Book Launch - Always Pushing The Pull Door

Always Pushing The Pull Door a new collection of poems by

Mark Whelan with illustrations by artist Thomas Delohery.

December 6^th sees the launch of Always Pushing The Pull Door, a second collection of poems by Limerick poet Mark Whelan. Always Pushing The Pull Door is a book of poems in two sections, the first section: Poemtraits of Richard Harris, are poems which were written to commemorate the life of the Limerick born actor, and are a response to the works of Clare artist Thomas Delohery, whose exhibition to commemorate Richard Harris titled: Richard Harris: A Life premiered at Friars Gate Killmallock October 2006, after which it toured various venues in the Limerick and Mid-West region. The second section titled The Story of a Poem as a Small Town/The Yellow Shark Chronicles Volumes I and II, is a response to the composition Yellow Shark by Frank Zappa as performed by the Ensemble Modern. The introduction to Always Pushing The Pull Door, is written by poet Ciaran O Driscoll and will be launched by artist John Shinnors.

The publication of Always Pushing The Pull Door is the second full collection of poems published by Revival Press in association with The White House Poets, who earlier this year published John Liddy’s The Well: New And Selected Poems.

Revival Press headed up by Dominic Taylor and in association with The White House Poets, founded by Barney Sheehan, publishes a quarterly journal of contemporary poetry titled Revival. It also publishes an occasional chapbook titled Trio, a platform for new and emerging voices in poetry.

Always Pushing The Pull Door published by Revival press in association with the White House Poets will be launched by John Shinnors at the Limerick City Library at 8.00 p.m. Dec 6^th 2007.

White House Poetry Revival Wed 5th Dec 2007

White House Poetry Revival
Wed 5th Dec 2007 9.30pm

This weeks guest in association with the Western Writers' Centre as part of their Touring Experiment project is Dairena Ní Chinnéide

Dairena Ní Chinnéide lives in the West Kerry Gaeltacht of Corca Dhuibhne. Her first bilingual collection of poetry "An Trodaí agus Dánta Eile/The Warrior and Other Poems" was published by Cló Iar Chonnachta in 2006. She received second prize in the Samhain Smurfit International Poetry Competition in 2004. She was awarded a bursary from Ealaíon na Gaeltachta and the Arts Council the same year. In 2005 she was shortlisted for the Strokestown International Poetry Competition and received a bursary from Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge. She represented Ireland on the Words Unbound international poetry exchange visiting France, England and Belgium 2006/2007. She also represented Ireland on "Cuairt na mBard" poetry and musical exchange with Scotland and the Outer Hebrides.Dairena also worked on the Gaelic Jazz Project for IMRAM 2007.She was shortlisted for the Strong Award in 2007. Her second poetry collection "Máthair an Fhiaigh/The Raven's Mother" is due for publication by Cló Iar Chonnachta in 2008. She works as an interpreter for the European Parliment other European institutions and freelance companies in Ireland.

For further information contact Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409

Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets/ Blog http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com/
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The White House Poets acknowledge the financial support of the Arts Council of Ireland.

White House Poetry Slide Show 28th Nov 2007

White House Poetry Revival Wed 28th Nov 2007

White House Poetry Revival

Wed 28th Nov 2007 9.00pm

This weeks guest is Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa

Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa was born in Ballineen in West Cork. His collections are Faoi Léigear (Baile Átha Cliath, An Clóchomhar Tta., 1980); Mearcair (Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim), which won the Oireachtas na Gaeilge National Poetry Prize in 1996; and An Dara Bás (Coiscéim, 2002), which won the Oireachtas na Gaeilge National Poetry Prize in 2002. Among his other publications is Tóraíocht an Mhíshonais (The Pursuit of Unhappiness), an Irish language introduction to Freud and Jung (Coiscéim, 1997). He is current editor of the Irish language literary monthly, Feasta. He lives in Tralee.

The White House Poets acknowledge the assistance of the Arts Council of Ireland.

For further information contact Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409

Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets/ Blog http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com/

MySpace http://myspace/thewhitehousepoets

White House Poetry Slide Show 21st Nov 2007

White House Poetry Revival Wed 21st Nov 2007

White House Poetry Revival

Wed 21st Nov 2007 9.00pm

This Weeks guests are the Poetry Chicks

Described as the "Rock Follies of Verse" Pamela Brown, Jenni Doherty and Abby Oliveira (based in Derry) present a snapshot of their show AlphabeTitudeZ - an A to Z of what it's like to be a woman in modern times: one of truth, humour and reality with no apology, excuse or apathy.

Pamela Brown
Pamela is a published poet and creative writing facilitator who has written comedy sketches for radio. She has had two plays produced; one was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 1993. Collaborating with photographer Jan Voster, her work has also been exhibited in Holland. Pamela helped establish The Poets' Corner, a wall in the Gasyard area of Derry displaying poems from local teenagers and primary school children. She received a commendation in Community Drama at the University of Ulster, Magee and has participated in workshops by Augusto Boal - Theatre of the Oppressed, and Barney Simon - The Market Theatre, Johannesburg. Pamela also practices Bio-energy, Reiki and Tai Chi.

Jenni Doherty
Donegal-born, Jenni has worked in bookshops, with local publishing houses and as an arts & book reviewer for the local press. In 2006 she directed a multi-creative discipline project called EVE... a Celebration of Creative Women, published with Guildhall Press, Derry and is about to publish another anthology, Wonderful World of Worders involving over 67 international writers. Co-author of local folklore book, That Land Beyond, she has also toured Australia with the Belfast Poets Tour Group in 2006 and was a finalist in the Queensland SLAM. She works in Waterside Library, Derry, co-facilitates youth creative writing workshops and runs the monthly BBC RaW Poetry Place in Derry's Central Library. She has had various work published and broadcast.

Abby Oliveira
Abby has lived in the North of Ireland since 1994. She was the winner of the Belfast Poetry Performance Cup 2006 and Cúirt SLAM Finalist 2007. Literary Festival Facilitator for the Gasyard Féile 2005, Abby also has a strong background in the Performing Arts. She has facilitated poetry workshops in Toronto, Canada, and performs regularly with In Your Space theatre company. Abby has a BA (Hons) in Theatre Studies from the University of Ulster, Coleraine and she was awarded a First Class Honours Degree and the Dean's Prize, 2005. She also conducts art and craft workshops with groups of all ages and is a Bio-energy and Reiki practitioner.
"to stimulate, inform, educate, challenge and entertain through the creative medium of performance poetry with varying creative style, voice, skill and attitude"

For further information contact Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409

Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets/ Blog http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com/

MySpace http://myspace/thewhitehousepoets

White House Poetry Revival Wed 14th Nov 2007

White House Poetry Revival

Wed 14th Nov 2007 9.00pm

This weeks guest poet is Gene Barry.

Gene Barry was born in Cork. He has been writing for over 20 years. Has had poems published in Ireland and England, his first collection is due for publication in 2008.

For Further Information contact:

Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409.
Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets/ Blog http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com/ Podcast: http://whitehousepoets.libsyn.com/

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YouTube http://www.youtube.com/whitehousepoets

White House Poetry Revival Wed 7th Nov 2007

White House Poetry Revival

Wed 7th Nov 2007 9.00pm

This weeks guest poet is Teri Murray.

Teri Muray was born in Lewisham, Kent and grew up in Dublin. She was involved with Clothesline Community Press in Tallagh and moved to Limerick in 1993. She edited Scratches (1994), and has written a play A Time Under Heaven, performed at the Belltable Arts Centre in 1996. She has three collections of poetry Coddle and Tripe (1998), Poems From The Exclusion Zone (2001) and The Authority Ofd Winter (2007) all from Stonebridge. She is currently guest editor of Revival, a journal of contemporary poetry published by the White House Poets.

For further information contact Barney Sheehan at 086 8657494 or Dominic Taylor at 087 2996409

Email whitehousepoets@eircom.net Website http://www.limerick.com/whitehousepoets/ Blog http://whitehousepoets.blogspot.com/

MySpace http://myspace/thewhitehousepoets

White House Poetry Slide Show 31st Oct 2007