Listen again to Billy Mills reading at the

Poetry Revival, Limerick Wed 29th July 2009

Click the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/ml6z4e

Poetry Revival Slide Show 29th July 2009

White House Poetry Revival
Wed 29th July 2009 9.00pm

This weeks guest poet is Billy Mills.

Billy Mills was born in Dublin in 1954. He lives in Limerick, where he works for a leading scientific publisher. He is the founder and co-editor (with Catherine Walsh) of hardPressed Poetry and the Journal. He has read his work widely at festivals and universities internationally. His books include Genesis and Home (hardPressed Poetry, 1985), Triple Helix (hardPressed Poetry 1987), Letters From Barcelona (Dedalus 1990), Properties Of Stone (Writers Forum, London 1996), 5 Easy Pieces (Shearsman, Plymouth, 1997), Horace: 5 Traductions (Form Books, London, 1997), A Small Book of Songs (Wild Honey, Dublin 1999), What is a Mountain? (hardPressed Poetry 2000) and Logical Fallacies (hardPressed Poetry 2004). His collected poems, Lares/Manes, is published by Shearsman in the summer of 2009.

Info: Dominic Taylor 087 2996409 or Barney Sheehan 086 8657494 Blog http//:whitehousepoets.blogspot.com

The White House Poets acknowledge the support of the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland and Limerick City Council.

Listen Again: Gerard Hanberry

Listen again to Gerard Hanberry read at the White House Poetry Revival,

Wednesday 22nd July 2009. Click the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/mwwf8o

Poetry Revival Slide Show 22nd July 2009

White House Poetry Revival
Wed 22nd July 2009 9.00pm

This weeks guest poet is Gerry Hanberry


Gerard Hanberry’s third collection of poetry At Grattan Road (Salmon Poetry) was published recently, following Rough Night (2002) and Something Like Lovers (2005), both from Stonebridge Publications, Wales.


Other publications are An Introduction to Poetry handbook and a biography of the Wilde family, More Lives Than One, which was shortlisted for the Kingston University Press Non-Fiction Prize. His work has been widely published. ‘Poetry on the Dart’ (Dublin’s version of ‘Poems on the Underground’) featured a poem during the summer of 2007. In 2004 he was awarded the Brendan Kennelly/ Sunday Tribune Poetry Prize.
Gerard holds an MA in Writing from the National University of Ireland, Galway where he teaches a creative writing seminar to undergraduates and delivers the poetry module on the Evening BA Degree course. He also teaches English at his own ‘alma mater’, St Enda’s College, Salthill. Gerard is a member of the advisory panel to the Cúirt International Festival of Literature. He lives with his wife Kerry in their home on the edge of Galway Bay where they raised their family of four, three sons, Jamie, Daniel and Greg and their daughter Jane.

Info: Dominic Taylor 087 2996409 or Barney Sheehan 086 8657494 Blog http//:whitehousepoets.blogspot.com


The White House Poets acknowledge the support of the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland and Limerick City Council.

Listen Again: John Liddy

to listen again to John Liddy reading at

The White House Poetry Revival, click the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/n4zybw

Poetry Revival Slide Show 15th July 2009

White House Poetry Revival Wed 15th July 2009

White House Poetry Revival
Wed 15th July 2009 9.00pm

This weeks guest poet is John Liddy plus the launch of Revival Poetry Journal issue 12.

John Liddy is from Limerick and now lives in Spain. His poetry collections include Boundaries (1974), The Angling Cot (1991), Song of the Empty Cage (1997), Wine and Hope (1999), Cast-A-Net (2003) & The Well: New and Selected Poems (2007). La Barca de la Arena (a translation by Francisco Rivero in Spanish of The Angling Cot) & Poisionous Pleasure (a tanslation by John Liddy from Tosigo Ardento by José Maria Álvarez) were published recently. His work has been widely praised by critics such as Desmond O’Grady and Patrick Galvin. He lives in Madrid.

Info: Dominic Taylor 087 2996409 or Barney Sheehan 086 8657494 Blog http//:whitehousepoets.blogspot.com



The White House Poets acknowledge the support of the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland and Limerick City Council.

LAUNCH OF ISSUE 12 OF REVIVAL

will take place

Wed 15th July 2009 at 9.00pm

at the White House, Limerick.

Copies are now available at €7.00.
To purchase or subscribe: email revivalpress@eircom.net or visit http://www.revivalpress.ie/

Listen Again: Ciaran O'Driscoll

To listen again to Ciaran O'Driscoll read

at the White House Poetry Revival,

Click the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/n2s5bs

Poetry Revival Slide Show 8th July 2009

White House Poetry Revival Wed 8th July 2009

White House Poetry Revival

Wed 8th July. 2009 9.00pm

This weeks guest is poet Ciaran O'Driscoll

CIARAN O'DRISCOLL was born in Callan, Co Kilkenny, in 1943, and presently lives in Limerick. He is a committee member of Cuisle, Limerick City's International Poetry Festival, and a member of Aosdána. He has published eight books of poetry including Moving On, Still There: New and Selected Poems (Dedalus Press, 2001), and Surreal Man (Pighog, 1996). In 2001, Liverpool University Press published his childhood memoir, A Runner Among Falling Leaves. A new collection is forthcoming in October 2009 from Three Spires (Cork), and ‘Swirl’, a CD which features him reading a number of poems, with musical accompaniment, will be available in early July.

Info: Dominic Taylor 087 2996409 or Barney Sheehan 086 8657494 Blog http//:whitehousepoets.blogspot.com

The White House Poets acknowledge the support of the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge, Poetry Ireland and Limerick City Council.

Launch of 'Lost Grace' 3rd July 2009

Listen Again: Noel Monahan

To listen again to Noel Monahan reading at
The White house Poetry Revival, click the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/nydmqp

Poetry Revival Slide Show 1st July 2009