At The Edge Reading, Cavan

The new Cavan literary evening, At The Edge, Cavan takes place on Tuesday 1 July in the Johnston Library, Cavan town
between 6.30pm and 8pm.

There are three very different readers: Cavan poet, Paddy Halligan, member of LitLab will be followed by Galway Poet, Rachel Coventry, who recently took part in Poetry Ireland Introductions, and Leitrim performance poet, Stephen A Murphy is the third featured reader.

There will be an open mic session afterwards where budding writers and poets from Cavan and further afield will have an opportunity to read a short piece of work.

This is the second event in this series. All welcome.

Poetry Ireland Introductions 2014

Poetry Ireland Introductions Series is a very significant event each year and achieving a place on the series is a considerable achievement and an important step in a writing career.

This year, the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series teams up with the Irish Writers’ Centre and Dublin Writers Festival for two cabaret-style evenings in the the Irish Writers’ Centre to reveal nine new promising voices: Erin Fornoff, Angela T Carr, Larry Stapleton, Breda Wall Ryan, Kevin Conroy, Colm Scully, Rachel Coventry, Paul McMahon and Stiofán Ó hIfearnáin.

A number of these have been published in Boyne Berries. Congratulations to those and to the others.

This year’s programme will also include specially selected musical accompaniment from new and emerging musicians, singers and songwriters.

Venue: Irish Writers Centre, 19 Parnell Square, D1
Time: Monday 19 May 7.00pm and Wednesday 21 May 7.00pm
Admission: €8 / €5

http://www.dublinwritersfestival.com/event/poetry-ireland-introductions-series-2014/