Eileen Casey reading at Tallaght Library
Monday 19th September 2011 sees the first of a series of exciting new poetry and prose readings in Tallaght Library.
Readings take place between 7 and 8 pm.
“The County Library, Tallaght, is delighted to present a six part series of conversations and readings by local and visiting poets and prose writers commencing on Monday 19th September at 7.00pm and held each alternative Monday until 5th December.
The series has been developed by and facilitated by Eileen Casey, award-winning local author and poet.”
Series Programme
Monday 19th September: Anne Fitzgerald, Nessa 0’Mahony and David Mohan
Biographies
Eileen Casey’s debut poetry collection Drinking the Colour Blue (New Island), was published in 2008. Other publications include; From Bone to Blossom (Altents Publications), with an introduction by Grace Wells, a poetry and visual artist collaboration with Emma Barone and The Jane Austen Sewing Kit. Fiction awards include; The 2010 Hennessy Literary Awards (Emerging Fiction) for her short story ‘Macaw’. In 2011 she was the visiting poet at the Eastern Kentucky University, Lexington, Kentucky. A full collection of short stories is due out in 2012 from Arlen House. Eileen Casey lives in Tallaght.
Anne Fitzgerald’s poetry collections are Swimming Lessons (2001), and The Map of Everything (2006). She is a recipient of the Ireland Fund of Monaco Writer-in-Residence Bursary at The Princess Grace Irish Library, Monaco (2007).
Nessa O’Mahony has published three books , Bar Talk, (1999), Trapping a Ghost, (2005 )and a verse novel, In Sight of Home, published by Salmon in 2009. She was awarded an Arts Council of Ireland literature bursary in 2004 and 2011, a Simba Gill Fellowship in 2005 and an artist’s bursary from South Dublin County Council in 2007. Nessa 0’Mahony lives in Rathfarnham.
David Mohan writes poetry and short stories. He won the Hennessy New Irish Writer Award, 2008, and the Over the Edge Writer of the Year Award in 2009. His poetry has been published in The Sunday Tribune, The Stony Thursday Book, Abridged, The Moth, among others. David is based in Dublin.
Other series dates (for future reference).
Monday 3rd October: Louise Phillips, Brian Kirk, Colm Keegan
Monday 17th October: Enda Coyle Greene, Eamonn Lynskey, Mary Guckian
Monday 7th November: Tom Hanrahan, Mervyn Ennis, Susan Condon, Eithne Cavanagh
Monday 21st November: Mae Newman, Marie Gahan, Aine Lyons, Doreen Duffy
Monday 5th December: Michael Whelan, Maria Wallace, Eileen Casey, Gavan Duffy
Kudos goes to the tireless Eileen Casey for organising these readings and to Una Phelan, Librarian with the Library Service of South Dublin County Council for facilitating. All that remains now is for the writers to do their thing. If you’ve never been to a reading before, now’s your chance to put that right. You’ll be very pleasantly surprised I think.
Thanks Susan! Should be a great night. Just one question now: poetry or prose?
Brian
What are your fellow writers – Louise and Colm – going with next Monday?
I’ll most likely go with prose . . .
Louise is thinking some flash fiction pieces I think, and Colm was thinking a story so I may go for poems
Look forward to your Reading Brian (along with Louise and Colm) – looks like you’re in great company!
See you on the 3rd.
Susan