Poetry Reading: Ger Reidy & Terry McDonagh Literature
From:October 7, 2010 20:00 to: October 7, 2010 22:00
Location: Ballina Arts Centre
Poetry Reading: Ger Reidy & Terry McDonaghThursday 7th October, 8pm
To celebrate All-Ireland Poetry Day, Ballina Arts Centre is presenting a reading by two of Mayo’s most distinguished poets: Ger Reidy and Terry McDonagh.
Both have read at Ballina Arts Centre before, and we are delighted to welcome them back to celebrate the recent publications of collections from each.
Ger Reidy was born near Westport in Co. Mayo. His poems have appeared in publications including The Healing Word, Breaking the Skin, Ambit, Poetry Ireland Review, Cyphers, Force 10, The Shop, and in 2003 the Moscow poetry journal 'Modern Literature'.
His first collection, Pictures From a Reservation, was published by Dedalus in 1998. His second, Drifting Under the Moon (Dedalus) was published earlier this year, and reveals an increased awareness of his craft, and a broadening and deepening of his vision.
Terry McDonagh is a poet, dramatist and teacher, from Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo. His books include the poetry collections The Road Out, At Home In My Shoes, A World Without Stone/New and Selected Poems, A Song for Joanna, Hamburg-Melbourne A Journal in Verse, Kiltimagh and Boxes, as well as a novel for children, One Summer in Ireland.
His work has been translated into a number of languages.
The Truth in Mustard (Arlen House, 2010), was published earlier this year.
Adm: €5 (€3 concession).
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