DLR Poetry Now International Festival

Philip Gross, winner of this year’s T.S. Eliot Prize, presents a special programme of poetry for the children involved in the dlr Poetry Now Education Programme. The programme is designed to introduce 8-10 year olds to contemporary poetry and i

Go Fish: Six Irish Poets

Jun 25th, 2010

Paul Muldoon is the author of ten collections of poetry, and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. In this lecture, he presents a characteristically playful and idiosyncratic consideration of poems by six Irish poets, looking at “The Gutt

Coming to Poetry: A Conversation About the Craft of Poetry

Jun 25th, 2010

A conversation about poetry - where it comes from, why it matters, and how it is shaped both on the page and in the poet’s mind - with three of the participating poets in this year’s dlr Poetry Now Festival. Moderated by poet and critic Paul Pe

Landmarks: Celebrating 40 Years of The Gallery Press

Jun 25th, 2010

In this special celebration, dlrPoetry Now honours The GalleryPress, which celebrates 40 years as Ireland’s leading independent publisher of poetry in 2010. An afternoon of readings by Gallery poets and a public interview with Peter Fallon, fou

One More Folded Sunset: Mapping the Poem

Jun 25th, 2010

Belinda McKeown, the curator of dlr Poetry Now, gives a talk on poetry and place, examining the cartography of the imagination as it manifests itself in the work of several of the poets from this year’s programme.

Vona Groarke, Kevin Young & Joan Margarit

Jun 25th, 2010

Vona Groarke, Kevin Young & Joan Margarit read from their work before an audience at the Pavilion Theatre.

Anne Stevenson, Homero Aridjis and Paul Muldoon

Jun 25th, 2010

Anne Stevenson, Homero Aridjis and Paul Muldoon read from their work before an audience at the Pavilion Theatre.

Rupert and Eithne Strong Award

Jun 25th, 2010

This programme features readings by the poets shortlisted for The Rupert and Eithne Strong Award 2010: Ray Givans, Maggie O’Dwyer, Tom Mathews and Peadar Ó hUallaigh. The event is introduced by Liam Carson, who judged the competition and prese