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, Cloudscapes: Shakespeare, Yeats, Beckett, Mahon, is presented by Nicholas Grene.

The Liffey Press presents the launch of The Plum Rains and Other Stories, by John Givens. 

The special guest of honour for the night his Excellency Mr. Toshinao Urabe, Ambassador of Japan.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

All proceeds of the concert goingto Barnardos.

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.  

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

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.

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.

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

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

To hear more visit www.myspace.com/josephinefoster

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

This week's guest poet is Gerry Hanberry.

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.

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