Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2021. Judge: Eileen Sheehan Winner: Anatomy of a Disordered Personality: Skin (HLR) 2nd place: The Grammar of the World is losing its Syntax (PR Walker) Highly Commended: “diary of a dead eel boy” (Dean Gessie) Girls of Fairhill (Joanne McCarthy) The Return (Partridge Boswell) Don’t Call Me a Balcony (Peter Wise) “[sic]stemic” ...
Book Launch: Steering By The Stars by Matt Mooney
Book Launch: Steering By The Stars by Matt Mooney APRIL 30th 2021. Launch by poet Thomas McCarthy. “To borrow a line from the author, here is a book “where dreams are born again”. Mooney is clear-eyed, exact and precise in evoking the places where he has been gifted with insight, in recalling the people, who have so evidently made his a rich and treasured life.” (Theo Dorgan) Steering By The Stars is the latest poetry collection from Listowel based poet Matt Mooney. Matt Mooney was born in Kilchreest, south Galway in 1943. A graduate of UCG and a post graduate...
LWC Creative Writing Course Sept 2021
Hi everyone, Just to let you know that our creative writing course this coming September (exact dates to be finalised) will be taking on a new direction. We are delighted to have writer Madge O’Callaghan join us to facilitate the course. It will run over 6 weeks face to face (if the pandemic is over) with an on-line option also available. An anthology of work produced on the course will be published in December. These courses are always booked up very quickly so this is a heads up for you to get your name down for this year’s course (expression...
Book Launch: Redress by A.M. Cousins
REDRESS is the debut collection of poetry from A.M. Cousins A. M. Cousins’ astute poems are sure-footed, superbly crafted, grounded in earned wisdom, shot through with insight, and written with perceptive compassion, anger at injustice and a humane clear-sightedness that is the hallmark of a unique voice. – Dermot Bolger, 2021. The launch will take place via Zoom, FRIDAY 19th MARCH 2021 7.30pm. The collection will be launched by poet Grace Wells. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84295248855… Book Available to purchase on-line at: https://limerickwriterscentre.com/…/redress-available…/
Book Launch: Mayflies in the Heather
Mayflies in the Heather is the debut collection of poetry from Galway poet Art Ó Súilleabháin. He is deeply rooted in the landscape and language of Lough Corrib, illuminating every wing-picked insect, every curlew flight, reed and stone, replete with the lore of places. Ó Súilleabháin draws the reader into his keenly observed world with each well-tuned, musical line. The launch will take place via Zoom, FRIDAY 12th MARCH 2021 7.30pm. The collection will be launched by poet Kevin Higgins. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86134757895… Available to purchase on-line at: https://limerickwriterscentre.com/…/mayflies-in-the…/
The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2021
The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2021 ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED. The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition was inaugurated in 2012 by the late Barney Sheehan – poetry impresario of the White House Poetry Revival – in honour of Limerick poet Desmond O’Grady. The Limerick Writers’ Centre revived the competition as part of our April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2019 festival. The prizewinner of this year’s competition will be announced during April and will be invited to give a reading of his/her work during the 2022 festival. First Prize 200.00 Euro Runner-Up Prize 50.00 Euro ENTER ONLINE Entry is...
Poetry Mentoring with Ciaran O’Driscoll
The Limerick Writers’ Centre is pleased to announce a mentoring service for poets. The service is aimed at those who are at intermediate level and beyond; looking to move to the next stage in their poetry writing – perhaps putting together a collection. Published poets will also find this helpful, they will be encouraged to stretch themselves and their writing and take their work forward. The service operates on a one-to-one basis with three 45 minute sessions over a 7 to 10 day period, plus email correspondence. Meeting will take place through Skype or Zoom. The Fee for participants is...
6 Week Poetry Appreciation Course (Finished)
The Limerick Writers’ Centre Present A Six Week Poetry Appreciation Course with Aosdána poet Ciaran O’Driscoll WED 14th OCT to WED 18th NOV 2020 on-line via Zoom. Start time: 7pm Fee payable in advance via PayPay, cash or cheque €90.00 Details and booking information Dominic Taylor limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com Poet and Aosdána member Ciaran O’Driscoll is offering an advanced course in poetry appreciation, aimed at anyone interested in deepening and widening their appreciation of poetry. The course will be for six weeks and will involve looking at and discussing several classical and contemporary poems, and inviting responses from the course members. The...
On-Line Launch of Michael Durack’s ‘Flip Sides’
Dominic Taylor is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Book Launch Wednesday 12th Aug 7.30pm GMT on Zoom Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74067414997?pwd=QkZybGwrWXZUSnpKYlMzeERjT3gvQT09 Meeting ID: 740 6741 4997 Passcode: K9M7S0 MICHAEL DURACK Michael Durack was born on a farm near Birdhill, Co. Tipperary. He was educated at Nenagh CBS and UCD and worked as a teacher for 36 years. His work has been published in journals such as The Blue Nib, Skylight 47, The Cafe Review, The Stony Thursday Book and Poetry Ireland Review as well as airing on local and national radio. With his brother, Austin, he collaborates...
No B-Sides Here!
No B-Sides Here! Fiona Clark Echlin Flip Sides by Michael Durack Revival Press (2020), Limerick. 80pp, €12.00 ISBN 978-1-9162593-8-6 Sales: www.limerickwriterscentre.com While adhering to the familiar settings in time and place which have become his signature, Durack’s explorations of Ireland’s rural Mid-West while coming of age are extended to include the flip side of these experiences. The collection as a whole works to encompass the involvement of all his readers in a common ground ‘that’s cut from under all of us.’This new collection of poems by Michael Durack is remarkable in many ways. The simple but wide variety of images...
NEWS FLASH: Bring Your Limericks to Limerick 2020
The organisers of the Bring Your Limericks to Limerick Competition have made the difficult decision to cancel this years competition final due to take place Sat 22nd Aug 2020 in Dolans Music Venue. Considering the unpredictability of travel as well as the safety and comfort of our participants and audience we feel that this is the right step to take. Rest assured that we will be back next year bigger and better. Until then, please stay well.
The Limerick Writers’ Centre Announce the Winner of the Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2020.
The winners, and commended poems, of the Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2020 were announced tonight by judge John Liddy. The winning poems will be posted on the Limerick Writers’ Centre website, with the judge’s comments. Judge for this year’s competition, poet John Liddy, said he “felt the stirrings of pure and honest voices behind the words”. Of the one hundred and fifty poems entered this year sixteen of the poems were of such quality that every one of them would be a worthy winner. “They speak to us in quiet ways and powerful, their subjects and themes handled with...