Thank you for your support during 2019. Below are some of our many highlights of the past year. We hope you have enjoyed being part of our community and we look forward to an exciting year for the Limerick Writers’ Centre in 2020. This year we held a total of 129 events made up of...
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BOOK LAUNCH (Limerick launch): Shadows On My Shoulder by Con Hurley
Limerick Writers’ Centre Invite you to the launch of Shadows on my Shoulder – the heart warming memoir of a larger than life Irish family by Con Hurley Wed Dec 4th 2019 7.00 pm Limerick City Library, Michael St., Limerick Con Hurley was born in 1961 and lived in the Northside of Cork City, along...
April Is Poetry Month In Limerick Festival Fundraiser
The Limerick Writers’ Centre has run April is Poetry Month in Limerick since 2014. Our aim is to create poetry events during April involving public participation, celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture. We host a number of poetry events ourselves but this is also a cooperative festival of poetry taking in all the poetry...
BOOK LAUNCH: Fool’s Gold by Kieran Beville
Revival Press in association with Limerick Writers’ Centre present A Poetry Book Launch Fool’s Gold by Kieran Beville Thurs 14th Nov 7.30pm The Number 3, Lr. Glentworth St., Limerick The collection will be launched by poet John W. Sexton Fool’s Gold is Kieran Beville’s homecoming book of poems with memories of a Limerick childhood, tributes to...
BOOK LAUNCH: Shadows On My Shoulder by Con Hurley
Limerick Writers’ Centre Invite you to the launch of Shadows on my Shoulder – the heart warming memoir of a larger than life Irish family by Con Hurley Fri 15th Nov 2019 3.00pm Cork City Library, Grand Parade, Cork Con Hurley was born in 1961 and lived in the Northside of Cork City, along with...
BOOK LAUNCH: People In My Brain by Pat O’Connor
The Limerick Writers’ Centre invite you to the launch of People In My Brain – a collection of short stories by Pat O’Connor Wed 13th Nov 2019 8.00pm Castle Oaks Hotel, Castleconnell, Co. Limerick The collection will be launched by Author and Novelist Sarah Moore-Fitzgerald. “For too long, Pat O’Connor has been the Irish short...
Culture Scene @ 1314 (Gerry Flannerys, Catherine St) Sat 26th Oct 2019
The Richard Harris International Film Festival In association with The Limerick Writers’ Centre & Bare Spot 2019 Presents RHIFF19 Culture Scene @ 1314 13-14 Cecil St., Limerick An afternoon of Film, Music, Literature and Performance. Sat 26th Oct 12.30pm to 4.00pm Film Screening – EVELYN directed by The Poetry of Timothy Moore – In Memoriam...
A Samhain Themed Reading/Performance
Limerick Writers’ Centre in association with Samhain Halloween Festival present A Samhain Themed Reading/Performance Nelly’s Cafe, Nicholas St., Limerick 9.00pm THURS 24th NOV 2019 9pm Join our guest readers and musicians Stories and poems from – Pat McAuliffe and Stefan Barry; Plus a special recitation of the Bard of Thomond, Michael Hogan’s ‘Drunken Thady and...
Nov 2019 ‘On the Nail’ Literary gathering Thurs 7th Nov 2019
The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents The November 2019 ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering Thurs 7th Nov 2019 at The People’s Museum, Pery Square, Limerick. Start 8pm This month, our guests are Joseph Sweeney and Jessica Brown plus the OPEN-MIC! Joseph Sweeney was born in Dublin and graduated from UCD with an honours Master’s Degree in...
BOOK LAUNCH: And Say by Jessica Brown Thurs 10th Oct 2019
REViVAL PRESS In association with THE LIMERICK WRITERS’ CENTRE is pleased to announce the launch of And Say by Jessica Brown And Say is a new collection of poetry from Killaloe based US poet and journalist Jessica Brown. The launch will take place Thursday 10th October 7.30pm at Ponte Vecchio, Royal Parade, Killaloe, Co. Clare....