The Out to Lunch poetry readings are a twice monthly occasion in the Irish Writers Centre. I've been to quite a few and they are varied and enjoyable. Here are some links on the poets coming up 2008. What better way to spend a Friday lunchtime in Dublin?
January 11 Maria McManus - a lively poet from Strabane, first collection out now called "Read The Dog," nominated for the Glen Dimplex Award this year.
January 25 Padraig J. Daly from Waterford
February 8 Dennis Leonard - Anyone know anything about Dennis?
February 22 Marie Ann Wallace won the Sunday Tribune poetry award (the year I didn't) and is a Catalan poet.
March 7 Anatoly Kudryavitsky is a Russion poet whose heart now is in Ireland.
March 28 James J. McAuley taught a workshop I did for the Poetry Ireland Introductions series.
April 11 Louise C. Callaghan is a Dublin poet with two collections.
April 28 P.J. Brady has a background in theatre.
May 9 Pat Boran a talented poet, always worth seeing.
May 23 Paddy Bushe has published 6 collections.
June 6 Susan Connolly has a number of collections and is from Drogheda
June 20 Gerry Smyth has a number of collections and writes for the Irish Times
July 4 Kate Newman, a Northern Irish writer
July 18 Ted Deppe originally from Minnesota, now livingin Cape Clear
August 1 Gerry Hanberry has an MA from Galway and won the Brendan Kennelly/Sunday Tribune Poetry Competition in 2004
August 15 Colette Nic Aodha from Mayo
August 29 Thomas McCarthy was born in Waterford but is now a Cork based poet.
September 12 Enda Coyle Greene is wonderfully warm and technically brilliant Dublin poet.
September 26 Catherine Phil MacCarthy is a well known poet with a good few collections.
October 10 John F. Deane a well known and respected poet, born in Achill.
October 24 Philip Casey writes poetry, plays and prose.
November 7 Michael O’Loughlin is a well known Dublin born poet.
November 21 Ted McCarthy
December 5 Gabriel Rosenstock writes primarily in Irish
December 19 Patrick Deeley has 4 collections.
All readings are at 1.15 p.m. In The Irish Writers’ Centre, 19 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
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