This exquisitely written book captures a period of transition not only in Irish society but also in the author’s own life. Continue reading
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Bloomsday in Melbourne 2016 Festival
a rebel without a pause, a rebel with a cause. Continue reading
Bloomsday 2016 Seminar
Young men and their autobiographical fiction and poetry…. Continue reading
Bloomsday 2016 Annual Dinner
Nature of Event: Kick back before the show or after the Seminar at Papa Goose Restaurant. The annual Bloomsday Dinner will follow the seminar and is designed to flow into the evening Opening Night performance of Bloomsday in Melbourne’s adaptation of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, directed by Wayne Pearn. When: 16 June 2016, … Continue reading
Let Wonder Hold Sway
Diane Fahey’s poems about her dying mother are eloquent with understated grief… Continue reading
Commemorations and Protest Poetry
Many of the participating poets had been enthusiastic supporters of the Gaelic League – Irish language advocates, poets, playwrights, newspaper writers on cultural and socialist matters. Their loss must have been a severe one to the emergent Free State. Continue reading
‘Wishes for my Son’ and ‘Comrades’ – two poems of the Easter Rising 1916
For I wish you more than I
Ever knew of glorious deed Continue reading
La Mama Theatre presents: In Search of Owen Roe
In Search of Owen Roe is a powerful and engaging piece of storytelling, featuring a myriad of characters, an evocative sound design and richly nuanced text.
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The Man They Call The Banjo
the forbidden romance, the love triangle and the mystery surrounding the death of Australia’s most iconic figure – The Jolly Swagman Continue reading
‘The Pulse’ with Bernard Ryan
My radio program is not “Celtic’ – though Yeats’ ‘Easter 1916’ is read ‘religiously’ this time on my show every year! Continue reading
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