Yes, it’s back! Bring Your Limericks to Limerick Competition 2019 and it takes place Saturday 17th Aug in Dolans Music Venue, Dock Road, Limerick. Up for grabs is the chance to become this year’s champion limerick writer and walk away with a cheque for €500, not bad for a five line poem. The event now...
The religious, occult and esoteric world of the Beatles THE LIMERICK WRITERS’ CENTRE is pleased to announce the launch of Behind the Wall of Illusion – the religious, occult and esoteric world of the Beatles It will be launched by Prof Eoin Devereux of the University of Limerick Sunday 8th April 3.00pm at The Hunt...
Poetry, prose and performance with always new guest readers, followed by an open mic POETRY – FICTION – STORYTELLING – MUSIC All those interested on creative writing are welcome to attend on the night. Thurs 2nd May 2019 ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering @ CB1, Central Buildings, 51 O’Connell St., Limerick, Limerick. Start 8.00pm sharp! ...
The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2025. During the 30 days of April, with over 13 events and over 27 performers, Limerick’s annual poetry festival April is Poetry Month in Limerick returns. Once again poetry will echo in the streets and intimate venues of this historic city of Limerick. Long...
To read the winning poems in this years competition, click here: https://limerickwriterscentre.com/2019/04/20/winning-poems-the-desmond-ogrady-international-poetry-competition-2019/ The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition was inaugurated in in 2012 by Barney Sheehan, poetry impresario of the White House Poetry Revival, in hnour of Limerick poet Desmond O’Grady. It was last held in 2014. The Limerick Writers’ Centre are now reviving the...
REFLECTIONS ON RICHARD WILBUR’S INTERVIEW Everyone seems to be able to write a poem nowadays. Everyone can arm themselves with a pen and let their feelings flow on a piece of paper, creating random separate verses, pretending to have the aspect of a poem. And the culprit of all this seems to be an excessive use...
GIUSEPPE UNGARETTI AND THE ITALIAN HERMETICISM The term “hermeticism” refers to a particular poetic movement born in Italy at the end of the First World War. It deals with the idea of a poetry whose character is hermetically closed and complex, in order to represent the feeling of the post-war. With the Hermeticism, the poetic...
Two enterprising Italian girls have turned the limerick verse into a marketing ploy for their bookshop in Padua. What is the first thing which comes to mind when you hear the word “limerick”? Perhaps the city you live in, perhaps the short and witty poem. The limerick is a particular kind of poem, made up...
A REFLECTION ON NATURAL TALENT BY HANS TUZZI There is no writer without talent.” This is what Hans Tuzzi, an Italian writer and critic, affirms in his latest book How to write a crime novel…or any other novel. His essay is not a series of lectures on “how to write”, but a reflection on the power...
Literature doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It must be read, discussed, and celebrated. There’s nothing better than gushing with a friend over a new favourite novel, or sharing a beautiful verse of poetry with family. With the movement towards digital media consumption, it is difficult to find a space where literature continues to be discussed...
