Delighted to have had a poem included in a recent edition of BBC Radio 3’s Words and Music. This episode celebrates Antarctica and marks the 150 anniversary of Shackleton’s birth. Thank you to the producer Olive Clancy, and to Billy Ramsell, who translated ‘Filleadh ón Antartach’ to English. The poem originally appeared in Poetry and in The Coast Road published by The Gallery Press.
Delighted to have some poems translated to Czech translated by Daniela Theinová and Martin Světlík, alongside work by Biddy Jenkinson, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Alan Titley, Peter Mackay, Christopher Whyte, and Niall Ó Gallchóir. It was lovely to hear the Czech translations at a reading in Café Libéral in Prague in October. With thanks to Culture Ireland and the EFACIS Irish Itinerary.
Last year, I presented a ten-part radio series on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta called ‘Ómós Áite.’ Along with the series producer, Emma Ní Chearúil, we traveled the length and breadth of Ireland interviewing writers about their connection to place. Among the participants were Dairena Ní Chinnéide, Jackie Mac Donncha, Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, Máire Dinny Wren, Seán Ó Muireagáin, Pauline Nic Chonaonaigh, Áine Uí Fhoghlú, Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde, Siobhán Ní Mhuimhneacháin, agus Simon Ó Faoláin. You can listen back to all episodes at this link.
Looking forward to my upcoming trip to Bellinzona in Switzerland at the weekend for the Babel festival, which will include
Werner Herzog, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Georgi Gospodinov, Leta Semadeni, Makenzy Orcel, James Noël, Nuno Costa Santos, Tommaso Soldini, Laura Sicignano, Francesco “Kento” Carlo, Paolo Miorandi, Francesco Ottonello,Anush Hamzehian and Vittorio Mortarotti.
With thanks to Culture Ireland for their support.
Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín shares a work-in-progress stemming from three weeks research into the relationship between language (Gaeilge) and the dancing body. The primary themes central to the research, include; language as a portal with which to connect to past, present and future; the portrayal of the lived embodied experience of women’s bodies in songs and poems as Gaeilge over the last 100 years. Siobhán presents this New Movements sharing alongside expert collaborators including dancer Sibéal Davitt, poet Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, composer Úna Monaghan and dancer Mary Nunan.
Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín is a dance artist based in Cork, Ireland. Her primary focus in on place-based and site-specific work manifesting in film and live performance. She seeks to question how the human body engages with the Earth in a way that gives agency to both. Siobhán enjoys collaborative work and has created alongside poets, actors, singers, geologists, boat-builders and musicians. She has performed with Joan Davis, Jessie Keenan, Junk Ensemble, Laura Murphy, Mary Nunan and Mary Wycherley, and was a member of Croí Glan Intergrated Dance Company.
This work is funded by a Markievicz Award as part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme, Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
Always a great excuse the visit beautiful Bantry, the West Cork Literary Festival will take place from the 7th to the 14th of July. Once again, Eimear O’Herlihy has put together an incredible programme and I’m delighted to be reading at the festival.
On Tuesday 11 July, I’ll be participating in a reading and public discussion on creative responses to climate change alongside Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Danny Denton, Morgan Ventura, Hannah Daley, Maria Kirrane, Benjamin Gearey and Maureen O’Connor. It’s on at 5pm in the Bantry Library.
Very much looking forward to reading with Raymond Antrobus on Wednesday 12 July at 2.30pm in The Maritime Hotel. More info here.
Many thanks to Cathal Poirtéir for his review of Tonn Teaspaigh agus Dánta Eile in Books Ireland. You can read the review here.
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh 
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