Category Archives: Literary Events

Readings by Noel King from his new book The Key Signature & Other Stories

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The nineteen stories in this book concern the trials of modern man in an Ireland of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century.  Each first-person narrator is grappling with something: host family father falling in love with the au pair, cross-dressing husband unleashing his grief and his vices after the funeral of his beloved wife, Men’s Shed participant falling in love with another male attendee. The Key Signature is a superb debut collection of stories from a fine poet and actor.

Noel King was born and lives in Tralee, County Kerry. His poetry collections are published by Salmon: Prophesying the Past (2010), The Stern Wave (2013) and Sons (2015). He has edited more than fifty books of work by others (Doghouse Books, 2004-2013) and was poetry editor of Revival Literary Journal (Limerick Writers’ Centre) in 2012/13. He also enjoys acting and singing in amateur plays and musical theatre, and in the odd film. He was once a Bunratty Castle entertainer. The Key Signature & Other Stories is his debut collection of fiction.

Come and see Noel read from The Key Signature at one of these venues

Monday 5 June – Launch of The Key Signature & Others Stories (Liberties Press) – Siamsa Tire Theatre & Arts Centre, Town Park, Tralee. 6pm

Tuesday 6 June – On the Nail, Shannon Rowing Club, Sarsfield Bridge, Limerick hosted by Limerick Writers’ Centre. 8pm

Wednesday 7 June – Seanchai Centre, Listowel. 7.30pm

Thursday 8 June – Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Galway. 6.30pm

Friday 9 June – The White House Bar, Fermoy, County Cork.

Saturday 10 June – Four ‘pop-up’ readings with Mae Leonard in Naas, County Kildare: McAuley Place, 2pm; Naas Library, 2.30pm; The Moat Club Cafe , 3pm; Swan’s on the Green, 4pm

Sunday 11 June – National Concert Hall, ‘The Sprit of Kerry’ night

Wednesday 14 June – David Butler’s Serrocco series reading in Baggot Street, Dublin.

Thursday 15 June – Cork city, hosted by Matthew Moynihan

Friday 16 June – Louis Mulcahy Pottery, Ballyferriter, County Kerry

Noel King

Yeats Day Book Launch by Paula Lahiff; and Stoneywoods Festival Update

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The launch of From India to Ithaca, a new collection of poetry by Paula Lahiff, will be held in the Yeats Memorial Building, Sligo on Yeats’s birthday — Tuesday, 13 June at 1:00 pm. Damien Brennan will launch Paula’s collection.
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Sinead Morrisey at Stoneywoods Festival – start time 5.50 pm, entry fee €5.

Join poets Sinead Morrissey, Monica Corish and Teresa Lally for a summer feast of poetry in the community centre in the heart of Kiltyclogher! If you wish to reserve a place in advance, contact Alison: 083-1755723. Tickets: €5 at the door – proceeds to charity. Cash only, please! www.facebook.com/events/682393661931626/

Poetry and Myth Workshop Postponed

The “Poetry and Story Inspired by Myth” writing workshop, which was due to take place as part of the Stoneywoods festival, has been postponed. Future venue and date TBC

Anne Enright to launch local author’s book at Allingham Festival

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Renowned writer Anne Enright will launch Monica Corish’s poetry collection “A Dying Language” in the Abbey Centre, Ballyshannon on Saturday November 5th at 7 p.m. A Dying Language is published by the Irish Hospice Foundation. 50% of profits from book sales will go to the Northwest Hospice. The book launch will take place as part of the Allingham Festival, November 3 – 6, full programme details at www.allinghamfestival.com.

This is the final event of a six-month long book tour which included readings at the Yeats International Summer School, the Bailieborough Poetry Festival, and the launch of Carers Week in Dublin. Speaking at the Yeats Summer School, Vincent Woods said: “I imagine there isn’t a family in Ireland that hasn’t experienced something of what Monica Corish captures so acutely in these poems… This poetry of grief is also a kind of love poetry. These poems are a blessing of sorts – making a living language, striking a flame of light out of shadow and sorrow.”

A Dying Language is available online from www.monicacorish.ie, and from Barnes & Noble and Amazon; also from Liber Books, Sligo; The Reading Room, Carrick on Shannon;  A Novel Idea, Ballyshannon; The Winding Stair, Dublin; and Dingle Bookshop.

Book launch at The Reading Room, Carrick on Shannon, Fri Oct 21

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the-reading-roomLooking forward to reading from A Dying Language at The Reading Room, Carrick on Shannon on Friday, October 21 6:15 p.m. Brian Leyden will introduce the event, and all are welcome to attend.

There’s plenty of time to come to the reading, and then go to the Leonard Cohen Tribute at The Dock – that’s what I plan to do!

Brian and I will also participate in a panel discussion hosted by Words Ireland, alongside Michael Harding and Gerry Boland, on Saturday, October 22. The event will take place in Ballinamore Library from 2 to 4 p.m. This event, the first in a series of nationwide public meetings, is aimed at writers who earn or aspire to earn some or all of their income from writing. The event is free, but participants must register in advance through www.eventbrite.ie – only a few places left.

Finding Your Way through Story

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450500_fa72edceWriters in the Woods presents “The Path Through the Wood: Finding your Way through Story” with Brian Leyden at Longford Demesne Wood, Beltra, Co. Sligo on Saturday, September 17th from 12-4 pm. Cost of the event: €30, including coffee or tea and light refreshments.

Contact Yvonne at 087 9171040 or longforddemesnewoood@gmail.com for further info and booking. Places are limited so please be advised to book well in advance.