Poetry

In both Susan Connolly and Máighréad Medbh’s new collections with Macha Press, the forming of words and names is a living, breathing process. Connolly’s Midwinter explores how names proliferate and change while still representing the same physical things. Medbh’s Dwelling explores how names and words gain and lose meaning, and how they are impacted by […]

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Join award-winning poet David McLoghlin for a unique generative course in how to navigate feelings and sentimentality in our poetry. The key in poetry is to infuse work with the right balance of sentiment so that it does not veer into sentimentality. Often, we either have too much feeling in our rough drafts, or not […]

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Introductions | Céadlínte is a Poetry Ireland showcase of 15 of the most exciting new poets writing in English and Irish on the island of Ireland today. The poets were selected by Victoria Kennefick and Aifric MacAodha. We’ll have a musical guest along on the night. Night one of the Poetry Ireland Introductions / Céadlínte […]

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Three writers, Sara Baume, Gustav Parker Hibbett, and Ralf Webb – who write across forms of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art writing, and beyond – discuss their writing practices with Tolka, a Dublin-based literary magazine that publishes ‘formally promiscuous’ non-fiction. These writers will explore how easy or difficult it is to jump between different mediums, their […]

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann and The New Hibernia Review are delighted to present The Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award Reading at Dublin Book Festival. Expect readings from this year’s Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Awardee Mark Roper among other leading Irish poets. The Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry is an annual Irish poetry award administered by the Center for […]

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Got something to say? Take the mic. Join Daragh Fleming for an evening of original spoken word, big ideas and creative expression, with a platform for young writers and performers to express their art with their peers. Between performances, Daragh explores what spoken word can offer as a creative outlet — from turning thoughts and […]

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Join poet Nell Regan for this engaging workshop – bring a picture of a place you love (a landscape or cityscape), a pen and a willingness to play. We’ll look at a myriad ways to approach the same thing/view, aiming for a freshness of language and perspective. Suitable for all.  Tickets for this poetry workshop […]

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Join us for a special conversation on the art of translating from Indigenous and minoritised languages. In celebration of the United Nations Indigenous Languages Decade, this event will feature readings and discussions with the translators of two award-winning poetry collections: Robin Munby, translator of Asturian poet Raquel F. Menéndez’s The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad (Skein […]

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Introductions | Céadlínte is a Poetry Ireland showcase of 15 of the most exciting new poets writing in English and Irish on the island of Ireland today. The poets were selected by Victoria Kennefick and Aifric MacAodha. We’ll have a musical guest along on the night. Night two of the Poetry Ireland Introductions / Céadlínte […]

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Join us for readings and discussion with three writers whose work captures experiences of girlhood and womanhood. Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan’s debut poetry collection The Salt of Something (Dedalus Press) explores love, attraction, excitement and disappointment, responding to the city both as homeplace and site of ongoing discoveries and negotiations. Jessica Traynor’s poetry collection New Arcana (Bloodaxe […]

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Tugann filíocht Róise Ní Bhaoill muid ar thuras a thugann léargas dúinn ar áilleacht agus ar fhulaingt an tsaoil. Bhuaigh an bailiúchán dhátheangach filíochta, Dambatheanga/Damlanguage (Arlen House) le Mícheál Ó Ruairc an chéad duais i gComórtais Liteartha an Oireachtais in 2014. Tá ceol agus filíocht á nascadh le chéile ag Éire Ní Fhaoláin agus Cú […]

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Léiriú haiku amuigh faoin aer i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla agus rannpháirtíocht an phobail ann. Join us for a haiku reading in Irish and English with Liam Carson, author of Belfast Twilight (Salmon Poetry) – featuring a gingko, or haiku walk, through the streets and surrounding area of the Festival Hub, in which the audience […]

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