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WOMEN ALOUD NI
READATHON AND MASS SIMULTANEOUS READING
Women Aloud NI celebrates the work of women writers based in or
from Northern Ireland.
Come along and listen to 50 women writers read from their work both
individually and together. This a wonderful chance to get a sense of the
extraordinary diversity and richness of the women’s writing scene in the
North, and to get to know the names of some of our finest emerging
and established female writers. The list of readers includes:
Jane Talbot, Felicity McCall, Tara West, Jo Zebedee, Dominique
Hoffman, Catriona King, Hilary McCollum, Mary Montague,
Elizabeth McGeown, Olive Broderick, Stephanie Conn, Shirley-
Anne McMillan, JS Comiskey...and more!
2PM // £6 | £4 // CRESCENT ARTS
TEMPLAR POETS
Templar Poetry have launched two eagerly anticipated poetry titles
from Paul Maddern and Olive Broderick.
Paul Maddern launches his new pamphlet Pilgrimage alongside Olive
Broderick launching her first collection Night Divers.
From the letters of the artist Paul Nash to reminiscences of life on Castro St,
San Francisco, at the heart of Pilgrimage is the contemporary and historical
loss of family and friends.
Night Divers begins off the East Coast of Australia, moving on to New
Zealand, before settling in Northern Ireland. While the moon and the foundation
in personal experience are constants; the voice, locations and time itself shift
and move, allowing the reader to enter the collection at any point.
5PM // FREE EVENT // CRESCENT ARTS
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