Litríocht - Literature
LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE
Linenhall St, Castlebar, Mayo. T: 094 9023733 E: linenhall@anu.ie W: www.thelinenhall.com
POETRY BOOKLAUNCH Friday 21st January @ 8.00pm, Geraldine Mitchell - World Without MapsPoet Geraldine Mitchell, winner of the 2008 Patrick Kavangh Poetry Award, launches her debut collection World Without Maps, published by Arlen House. Born in Dublin, Geraldine has lived near Louisburgh since 2000. Her poems have won many awards and have been widely published in journals in Ireland and the UK . Geraldine is also the author of two novels for young people and a biography of Muriel Gahan, a woman with strong Castlebar connections. Launching World Without Maps will be much loved and admired workshop facilitator and poet, Jean Tuomey.
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“Geraldine Mitchell writes with such sophistication and élan that it is difficult to think that this is a first collection.” - Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
“These are the poems of a considered and considering intelligence, surefooted, meditative and clear. One is in the presence of a clear-eyed sensibility that considers, but does not judge, human fallibility.” -Moya Cannon and Theo Dorgan, Judges’ Report, The Patrick Kavanagh Award 2008