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Information on Poetry Ireland supported readings, launches and events around Ireland, as well as other writing events around the country.

Browse the listings below or use the calendar to view what is happening on a particular date.

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Readings & Events


10.03.2010

White House Poets | Richard Tillinghast

White House Poets | Richard Tillinghast

At the White House this week, reading from his Selected Poems (Dedalus Press), is Richard Tillinghast.

 

Venue: The White House Pub, O’Connell Street, Limerick
Time: 9.30pm
E: edodwyer84@gmail.com
whitehousepoetry.blogspot.com
10.03.2010

Poèmes en l’air | Véronique Pestel

Poèmes en l’air | Véronique Pestel

Cultural Service of the French Embassy and the
Festival de Marne present singer/songwriter Véronique Pestel.


Poèmes en l’air
will feature poets put to music - including Louis Aragon, Louise de Vilmorin, Pernette du Guillet, Luce-Marie Sagnières, Catherine Pozzi and Liliane Wouters.

 

Venue: 8 Leeson Street, Dublin 2
Time: 8pm
Admission: Alliance Française Members €10 / Non-members €15 (tickets on sale at Alliance Française reception desk and at the Sugar Club 1 hour before)
T: 01 6761732
alliance-francaise.ie
10.03.2010

Michael Longley

Michael Longley
Dr Michael Longley, current holder of the Ireland Chair of Poetry, will read from his work, including his most recent collection Snow Water.
Venue: Davis Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Time: 7.30pm
T: 6197817
E: info@irelandchairofpoetry.org
irelandchairofpoetry.org
10.03.2010

Trócaire Poetry Readings

Poetry Ireland in association with Trócaire and Custom House Studios present Harry Clifton, Jacqueline Muarry Loring and Ger Reidy and a discussion with speakers Theresa Auma Odur from Uganda and Siku Nkhoma from Malawi
Venue: Creel Restaurant,Westport, Co Mayo
Time: 8pm
T: 098 28735
E: customhouse@eircom.net
customhousestudios.ie
11.03.2010

Blanchardstown Library | Rita Kelly

Blanchardstown Library | Rita Kelly

Rita Kelly will read from her latest collection Turas go Bun na Spéire.

 

Venue: Blanchardstown Library, Civic Centre, Blanchardstown, D15
Time: 7.00pm
E: blanchlib@fingalcoco.ie
fingalcoco.ie/Library
11.03.2010

Colm Breathnach

Colm Breathnach

Colm Breathnach will give a bilingual Reading as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge.

 

Venue: Blanchardstown Library, Civic Centre, Blanchardstown, D15
Time: 7.30pm
E: blanchlib@fingalcoco.ie
11.03.2010

Book Launch | Liam Carson

Book Launch | Liam Carson

Hag’s Head Press invites you to the launch of Call Mother A Lonely Field by Liam Carson. The book will be launched by Michael Cronin.

 

Venue: Toner’s (upstairs), 139 Lower Baggot Street, D2
Time: 6.30pm
E: RSVP Marsha Swan by email at rsvp@hagsheadpress.com
hagsheadpress.com
11.03.2010

Songwriter Sessions

This weeks special guest is singer songwriter Donnacha Toomey. Donnacha Toomey is an Irish singer songwriter and guitarist originally from County Limerick.

As usual all aspiring songwriters are invited to attend and play there songs in front of a live audience.

 

Venue: The Locke Bar, George's Quay, Limerick
Time: 9.00pm
E: limericksongwriters@gmail.com
songwriters.blogspot.com
12.03.2010

Samuel Barber Centenary Celebration

Nóta presents a lunchtime Samuel Barber Centenary Celebration- featuring Lilia Boyadjieva on piano. 

All proceeds of the concert goingto Barnardos.

Venue: The National Concert Hall, Dublin 2
Time: 1.05pm
Admission: €25
T: 01 417 0000,
E: info@nch.ie
nch.ie
12.03.2010

Over The Edge | Orla Higgins, Cahal Dallat, Moya Roddy & Kate Dempsey

Over The Edge | Orla Higgins, Cahal Dallat, Moya Roddy & Kate Dempsey

Over The Edge presents readings by Orla Higgins, Cahal Dallat, Moya Roddy & Kate Dempsey at Sheridan’s Wine Bar. Competition Winner Orla Higgins will read her winning story.  

 

Venue: Sheridan’s Wine Bar, 14-16 Church Yard Street, Galway
Time: 8.00pm
T: 087 6431748
overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com
14.03.2010

Iggy McGovern

Iggy McGovern
Poetry Ireland in association with Kanturk Arts Festival presents Iggy McGovern.
Venue: Kanturk Library, Main St, Kanturk, Co Cork
Time: 3pm
T: 087 2931422
E: info@kanturkarts.ie
kanturkarts.ie
15.03.2010

Bríd Ní Mhóráin

In association with Foras na Gaeilge this week's guest poet is Bríd Ní Mhóráin.

 

Venue: Upstairs at The Long Valley, Winthrop St, Cork
Time: 9.00pm
E: info@obheal.ie
obheal.ie
15.03.2010

North Beach Poetry Nights | Anne-Marie Fyfe

North Beach Poetry Nights returns with guest poet Anne-Marie Fyfe.


And announcing the first North Beach Slam of 2010. Poets wishing to take part should bring 2 max. 3 minute memorized poems. Each monthly winner goes through to the Grand Slam in December.

 

Venue: The Crane Bar, Sea Road, Galway
Time: 9.00pm
Admission: 5€/3€
T: 091 593290
16.03.2010

The Landscape in Literature | Lecture Series

School of English, Trinity College Dublin, presents a lectures series, The Landscape in Literature, focussing on the function and necessity of landscape.

The series will examine texts across a range of genre, exploring a wide array of themes.

This lecture, Burned Countryside': Reading Irish poetry of war from W B Yeats to Eavan Boland, is presented by Gerald Dawe.

Venue: Uí Chadhain Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, D2
Time: 7.30pm
Admission: The cost for the full series will be €45 or €6 for individual lectures. Concessionary rates are €30 for the full series or €4 for individual lectures.
T: 01-8962885
E: lifoley@tcd.ie
www.tcd.ie/OWC/events/english-literature-evening-lectures.php
16.03.2010

CIARAN CARSON & SINEAD MORRISSEY

CIARAN CARSON & SINEAD MORRISSEY

The Market Place Theatre in Armagh is this year celebrating the 10th Anniversary of its opening in 2000 and to mark the John Hewitt International Summer School's association with the venue, the John Hewitt Society is presenting, as part of the St Patrick's Festival in the Primatial City, a reading with the two Northern poets who have been shortlisted for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award 2010 - Ciaran Carson and Sinead Morrissey.

 

Venue: The Market Place Theatre (Studio), Armagh
Time: 8.00pm
Admission: £6/£5 [conc.]
T: 048 3752 1821
E: admin@johnhewittsociety.org
www.marketplacearmagh.com
17.03.2010

White House Poets | Jane Weir

White House Poets | Jane Weir

This week the White House welcomes Jane Weir to its weekly readings, presenting poems from her latest collection, Walking the Block (Templar).

 

Venue: The White House Pub, O’Connell Street, Limerick
Time: 9.30pm
E: edodwyer84@gmail.com
whitehousepoetry.blogspot.com
19.03.2010

Josephine Foster

Trinity College presents music by Josephine Foster, based on 26 Emily Dickinson poems.

To hear more visit www.myspace.com/josephinefoster

Venue: Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College.
Time: 8pm
T: 01 896 1116
E: malonesh@tcd.ie
douglashydegallery.com
20.03.2010

Anatoly Kudryavitsky

The Under The Clock festival presents a reading with Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Russian-Irish novelist, poet and literary translator.
Venue: Under The Clock, Town Hall, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Time: 1pm
E: festivalundertheclock.webs.com/contactus.htm
festivalundertheclock.webs.com/festivalprogramme.htm
22.03.2010

Paul Grattan

Paul Grattan

Poetry Ireland in association with Ó Bhéal presents a reading by Paul Grattan

 

Venue: Upstairs at The Long Valley, Winthrop St, Cork
Time: 9.00pm
E: info@obheal.ie
obheal.ie
23.03.2010

The Landscape in Literature | Lecture Series

School of English, Trinity College Dublin, presents a lectures series, The Landscape in Literature, focussing on the function and necessity of landscape.

The series will examine texts across a range of genre, exploring a wide array of themes.

This lecture, Seeing New Englandly: writing a region, is presented by Philip Coleman.

Venue: Uí Chadhain Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, D2
Time: 7.30pm
Admission: The cost for the full series will be €45 or €6 for individual lectures. Concessionary rates are €30 for the full series or €4 for individual lectures.
T: 01-8962885
E: lifoley@tcd.ie
www.tcd.ie/OWC/events/english-literature-evening-lectures.php
24.03.2010

White House Poets | Paul Casey

White House Poets | Paul Casey

This week’s guest poet at the White House is Paul Casey, organiser of the O bhéal reading series in Cork.

 

Venue: The White House Pub, O’Connell Street, Limerick
Time: 9.30pm
E: edodwyer84@gmail.com
whitehousepoetry.blogspot.com
24.03.2010

Plan B ‘photoetry’ exhibition

Plan B ‘photoetry’ – an exhibition commissioned by Triskel based on the book of that name. 

The exhibition is a collaboration between poet Paul Muldoon and photographer Norman McBeath - with 28 perspectives on 10 poems, loosely gathered around the theme of life's cock-ups, contingencies and conspiracies.

Plan B was published by Enitharmon Press.

Venue: Triskel at ESB: Caroline St., Cork
T: 021 4272022
E: annluttrell@triskelartscentre.ie
triskelartscentre.ie
25.03.2010

Gutter Bookshop | Poetry Night

Gutter Bookshop | Poetry Night

The Gutter Bookshop presents their Poetry Night - inviting readers to discuss poetry, and some brave volunteers to read either their own work or their favourite poet.

Venue: The Gutter Bookshop, Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar, D8
Time: 6pm
T: 01 6799206
E: gutterbookshop@gutterbookshop.com
gutterbookshop.com
25.03.2010

Greece in Ireland: Mythic Links

Greece in Ireland presents a series of lectures - featuring leading academics and commentators.

Second lecture in the series Traditions of Kingship in early Ireland and India will be delivered by Charles Doherty.

 

Venue: The United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, D2
Time: 7.30pm
T: 01 619 7817
E: yiorgos.chouliaras@gmail.com
greeknewsagenda.gr
29.03.2010

Gerry Hanberry

Gerry Hanberry

This week's guest poet is Gerry Hanberry.

 

Venue: Upstairs at The Long Valley, Winthrop St, Cork
Time: 9.00pm
E: info@obheal.ie
obheal.ie
30.03.2010

The Landscape in Literature | Lecture Series

School of English, Trinity College Dublin, presents a lectures series, The Landscape in Literature, focussing on the function and necessity of landscape.

The series will examine texts across a range of genre, exploring a wide array of themes.

This lecture, Intertextual landscapes in Irish children's literature: Lynch, Dillon, Thompson and Dowd, is presented by Amanda Piesse.

Venue: Uí Chadhain Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, D2
Time: 7.30pm
Admission: The cost for the full series will be €45 or €6 for individual lectures. Concessionary rates are €30 for the full series or €4 for individual lectures.
T: 01-8962885
E: lifoley@tcd.ie
www.tcd.ie/OWC/events/english-literature-evening-lectures.php
31.03.2010

White House Poets | Teri Murray

White House Poets | Teri Murray

At the White House this week guest Teri Murray will read from her latest, New & Selected Poems (Revival Press).

 

Venue: The White House Pub, O’Connell Street, Limerick
Time: 9.30pm
E: edodwyer84@gmail.com
whitehousepoetry.blogspot.com