LITERARY FESTIVAL in Honour of Kate O’Brien
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LIMERICK LITERARY FESTIVAL in honour of Kate O’Brien 22nd - 25th, February 2018 1 Belltable Arts Centre 2 Limerick City Gallery of Art Introduction 4 3 Dolans Stanzas Poetry Group Performance & Open Mic 6 4 Narrative 4 5 Chez Le Fab Poetry Readings by Alice Kinsella 7 6 e Granary, Limerick City Library Sarseld Bridge 6 Official Opening by Billy Keane 8 7 Ormston House As Music and Splendour, by Martha O’Brien 9 5 Arthur’s Quay Ellen Street Patrick Street 8 No.1 Pery Square Hotel 7 Getting a Novel Published Workshop 10 Graphic Novel Discussion 11 William Street Deirdre Sullivan 12 River Shannon omas Street Kit de Waal 13 O’Connell Street Roches Street Henry Street Festival at a Glance 14 Cecil Street Glentworth Street Fergal Keane 16 Mallow Street Kevin Barry 17 4 Dock Road Catherine Street Lisa McInerney 18 Parnell Street O’Curry Street 1 John MacKenna 19 2 Colbert Rail Station St Alphonsus3 Street & Bus Depot Kevin Barry and Blindboy Boatclub 20 Barrington Street Hyde Road 8 Jana Fischerova 21 People’s Park Desert Island Books 22 Kate O’Brien Key Note Lecture 23 O’Connell Ave Tickets 24 Acknowledgements 26 he festival, formerly known and the fallout of that loss. Limerick-based graphic novel be presented by Pat Shortt, Roisín T as Kate O’Brien Weekend, Savage Town - will join John Meaney and Lisa Harding. is this year celebrating its 34th The festival will be officially Byrne to discuss their work and edition, Bridging the Gap. The opened at 6 pm in Limerick City the world of comics and graphic Emer McLysaght and Sarah festival celebrates both emerging Gallery of Art, by author and novels at Ormston House Cultural Breen authors of Oh My God, and established writers, who columnist Billy Keane. It will Resource Centre. What A Complete Aisling, will often address a variety of be followed by As Music and present a conversation about their social topics throughout their Splendour recital with mezzo- Join us in Dolans from 7 pm for book for the Key Note Lecture. This writing. The festival continues to soprano Martha O’Brien. There Festival Club, where two separate will be moderated by novelist and celebrate the life and works of the will be a new Festival Club at No. evening events will take place in academic Sarah Moore Fitzgerald. Limerick author, whilst attracting 1 Pery Square Hotel and Spa, to collaboration with The Limerick prominent local, national and meet with participants and visitors Spring Festival of Politics and The Kate O’Brien Award 2018, will international participants to share after Friday’s events. Ideas. Dolans will host an evening be presented to the best novel/ their literary works. of readings and conversations with short story collection by a debut On Saturday 24th February, in Blindboy Boatclub and Kevin Irish female writer. On Thursday 22nd February, Limerick City Gallery of Art, we Barry, in Dolans Warehouse at Chez Le Fab will host an evening welcome writers Deirdre Sullivan, 7.30 pm. The Revolution will not The Limerick Literary Festival in with poetry group Stanzas Prose Kit de Waal, Fergal Keane, Kevin be Spotified will begin at 9.30 pm. honour of Kate O’ Brien is kindly and Poetry. Stanzas will present Barry, Lisa McInerney and John It will present an amazing night supported by the Arts Council original writing based on and MacKenna, who will present a celebrating the power of protest Festivals Investment Scheme and inspired by the writings of Kate series of talks about and readings music and performance featuring Limerick City and County Council O’Brien. This will be followed by from their work. the finest live musical taken from Festival and Events Grant Scheme. an Open Mic session for guests Limerick and beyond. to share their poetry and short Academic and a novelist, We gratefully acknowledge our stories. Sarah Moore Fitzgerald and On Sunday 25th February, in sponsors, supporters and friends. novelist Dan Mooney, will Belltable we welcome Jana On Friday 23rd February, Alice deliver a workshop, Getting a Fischerova who will present her We hope you will enjoy the 2018 Kinsella will read from her debut Novel Published - from Pitch to lecture, The Prohibition of Mary edition, which celebrates writers, poetry collection, Flower Press Publication at Narrative 4. Lavelle as a Turning Point in Kate artists, books and readers. in Limerick City Library (The O’Brien’s Career. Granary). This collection of poetry Declan Shalvey and Philip explores the growth of love in Barrett - the creators of the Desert Island Books returns in childhood, the loss of innocence, internationally-acclaimed, collaboration with Dolans. It will 5 Stanzas Poetry Group Readings, featuring Performance Alice Kinsella Thursday 22nd February, Friday 23rd February, 7pm 11am - 12pm Chez Le Fab The Granary, Limerick City Free Event Library Free Event Stanzas is an event for emerging writers to come together, share their Alice will read from her new debut collection Flower Press. work, and meet like-minded people. As part of the Limerick Literary Festival, Stanzas will present original writing based on and inspired Alice Kinsella was born in Dublin and raised in Mayo. Her poetry by the writings of Kate O’Brien. has appeared at home and abroad, in publications such as A New Ulster, Banshee Lit, Boyne Berries, Headspace Magazine, Hungry Following Stanzas’ poetry performance, join in and share your own Hills Wild Atlantic Words Anthology, Icarus, Lagan Online, Live poetry and short stories with us during our Open Mic session. Encounters Magazine, Poethead, Poetry NI Holocaust Memorial Anthology, Skylight47, The Fem literary magazine, The Galway Review, The Irish Times, The Lonely Crowd, The Ofi Press, The Pickled Body, The Rochford Street Review, The Stony Thursday Book, and The Sunday Independent. Her work has been listed for several competitions including Over the Edge New Writer of the Year Competition 2016, Jonathan Swift Awards 2016, and Cinnamon Press Pamphlet Competition 2017. She was SICCDA Liberties Festival writer in residence for 2017 and received a John Hewitt bursary in the same year. Her first collection, Flower Press is forthcoming on February 22nd 2018 by The Onslaught Press. 6 7 As Music and Official Opening by Splendour, a Recital Billy Keane by Martha O’Brien Friday 23rd February, Friday 23rd February, 6pm - 7pm 7pm Limerick City Gallery of Art Limerick City Gallery of Art Free Event €17 (€14 concession) Billy Keane is a columnist with the Irish independent and has built Martha O’Brien is a Limerick-born mezzo-soprano studying under a huge following over the 15 years he has been writing for the paper. Sinead Campbell Wallace in the Conservatory of Music & Drama, Billy covers all the bases from his sports columns to life and general. where she received a First Class Honors BMus degree in vocal His columns are usually humorous and at times acerbic but always pedagogy and was awarded the Nuala Levins Trophy for Pedagogy. entertaining. In opera, Martha has played the role of Joacim in a staged production Keane is the author of a highly acclaimed novel, The Last of The of Handel’s Susanna in Smock Alley Theatre as well as Cherubino Heroes and he co- wrote Rucks Mauls and Gaelic Footballs with Moss in le nozze di Figaro, Zelatrice in Suor Angelica and JouJou in The Keane. Billy ghosted Billy Morgan’s autobiography Rebel Rebel. His Merry Widow. Martha recently performed in The Second Violinist by latest novel The Ballad of Mo and G was a bestseller. Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh with Wide Open Opera at both the Galway International Arts Festival and Dublin Theatre Festival. Keane is a gifted communicator who sees humour in the strangest places. Billy runs the family pub John B Keane’s in Listowel and had Other notable engagements include Opera Theatre Company’s the honour of being the only bar ever to host Prime Time. production of Don Giovanni with translation by Roddy Doyle and their revival of the 1907 Irish opera Eithne by Robert O’Dwyer. Martha is a vocal/pre-instrumental teacher in the Dublin School of Music as well as choral director for Twitterbugs children’s choir. Upcoming engagements include Irish National Opera’s inaugural production of The Marriage of Figaro. 8 9 Getting a Novel Graphic Novel event Published - from Pitch by Declan Shalvey and to Publication Philip Barrett Saturday 24th February, Saturday 24th February, 11am - 1pm 3pm - 5pm Narrative 4 Ormston House €30 (€25 concession) Free Event Two hour workshop with Sarah Moore Fitzgerald & Dan Mooney. Following on from the month-long exhibition of their work in Ormston House, Declan Shalvey and Philip Barrett - the creators of Sarah Moore Fitzgerald is an academic and a novelist, and this year the internationally-acclaimed, Limerick-based graphic novel Savage at UL she has been Acting Course Director for the MA in Creative Town - will join John Byrne to discuss their work and the world of Writing working in collaboration with Donal Ryan. Her first novel, comics/graphic novels in general. Back to Blackbrick was published in 2013. Her second novel, The Apple Tart of Hope, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize and the Declan Shalvey is an Irish artist best known from his work on the CBI Book of the Year Award. She has researched extensively on the Moon Knight relaunch with Writer Warren Ellis for Marvel Comics. writing process across a range of contexts and has designed and run He has worked on many other series for Marvel such as Venom and writers’ retreats in Ireland, the UK and the USA. Sarah is also part Deadpool as well as work with other publishers such as Conan for of the team that delivers the annual UL Frank McCourt Creative Dark Horse Comics and Northlanders for DC/Vertigo.