if this was all we had a thousand years from now, it would be the basis for a sound reconstruction of the political, social and economic life in Ireland in the century since 1916. Continue reading
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Rarity in Australian publishing history
Colin Ryan, an Irish-language writer from Australia, makes his own of the language and gives it a unique Australian twist. Continue reading
Shorts@45
an evening of memoir writing from three of Australia’s brightest writers Continue reading
Poetry
When my Mother wielded her bow
She could make the music ring. Continue reading
Fursey’s Outrageous Escapades
As you read these two little masterpieces, you have to keep reminding yourself that they were originally published 70 years ago. Swan River Press has done a service to the reading public by re-releasing them now to be enjoyed by a new generation Continue reading
WB Yeats 150th Anniversary Commemoration
In order to re-create the atmosphere of Coole Park House, the concert will take place in the recital room of Buckleys of Dunnolly, which hosts a beautiful grand piano. Continue reading
Stories Told around the Fires of Time
one imagines that, as with all oral story-tellers, the verse tethers memory to the story’s emotional highs and lows. Continue reading
Poetry – The Tao of Grass
It is a tune stolen
From the ponies’ prayers. Continue reading
At a Crossroads: Archaeology engages with Myth
The textual lore this book on Archaeology draws on is not only saga and epic, but also place-lore, and interestingly, hagiography. Continue reading
Once Upon a Barstool
What a rarity it is to be seduced by the sound of the human voice and the beauty and rhythm of the spoken word: Continue reading
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