are greatly honoured to present Marie Heaney reading from his...

Irish Arts Center NY Poetry Fest 1-3 November

by Suella Holland | Oct 24, 2019 | Events, News

PoetryFest: Desert Island Poems with Paul Muldoon and Kevin Young Journey into an orbit of ideas and thoughts with some of the world’s most eminent poets from Ireland and North America. This year’s festival features a special tribute to Seamus Heaney in celebration of...

Irish Times Poetry Now Award

by Suella Holland | Mar 21, 2018 | Awards, Events, News

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...