June 27th sees the publication of two new poetry collections from The Gallery Press — Double Negative by Vona Groarke and The Wedding Breakfast by Frank McGuinness. Double Negative The double negative amounts to a positive. In this, her seventh collection, Vona Groarke considers the subject of ageing, fearlessly exploring its culverts and cul-de-sacs while also checking […]
International Women’s Day Special Offer – 8 March
We’re celebrating International Women’s Day, Friday 8 March 2019, with hourly poetry / drama postings on our Facebook page and offering you 25% OFF all* titles by our women writers for the day. www.gallerypress.com/shop *Excludes ebooks. (Plus P&P) Friday, 8 March 2019 for 24 hours only
Irish Arts Center PoetryFest: 2-4 November
New York’s Irish Arts Center’s 10th Annual Poetry Fest is presented in association with Literary Hub. The Irish Arts Centre celebrates a decade of “literary revelry” (New Yorker) with esteemed poets drawn from both sides of the Atlantic in one of their favorite weekends of the year. Friday November 2 Favorite Poems Tickets from $35, including after-party with […]
The Heart of Summer: Derrynane House – 13 July
Olivia O’Leary presents The Heart of Summer: Derrynane House BOOK NOW Friday 13 July, 8.00pm Derrynane House, Caherdaniel, Co. Kerry Tickets: €10/€8 concessions, includes a glass of wine Enjoy a feast of music and poetry in three of Ireland’s great historic houses, introduced by Olivia O’Leary, acclaimed journalist and presenter of RTÉ Radio 1’s Poetry Programme. Produced by […]
Poets on Tour – Ballina Fringe Festival – 10 July
The Gallery Press: Poets on Tour event in association with Ballina Fringe Festival presents poets Vona Groarke, Tom French and Eamon Grennan will bring their award-winning work to Ballina Fringe Festival on Tuesday 10 July from 7pm. Adm: €10.00 Book tickets
Vona Groarke Awarded Cullman Center Fellowship
Congratulations to Vona Groarke on being selected as a Cullman Centre Fellow at the New York Public Library 2018/2019. A great honour and an exciting year ahead for Vona. https://on.nypl.org/2ti5tqL
Vona Groarke in Conversation with Olivia O’Leary: 13 March
7.00pm Tuesday 13 March Poetry Ireland, 11 Parnell Square East, Dublin 1 Tickets: €10/€8 concessions Vona Groarke’s Four Sides Full is a personal essay that opens up and out about the body, family, the past, love, beauty and solitude. The acclaimed journalist and broadcaster Olivia O’Leary is a fan of Vona’s work, describing Four Sides Full in The Irish Times Best […]
Warwick Women in Translation Award Shortlist
Congratulations to Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh whose ‘The Coast Road’ has made the shortlist of the 2017 Warwick Women in Translation award. https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/…/p…/warwick_announces_shortlist/ The Coast Road by Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, translated from Irish by Michael Coady, Peter Fallon, Tom French, Alan Gillis, Vona Groarke, John McAuliffe, Medbh McGuckian, Paul Muldoon, Michelle O’Sullivan, Justin Quinn, Billy Ramsell, […]
July 2017 – Poem of the Month
July’s Poem of the Month Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is reading with Vona Groarke at the West Cork Literary Festival on July 19th. Late on a summer evening . . . Late on a summer evening The houses are parting with heat And the streets are warm As a bedroom full of sleeping children The wheels […]
June 2017 – Poem of the Month
Congratulations to Vona Groarke on winning the Pigott Poetry Prize at Listowel Writers’ Week Away I babysit by Skype, breakfast to their lunch, lunch to their dinner. I straighten uniforms, ask French, nag music practice, argue Friends, trim their Bebo access. I touch their silky faces on my screen. I am three thousand miles ago, […]
