{"id":17150,"date":"2021-05-11T11:31:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T11:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/?page_id=17150"},"modified":"2021-09-27T15:52:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:52:12","slug":"guests-85-jun-jul-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/guest-poets\/guests-85-jun-jul-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Guests (85) Jun\/Jul 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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June and July<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n
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14th June<\/em><\/p>\n

for the Online <\/font>Cork<\/font> Harbour<\/font> Festival<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

Theo Dorgan<\/strong> and Lang Leav<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n

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You can listen to Theo’s reading here<\/a>.<\/center>
\n<\/span>Born in Cork, Theo Dorgan <\/strong> is a poet, and also a novelist, prose writer, translator, editor, librettist and documentary screen writer. His most recent publications are ORPHEUS<\/em> (Dedalus Press, 2018), BAIL\u00c9ID GIOF\u00d3GACHA<\/em> (Coisc\u00e9im, 2019), his translation into Irish of Lorca’s ROMANCERO GITANO<\/em>, and THE ABDUCTION<\/em> (Southword, 2020), his translation of Maram al-Masri’s LE RAPT<\/em>, a Poetry Book Society recommended translation. He is a member of Aosd\u00e1na. As a long-time sailor, Theo has written abundantly about the sea.<\/p>\n

For more about Theo please visit theodorgan.com<\/a><\/center><\/font>
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You can listen to Lang’s reading here<\/a>.<\/center>
\n<\/span>Novelist and poet Lang Leav<\/strong> was born in a refugee camp in Thailand when her family were fleeing the Khmer Rouge Regime. She spent her formative years in Sydney, Australia, in the predominantly migrant town of Cabramatta. Among her many achievements, Lang is the winner of a Qantas Spirit of Youth Award, Churchill Fellowship and Goodreads Reader\u2019s Choice Award. <\/p>\n

Lang’s poetry books have all been international bestsellers. Her third collection, Sea of Strangers<\/em> (Andrews McMeel, 2018), invites the reader to go beyond love and loss to explore themes of self-discovery and empowerment as they navigate their way around the human heart. Lang actively participates in international writers festivals and her tours consistently draw massive crowds. With a combined social media following of two million, Lang\u2019s message of love, loss and female empowerment continues to resonate with her multitude of readers. <\/p>\n

For more about Lang please visit www.langleav.com<\/a>.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n

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You can watch a video of the event here<\/font><\/b>
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