A screening of some short films associated with the late Macdara Woods.
Lunchtime Poetry Reading with Amy Abdullah Barry & Leeanne Quinn.
A reading by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin accompanied by cellist Eimear Reidy.
A celebration reading by assembled poets of a favourite poem by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin.
Inaugural Joan McBreen lecture/talk on poetry by Ailbhe Smyth, followed by questions from the floor.
Launch of Cyphers 95 and featuring contributors.
A reading by John F. Deane & James Harpur from their joint book Darkness Between Stars, published by Irish Pages Press.
Renowned Burmese poet, writer, editor and translator Ko Ko Thett will read.
Dedalus Press Book Launch, Romance Options: Love Poems for Today, edited by Leeanne Quinn & Joseph Woods and with readings by contributors.
Arlen House Book Launch: presents Washing Windows III, featuring new and emerging women writers.
Panel discussion on Editing Poetry by assembled poetry editors; Alan Hayes, Joan McBreen, ko ko thett, Grace Wells & Joseph Woods, chaired by Nessa O’Mahony.
Lunchtime Poetry Reading with Noelle Lynskey & Grace Wells. The Strokestown & Ennistymon poet laureates respectively.
Children’s Event (ages 7-12) Alan Nolan’s Uncanny Ireland.
Adult Poetry Workshop – Writing the Landscape. Writers have a major role to play in raising awareness of our environmental crisis. Join poet and editor, Nessa O’Mahony for a poetry workshop that will guide you through the process of responding to the landscape and those spaces we hold dear.
Absent Friend (Harvest Press) is a meditation on a more than thirty-year friendship between poet and writer John MacKenna and Leonard Cohen.
An Over the Edge reading curated by the late Kevin Higgins and now held to honour his work and memory, featuring new & emerging talent from the west.
Dedalus Press Book launch: The Book of Life: Poems to Tide You Over, edited by Grace Wells with readings by contributors.
