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.

Doire Press Anthology Launch

Doire Press have made quite an impression in the recent past with their publication of many significant prose and poetry volumes.

These include Deirdre Unforgiven, a dramatic work by Eamon Carr, End of Days, a debut short story collection by Aileen Armstrong, Consent, Kimberly Campanello’s debut poetry collection and Adam White’s collection Accurate Measurements which was shortlisted for the this year’s Forward Prize for Best First Collection.

Doire Press launch their Fiction & Poetry Chapbook Anthology on Sunday 8 December, 7pm in Jack Nealon's Pub in Capel Street, Dublin.

The launch will feature readings by Alvy Carragher, Maurice Devitt, Mairead Donnellan, Susan Flynn, Paddy Halligan, Robert Higgins, Maeve Mulrennan, Máire T. Robinson and Shane Ward.

Two of our LitLab members, Mairéad Donnellan and Paddy Halligan, are included as a result of their collections being shortlisted for the Doire Press poetry and fiction competitions.

Well done!!