Litríocht | Literature
CUSTOM HOUSE STUDIOS
The Quay,Westport, Mayo
T: 098-28735.
E: customhouse@eircom.net
Custom House Studios, the Creel Restaurant, The Gallery press and Poetry Ireland are pleased to present a poetry reading by Gerald Dawe from his recently published Selected Poems. Thursday June 7th 2012 at 8.00pm. The evening will also include guest readings from Gerald Dawe’s Selected Poems by Susan Kelly, Thomas Kilroy, Seán Lysaght, John McHugh, and Ger Reidy, with music by Laoise Kelly(Harp). Free Admission.
Since its first appearance in book form in 1978 Gerald Dawe’s poetry has been praised for its ‘feeling of unpadded completeness and unforced structure’ (Alastair MacLean, TLS). In the six collections since, published by The Gallery Press, his achievement has been described by Dennis O’Driscoll as ‘brave and risk-taking, finely tuned and perfectly pitched’ and, by John McAuliffe, as ‘serious and seriously enjoyable’.
Selected Poems is a generous representation of this gifted poet’s work. Spanning over thirty-five years, in poems that move through Irish city and country life – Belfast, Galway, Dublin – to Italian and Polish landscapes and the American east coast, both of the present and ranging through the past half-century, Gerald Dawe’s clear and unadorned voice — in the words of Terence Brown — articulates ‘an imagination of European scope’.
‘Gerald Dawe's subtlety and lyric control are the mark of a true poet; but it is this graceful and apparently effortless incorporation of the human struggle for transcendence which is the real measure of his importance’.
— Fiona Sampson, Irish Times
Gerry Dawe was born in Belfastin 1952. He is inaugural director of the Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing, Associate Professor in English and a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. The Gallery Press has published six collections including The Lundys Letter, for which he received the Macaulay Fellowship in Literature, Lake Geneva and Points West. He has also published The Proper Word: Collected Criticism and Conversations: Poets and Poetry. He has been a visiting professor at BostonCollege and Villanova University in the United States. He lives in County Dublin
Copies of Selected Poems, which the author will be happy to sign, will be available on the night (€12.50 paperback and €18.50 hardback)
Get Up Off Your Arts
The next Get Up Off Your Arts event will be held in Wired Willow,Mount Street, Claremorris on Friday June 8 at 8pm. The aim of the even is to provide an outlet for new original writing.
Poets, fiction writers and singer/songwriters are welcome to perform their own material on the night. Due to space restrictions, regrettably there is no room for bands or PA systems. Short plays are most welcome too – like everything else they must be original work and the playwright must be present, and props/set must be kept to a minimum. Listeners are most welcome too and admission is free. Refreshments and light food will also be served. This is a follow-on event from the very enjoyable one held in May and will follow the same format.If you would like to read/perform please drop your name in to Holly at Wired Willow on Mount Street Claremorris or text John on 087 9843900. The event starts at 8pm and please remember the strict house rule: All material must be the original work of the performer with the exception of any short plays but the writer of the play must be present on the night. This rule is in place to encourage new writing.
Don’t forget the date – Friday, June 8th. at 8pm. Admission is free and space is limited. Follow us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GetUpOffYourArts
6-Day Writing Retreat in Westport
SIXPENS WRITING WORKSHOPS.
July 1-6, 2012: at Old Rectory Retreat, Knappagh (nearWestport), Mayo
Take some time to develop your story in a 6-Day Writing Retreat led by writers Fiona Keane and Fin Keegan of SixPens.com
By way of crafted prompts and choice materials, Fin and Fiona stimulate writers to produce satisfyingly intense and meaningful stories, short (flash fiction) to long (the novel). The environment is supportive and progress-orientated, with your efforts rewarded by home-cooked food and reviving refreshments from our host, Róisín. Whether you are a seasoned scribe or coming to the table for the first time, we look forward to welcoming you and your new work.
Sunday 1/7: 5-9pm ~ Meet and Greet / Writing
Monday 2/7 - Friday 6/7: 10am-1pm ~ Writing
Afternoon slots are reserved for writers to work alone if desired.
Cost: €250 workshops / + €250 full board (optional)
Contact: Róísín 087 776 4820
Old Rectory Retreat is a creative venue and guesthouse. Róisín’s storied table has hosted some extraordinary characters, both real and imagined. Why not bring yourself and see if you can leave with more?
For more about our writers, Fin Keegan and Fiona Keane, see SixPens.com
CASTLEBAR WRITERS GROUP
The Castlebar Writers Group meet every two weeks in The Linenhall, Castlebar at 8.30. Anyone who is or wishes to start writing in any genre is welcome and there is no entry fee. New members may simply sit-in on a meeting initially if they prefer and will be made welcome. Members read their work and are asked to bring copies wherever possible. Further information etc. from iarlamongey@hotmail.com or 0871306942