Comórtas Filíochta Séamus Ó Cinnéide 2025 Spriocdháta: 28 Feabhra 2025 Tá Ionad Scríbhneoirí Luimnigh thar a bheith bródúil as insealbhú an Comórtas Filíochta Séamus Ó Cinnéide a fhógairt. Is comórtas nua é seo do dhánta i nGaeilge, atá deartha chun scríobh na filíochta i nGaeilge a spreagadh agus a chur chun cinn, agus ómós á thabhairt do Séamus Ó Cinnéide, duine a chuir cúis na Gaeilge chun cinn i Luimneach go díograiseach i rith an 20ú haois. Fógrófar buaiteoirí chomórtas na bliana seo i mí an Mhárta 2025 agus tabharfar cuireadh dóibh a saothar a léamh ag ócáid speisialta ag...
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‘First Wednesday Series’ Wed 8th Jan 2025- Guest reader John W. Sexton plus Open-Mic.
The ‘First Wednesday Series’ continues in 2025 with special guest poet John W. Sexton. John W. Sexton was born in 1958 and identifies with the Munster Aisling tradition. His work spans vision poetry, contemporary fabulism, experimentalism and tangential surrealism. He is the author of eight poetry collections, the three most recent being Futures Pass (Salmon Poetry 2018), Visions at Templeglantine (Revival Press 2020) and The Nothingness Kit (Beir Bua 2022). A chapbook of his surrealist poetry, Inverted Night, came out from SurVision in April 2019. Under the ironic pseudonym of Sex W. Johnston he has recorded an album with legendary...
The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2025 – Entries Open.
The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2025 CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 15th MARCH 2025 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 April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2019 festival. The prize winner of this year’s competition will be announced during April 2025 and will be invited to give a reading of his/her work during the 2026 festival. About Desmond O’Grady. Desmond O’Grady...
Book Launch: ‘Head First, From a Height by Freyja Hellebust Wed 27th Nov 2024
Limerick Writers’ Centre announce the launch of ‘Head First, From a Height’ by Freyja Hellebust on Wed 27th Nov 7.00pm at Prim’s Bookshop, Kinsale, Co. Cork. The guest reader to launch the book is Niamh Prior. ‘Head First, From a Height’ is the winning entry of the Gerald Griffin Competition for First Adult Fiction 20234. “We are thrilled to recognise Freyja Hellebust’s exceptional talent,” said Dominic Taylor, Director of the Limerick Writers’ Centre. “Her manuscript stood out in a field of impressive entries, showcasing the vibrant state of original fiction writing in Ireland today.” Judges Ciaran O’Driscoll and Eiléan Ní...