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The new edition of The Rising Son is being prepared for print now and I’ll have some big news to announce regarding availability soon!

In the meantime I’ve been very busy organising and preparing for readings and workshops. I did my first two workshops yesterday on The Rising Son with kids from 5th and 6th classes in St. John’s National School and Gaelscoil na Camóige, both in Clondalkin. Two very knowledgeable groups of kids who were enthusiastic about history and writing and I really enjoyed working with them. Later this month I will be visiting two more local schools, and if there are any other teachers out there who would like me to pay a visit, please do get in touch.

I’ve also been invited to read from The Rising Son at what looks like being a great event in Galway. Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar Du Mars run a series of brilliant events and readings called Over The Edge each month. I was delighted to read my poetry there last June along with some excellent poets from around the country and beyond. The event on 11th Match 2016 has a fantastic line up of writers and looks like being a great night. Details below:

March Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

at the Kitchen @ The Museum

 The March Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering presents an exciting variety of poetry by Liz Quirke, and Rachel Coventry; a reading from hi recently published novel by Brian Kirk; and a special Bogman’s Cannonshowcase by which will included a discussion about the work of The Bogman’s Cannon, Ireland’s leading alternative literature website, which will feature Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Karl Parkinson, & Dave Lordan The event will take place at The Kitchen @ The Museum, Spanish Arch, Galway on Friday, March 11^th, 8pm. All are welcome. There is no cover charge.

 Liz Quirke is 31. She is originally from Tralee, Co Kerry and lives in Spiddal, Co Galway with her wife and daughter. Her poetry has appeared in New Irish Writing in the The Irish Times, The Best New British And Irish Poets 2016 published by Eyewear Publishing, Southword, Crannóg, Revival Literary Journal, The Stony Thursday Book, The Ofi Press and other publications. She won the 2015 Poems for Patience Competition and was shortlisted for the 2015 Cúirt New Writing Prize. She is currently working towards her first collection.

Rachel Coventry lives in Galway. Her poetry has appeared in various journals including The SHop, Stony Thursday Book, Cyphers, Crannóg, Boyne Berries, and Skylight 47. She was selected for the 2014 Poetry Ireland Introductions Series  and she is currently writing a PhD on Heidegger’s poetics at NUIG.

Brian Kirk is an award-wining poet and short story writer from Clondalkin in Dublin. He won the Jonathan Swift Creative Writing Award for Poetry in 2014, the Bailieborough Poetry Prize 2015 and The Creative Flow Poet of the Year Award 2015 at Dundalk FM. He was selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions series in 2013, and was highly commended in the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 2014 and 2015. His poetry and stories have appeared in journals and anthologies in Ireland, the UK, Germany, India and USA. His poetry film Red Line Haiku was screened at The Civic Theatre in Tallaght as part of the Red Line Book Festival in October 2015 and can be viewed on Youtube. His novel, The Rising Son, is his first foray into literature for a younger audience.

Annemarie Ní Churreáin is a poet, originally from Donegal, now based in Dublin and she is the Diversity Editor of The Bogman’s Cannon.

 

Karl Parkinson is a poet and fiction writer from Dublin. He is a Facilitating Editor of The Bogman’s Cannon.

 

Dave Lordan is a poet and fiction writer, originally from West Cork now based in Wicklow, and is Founding Editor of The Bogman’s Cannon.

 

For further information contact 087-6431748.

All Welcome. No Cover charge.

Over The Edge acknowledges the ongoing financial support of the Arts Council,

Poetry Ireland, and Galway City Council. http://www.overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/   

 

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