White House Poetry Revival Wed 14th May 2008

White House Poetry Revival
Wed 14th May 2008 9.00pm

This Weeks guest poet is Limerick poet Mark Whelan.

Mark Whelan is a Limerick born poet. His work has been published in journals both at home and abroad, some of which has been translated into French Spanish and Farsi. He has read at a number of international poetry festivals including Murcia International Poetry Festival in Spain and Pulse: Brighton International Poetry Festival in the UK. He has published two books of poems Scarecrow Diptych (Anam Press 2003), which is illustrated by artist John Shinnors with an introduction by poet Jo Slade and Always Pushing The Pull Door (Revival Press 2007).He is a co-founder and on-going committee member of Cuisle: Limerick City International Poetry Festival.
Info: Dominic Taylor 087 2996409 or Barney Sheehan 086 8657494 Bloghttp//:whitehousepoets.blogspot.comThe White House Poetsgratefullyacknowledges the support of the Arts Council, Foras na Gaeilge and PoetryIreland.

Mark Whelan for Gort Literary Festival

CUISLE FESTIVAL ORGANISER FOR GORT LITERARY FESTIVAL

Organiser of Limerick's literary festival, Cuisle, Mark Whelan, will find himself reading at the end of the month at the forthcoming 'The Forge At Gort' literary festival, organised by Galway's Western Writers' Centre. Most recently, Mark Whelan, working with artist Thomas Delahory, brought out a collection of poems and drawings around Richard Harris and his Limerick connection, 'Always Pushing The Pull Door,' published by Limerick's Revival Press. Mark Whelan will read in O'Grady's Bar, The Square, Gort, with poet and artist Frank Golden, on Saturday, March 29th, at 1pm.
Frank Golden is a Dublin artist and member of the Board of the Western Writers' Centre and a prominent poet and story writer who has lived in Co. Clare for many years. His most recent collection of work, 'In Daily Accord,' was published recently from Salmon Poetry. Reviews of both Mark Whelan's work and that of Frank Golden can be found on the Western Writers' Centre website's Kiosque pages, at www.twwc.ie Admission to the Gort readings is €7 and €5. The new festival is sponsored by Quinn's Pharmacy, Gort, The Arts Council, and Galway County Council. Further details can be obtained from 091.533594 or mhtml:%7B79B28CE4-7850-4EA8-8F8D-83D94843268E%7Dmid://00000223/!x-usc:mailto:westernwriters@eircom.net

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.