Tuesday, November 17, 2009

The Bee-Loud Glade

Crazy Dog Audio Theatre, in partnership with Dedalus Press, presents A  Living Anthology of 8 Contemporary Irish Poems performed to music & sound, in a special one-off workshop/showcase performance.


With Music and Sound by Roger Gregg, and performed by Crazy Dog Audio Theatre Company in a special one-night only workshop / showcase performance, The Bee-Loud Glade features a selection of work by eight poets from the Dedalus list: Iggy McGovern, Leland Bardwell, Pat Boran, Dolores Stewart, Paddy Bushe, Ann Joyce, James J. McAuley and Mary O’Donoghue. The performance by the company which last year had a widely acclaimed hit with their interpretation of the poetry of Gerry Murphy, is being recorded in sound and on video for subsequent airplay and is expected to form the basis for a new show currently in development.

Come along to what promises to be an exciting and novel approach both to exploring the sonic possibilities of contemporary Irish poetry and to bringing that poetry to a wider audience.

Friday 27 November.  8 pm. The ODESSA CLUB,  13-14 Dame Court, Dublin 2. Free admission.
Seating is very limited so please RSVP to  087 232 0910

Launch of new books by Tom Mathews and Richard Tillinghast


Dedalus Press is delighted to present, in association with Poetry Ireland, the launch of two new poetry books, The Owl and the Pussycat and other poems by Tom Mathews, and Selected Poems by Richard Tillinghast. The books will be launched with readings by the two poets at the Unitarian Church, St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland, on Tuesday 17th November 2009 at 6.30 pm. Introduction by James Harold. All welcome.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Enda Coyle-Greene reads at Ó Bhéal, Cork


Dedalus Press poet Enda Coyle-Greene (Snow Negatives, 2007) reads at the popular Cork gathering Ó Bhéal on Monday November 16. 

“This is a remarkable collection, assured, measured and adult—poems of loss and consideration, poems that look on the world with a cool, clear eye … This is poetry that is strong, sure, and totally trustworthy … This is poetry of earned authority.”—from the Judges’ Citation, Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 2006


Further details here.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

The Invisible Prison by Pat Boran


Pat Boran's new prose book, The Invisible Prison, continues to attract favorable attention, with an extract in The Irish Times (04 Nov 2009, here) and an interview on The Tubridy Show (03 Nov 2009) here.

The book will be launched in Dublin by Theo Dorgan at 4 Dame Lane, Dublin 2 (between Trinity Street and South Great Georges Street: watch out for the flaming torches!) on Monday 09 November, at 7.00 pm. And there will also be an event in the author's native Portlaoise, where the book is set, on Friday 13 November 2009 at 6.30 pm in the Dunamaise Arts Centre.

For further information on The Invisible Prison, and to hear the author reading excerpts, please visit www.theinvisibleprison.com.