Léachtaí Cholm Cille 2022
Is ar Léann Feimineach agus Inscne na Gaeilge a bheidh Léachtaí Cholm Cille ag díriú i mbliana agus is mór an onóir dom roinnt dánta ón gcnuasach nua a léamh ann. Dé hAoine 9ú Meán Fómhair agus Dé Sathairn 10ú Meán Fómhair i bhFoirgneamh an Iontais, Ollscoil Mhá Nuad a thiocfar le chéile. Is féidir teacht ar a thuilleadh eolais anseo.
Critical Voices @ Kilkenny Arts Festival
For more information on this event, please click here.
John Hewitt Summer School, Armagh
Cosán Ghabhla, 9 & 10 Iúil
‘Imeacht an ama ar oileán mara’ an téama a bhí ag Cosán Ghabhla, imeacht de chuid de Fhéile an Earagail a d’eagraigh Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde. Ba rídheas a bheith páirteach agus am a chaitheamh i dteannta na n-ealaíontóirí Kim Sharkey, Úna Ní Shé agus Sandra Kennedy, agus na scríbhneoirí Rody Gorman is Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde, gan trácht ar an mbean ildánach de bhunadh Ghabhla, Máirín Uí Fhearraigh. Tá pictiúirí a ghlac Linda thíos:
Mí Iúil /July
Cúpla rud ag teacht aníos an mhí seo chugainn:
The film City of a Thousand Suns/ Cathair na Mílte Grian will be premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh on the 8th July at 14.00. Written and directed by Paula Kehoe and Feargal Ward, this is an unforgettable art film partly inspired by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc’s elegy for Hiroshima, ‘Aifreann na Marbh’. The cast includes Marcus Mac Conghail, Kazuyoshi Meiki, Rióna Ní Fhrighil and Tristan Warner. I was very happy to narrate the Irish-language version of the film.
Beidh mé ag glacadh páirte in ‘Cosán Ghabhla‘ mar chuid d’Fhéile an Earagail ar an 9ú agus 10ú Iúil i dteannta scríbhneoirí agus físealaíontóirí.
On the 16th July, I’ll be reading in Panicale in Umbria, Italy at the Effetto48 festival with Billy Ramsell and Lorenzo Mari. Special thanks to Alberto Masala for the invitation.
Delighted to be finishing off the month in Armagh at the John Hewitt Summer School where I’ll be reading with John McAuliffe and Molly Twomey on 29th July at 11.15.
Poetry File on RTÉ Lyric Fm 29.05.2022
Míle buíochas to Eithne Hand for the invitation to contribute to Poetry File on RTÉ Lyric FM. Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan feature in the photo above and in the poem. You can listen back to it here.
The Poetry Programme 22.5.22
It was an absolute pleasure to speak to Olivia O’Leary recently on RTÉ Raidio 1 about the bilingual anthology Cnámh agus Smior/ Bone and Marrow. You can listen back to the conversation here. My thanks to Olivia and to the producer, Claire Cunningham at Rockfinch Productions.
Last week, I spoke to Helen Ní Shé on An Saol Ó Dheas about the anthology on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. I read one of my own poems, ‘Manach Eile agus a Chat’ which is the last poem in Cnámh agus Smior/ Bone and Marrow.
Cork World Book Fest – 22 April 2022
Really looking forward to the event above at Cork City Library. There’s a wonderful programme of events for this year’s Cork World Book Fest – you can see them all here. It’s great to have the festival back!
Poetry File on RTÉ Lyric FM
‘Fothragadh’ was the featured poem on Poetry File on Evelyn Grant’s Weekend Drive on RTÉ Lyric FM on the 12th of March. Many thanks to the producer Eithne Hand. You can listen back to the segment here. Thanks, too, to Billy Ramsell for the translation.
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