Next monday 5th December sees the sixth in the series of public readings at Tallaght library facilitated by local award winning author Eileen Casey. Reading commences at 7pm and this week the readers/writers are as as follows:
Michael Whelan, Maria Wallace, Eileen Casey & Gavan Duffy.
This is a really strong line up as the brief bios below clearly evince:
Bios
Michael Whelan is an Irish writer, poet and historian. He has three published works, the most recent being Allegiances Compromised, Faith, Honour and Allegiances, ex-British Soldiers in the Irish Army 1912 – 1924. He was runner-up in the 2011 Patrick Kavanagh Award for poetry. Michael lives in Tallaght.
Maria Wallace’s debut bi-lingual poetry collection Second Shadow was published in 2010. A poet and writer, her work is widely published. Her numerous awards include the 2006 Hennessy Award (Emerging Poetry).
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 theEasternKentuckyUniversity,Lexington,Kentucky. A full collection of short stories is due out in 2012 from Arlen House. Eileen Casey lives in Tallaght.
Gavan Duffy has been writing for almost ten years. His poetry is widely published in outlets such as; Boyne Berries, The Stony Thursday Book, St Kerrill’s Journal. He was twice prize-winner in The Oliver Goldsmith International Poetry Competition and at The Cavan Poetry Awards.
I believe there may be another reading on the 19th December, but more on that anon.
Hope to see you there on Monday!
