{"id":2596,"date":"2013-05-26T15:26:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T15:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/?page_id=2596"},"modified":"2013-08-05T08:59:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T08:59:20","slug":"guests-37-junjul-2013","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/guest-poets\/guests-37-junjul-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Guests (37) Jun\/Jul 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><center><strong>June and July<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><em>3rd June<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/center><center><font size=\"1\" color=\"green\"><strong>&Oacute; Bh&eacute;al<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">in association with <\/font><font size=\"1\" color=\"green\"><strong>Foras na Gaeilge<\/strong><\/font><font size=\"1\"> presents<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>M\u00e1ire Dinny Wren<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can listen to M\u00e1ire&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Maire Dinny Wren.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"88\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MaireDinnyWrenSm.jpg\"\/><\/font><font size=\"1\"><strong>M\u00e1ire Dinny Wren<\/strong> was born in Gaoth Dobhair County Donegal. She writes poetry and fiction. She lived in London for twenty one years where she was a member of the Green Ink Writers group. She is now living back in Gaoth Dobhair. Her short story <em>Ag Tearnamh chun Baile<\/em> won Duais Fhoras na Gaeilge at The Listowel Writers\u2019 week in 2010. her poem <em>L\u00fab ar L\u00e1r<\/em> won Com\u00f3rtas U\u00ed N\u00e9ill in 2011. Her poems have been broadcast or Raidi\u00f3 na Gaeltachta and Raidi\u00f3 Uladh and her work has been published in <em>Comhar, an tUltach, Feasta, Irish Pages, An Gael, Goitse, North West Words Arts Magazine, Winners Anthology 2010 \u2013 Writers Week Listowel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Coisc\u00e9im published her first collection of poetry <em>\u00d3 Bhile go Bile<\/em>, in 2011 and four of her short stories have been published in a collection of short stories <em>go dt\u00ed an l\u00e1 b\u00e1n<\/em>, by \u00c9abhl\u00f3id in 2012. One of her short stories <em>Thar an Tairseach<\/em> has been adapted for radio and was broadcast on RT\u00c9 Radio 1 Drama on One on St. Patrick\u2019s day 2013.  <\/p>\n<p>Is as Cois Cl\u00e1id\u00ed i nGaoth Dobhair do <strong>Mh\u00e1ire Dinny Wren<\/strong>. Is scr\u00edbhneoir fil\u00edochta agus gearrsc\u00e9alta \u00ed. Chaith s\u00ed tr\u00e9imhse fada d\u00e1 saol i Londain. Nuair a bh\u00ed s\u00ed i Londain bh\u00ed s\u00ed mar bhall den ghr\u00fapa scr\u00edbhneoir\u00ed, Green Ink Writers. Phill s\u00ed go h\u00c9irinn i 1999 agus t\u00e1 s\u00ed ar ais i gCois Cl\u00e1id\u00ed le c\u00fapla bliain. Bhain gearrsc\u00e9al d\u00e1 cuid <em>Ag Tearnamh chun Baile<\/em> duais Fhoras na Gaeilge ag f\u00e9ile litr\u00edochta Lios Tuathail i 2010. Bhain d\u00e1n d\u00e1 cuid <em>L\u00fab ar L\u00e1r<\/em> com\u00f3rtas fil\u00edochta U\u00ed N\u00e9ill i 2011. Craoladh sampla\u00ed d\u00e1 cuid fil\u00edochta ar Raidi\u00f3 na Gaeltachta agus ar Raidi\u00f3 Uladh agus foils\u00edodh cuid d\u00e1 saothar in iris\u00ed mar <em>Comhar, An tUltach, Feasta, Irish Pages, An Gael, Goitse, North West Words Arts Magazine, Winners Anthology 2010 \u2013 Writers Week Listowel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>D\u2019fhoilsigh Coisc\u00e9im cnuasach d\u00e1 cuid fil\u00edochta, <em>\u00d3 Bhile go Bile<\/em>, sa bhliain 2011. T\u00e1 ceithre cinn d\u00e1 cuid gearrsc\u00e9alta sa leabhar, <em>go dt\u00ed an l\u00e1 b\u00e1n<\/em>, a d\u2019fhoilsigh \u00c9abhl\u00f3id i 2012. Craoladh l\u00e9iri\u00fa ar ghearrsc\u00e9al d\u00e1 cuid darbh ainm <em>Thar an Tairseach<\/em> ar an chl\u00e1r Drama on One ar RT\u00c9 Raidi\u00f3 a hAon ar L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig 2013. <\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"10thJune\"><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>10th June<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>David Butler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can listen to David&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - David Butler.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"104\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DavidButlerSm.jpg\"\/><\/font><font size=\"1\"><strong>David Butler<\/strong> is a full-time writer whose first novel <em>The Last European<\/em> was published in 2005 (Wynkin de Worde, Galway), while his debut poetry collection <em>Via Crucis<\/em> (Doghouse, Tralee) appeared in 2011. A second novel <em>The Judas Kiss<\/em> was published in 2012 by New Island Press (Dublin), who have also accepted his third novel, <em>City of Dis<\/em> for publication in 2014. A short-story collection, <em>No Greater Love<\/em>, has just been published in London (Ward Wood). Awards for poetry include the F\u00e9ile Fil\u00edochta, the Ted McNulty and the Brendan Kennelly poetry prizes.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"17thJune\"><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>17th June<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monica Corish<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can listen to Monica&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Monica Corish.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"98\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MonicaCorishSm.jpg\"\/><\/font><font size=\"1\"><strong>Monica Corish<\/strong> lives in Kinlough, County Leitrim. In her previous life she studied Physiology, picked raspberries in Norway, travelled overland from Nairobi to Cairo, taught English in North Sudan, trained as a Nurse, taught Community Health Workers in South Sudan, wrote a book about reproductive health for WHO, did a Masters in Development Studies, worked as a health adviser for GOAL, and wrote the occasional poem. <\/p>\n<p>A cervical disc injury in 2005 brought an end to her old life. Now she writes, paints, and leads writing workshops. She has received literature bursaries from The Arts Council, the Arts and Disability Forum, and Leitrim Arts Office. Her poetry has been published in <em>The Stinging Fly<\/em> (where she was the Featured Poet in spring 2009), <em>Cyphers, THE SHOp, Southword, Crann\u00f3g, Revival, Books Ireland, The Cathach<\/em> and <em>New Irish Writing<\/em> 2011 and 2012; and anthologised in <em>Works Seven<\/em> and <em>Census 3<\/em>. Her first collection of poetry <em>Slow Mysteries<\/em>, was published by Doghouse Books in June 2012. <\/p>\n<p>Monica is a trained AWA writing group leader. She leads writing and poetry workshops in the North-West, and quarterly writing workshops for Returned Development Workers in Dublin. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monicacorish.ie\">www.monicacorish.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"24thJune\"><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>24th June<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lisa C. Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can listen to Lisa&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Lisa C Taylor 2013.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"97\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/LisaCTaylorSm.jpg\"\/><\/font><font size=\"1\"><strong>Lisa C. Taylor<\/strong> is an American author of the poetry collection <em>Necessary Silence<\/em> (Arlen House\/Syracuse University Press) published in early 2013. She also has two published chapbooks with Finishing Line Press, <em>Talking to Trees<\/em> (2007) and <em>Insufficient Thanks<\/em> (2012) and a full-length collaborative collection of poetry with Irish poet and writer, Geraldine Mills, <em>The Other Side of Longing<\/em> (Arlen House\/Syracuse University Press, 2011).  <em>The Other Side of Longing<\/em> was chosen for the Elizabeth Shanley Gerson Honor at University of Connecticut and both Lisa and Geraldine Mills were Lecturers of Irish Literature in 2011.  This book was used in University of Connecticut Irish Contemporary Literature classes and her newest collection will be taught in a literature class at Manchester Community College in the fall of 2013.  Lisa holds an MFA in Creative Writing from University of Southern Maine\u2019s Stonecoast Program, and she teaches creative writing at Eastern Connecticut State University. <\/p>\n<p>Her honors include two AAUP Faculty Development Awards, a Pushcart nomination and several finalist distinctions. Her work has been widely published in many national and international journals and magazines such as <em>Crann\u00f3g, The Birmingham Poetry Review, The Worcester Review, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Pacific Review, Midwest Review<\/em> and <em>Connecticut River Review<\/em>.  She has also had poetry featured in two national anthologies, <em>Written with a Spoon: A Poet\u2019s Cookbook<\/em> and <em>XY Files: Poems on the Male Experience<\/em> (Western Edge Press, New Mexico) and new poems will be appearing in the <em>Voices of Poetry Anthology<\/em> in 2014.  Lisa has read widely in New England, New York, Florida, and Ireland.  She has been a guest on radio shows and television shows in Connecticut, Connemara and Galway, Ireland.  Her latest book has been discussed on American National Public Radio.  Lisa has received residencies from the Vermont Studio Center and will be in residence at Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland in 2013.   For more about Lisa, visit her web site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisactaylor.com\">www.lisactaylor.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"1stJuly\"><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\"><center><em>1st July<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christine Murray<\/strong> and <strong>Phil Lynch<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center>You can listen to Christine&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Christine Murray.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"81\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ChristineMurraySm.jpg\"\/><\/font><font size=\"1\"><strong>Christine Murray<\/strong> is a City and Guilds Stone-cutter. Her poetry is published in <em>Ropes Magazine, Crann\u00f3g Magazine, The Burning Bush Online Revival Meeting<\/em> (Issue 1), <em>Carty\u2019s Poetry Journal, Caper Literary Journal , CanCan, The Southword Journal<\/em> (MLC) and the <em>Diversity Blog<\/em> (PIWWC; PEN International Women Writer\u2019s Committee). Her poem for three voices, <em>Lament<\/em>, was performed at the B\u00e9al festival in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>She has reviewed poetry for <em>Post<\/em> (Mater dei Institute), <em>Poetry Ireland<\/em> and <em>Writing.ie.<\/em> Chris writes a poetry blog called <em>Poethead<\/em> which is dedicated to the writing, editing and translation of women writers. She is a member of the International PEN Women Writer\u2019s Committee, and the Social Media coordinator and Web-developer for Irish PEN.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><font size=\"2\"><center>You can listen to Phil&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Philip Lynch.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"82\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PhilipLynchSm.jpg\"\/><\/font><font size=\"1\"><strong>Phil Lynch<\/strong> lives in Dublin.  He began writing poetry as a teenager and first took part in poetry readings in Dublin in the late 1960s\/early 1970s in what became known as the Tara Telephone sessions. He also had work published in various magazines and journals in those years and some of his poems were featured on national radio (Austin Clarke\u2019s Poetry Programme). He subsequently became a founder-member of a poetry &#038; music event to showcase and encourage writers and musicians in a social setting. His involvement then became more sporadic as he took a &#8216;sabbatical&#8217; to concentrate on other commitments. He lived in Belgium during part of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s where he was a founder-member of a poetry group and gave readings at a number of events there.<\/p>\n<p>Since returning to Dublin in late 2009, Phil has become very engaged again in writing and related activities. His poems have appeared recently in a number of publications and anthologies including: <em>Boyne Berries, Revival Literary Journal, Circle Time, Bare Hands<\/em> (e-publication), <em>Bare Hands Print Anthology, The Poetry Bus Magazine, Census 3, Outburst<\/em> (e-publication). His work has also been featured in a number of radio broadcasts including RTE\u2019s Arena Programme. <\/p>\n<p>He has read\/performed his work extensively at events and festivals featuring spoken word including on the Wordstage at the Electric Picnic Festival, on Balcony TV for Dublin Poetry Week (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sr5jRWmaW7E\">here<\/a>), The Shore Writers\u2019 Festival, The First Fortnight Festival, Poetry Now Fringe Festival, The Glor Sessions, The Brown Bread Mixtape, Nighthawks, The Tongue Box, The Monday Echo, Dublin\u2019s Underground Beat, LOQ Spoken Word, The Last Wednesday Series and other showcase events organized by the Seven Towers Agency, The Ash Sessions and a host of other events in Ireland. He has also read at events in Brussels and New York.<\/p>\n<p>Phil is a member of the Dalkey Writers\u2019 Workshop and also participates in the Dublin Writers\u2019 Forum. <\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"8thJuly\"><\/a><br \/>\n<center><font size=\"2\"><em>8th July<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kimberly Campanello<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>You can listen to Kimberly&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Kimberly Campanello.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Kimberly will also be holding a <strong><font color=\"green\">wordshop<\/font><\/strong> entitled <i><strong>Writing Poetry about Visual Art<\/strong><\/i><br \/>\nfrom 7.00pm to 8.30pm at &Oacute; Bh&eacute;al. For more details click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/?page_id=46#Guest%20Poet3\">here<\/a>.<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/KimberlyCampanelloSm.jpg\"\/><\/font><font size=\"1\"><strong>Kimberly Campanello<\/strong> was born in Elkhart, Indiana, and now divides her time between Dublin and London. Her pamphlet <em>Spinning Cities<\/em> was published by Wurm Press in 2011, and her first collection <em>Consent<\/em> was published in May 2013 by Doire Press. She was featured poet in the Summer 2010 issue of <em>The Stinging Fly<\/em>, and her poems have appeared in magazines in Ireland, the UK, the US, and Canada. <\/p>\n<p>In 2011, Kimberly was selected to read as part of the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series. She recently performed her poems on the sheela-na-gig stone carvings in the National Concert Hall (Dublin), Kaleidoscope Night at the Odessa Club (Dublin), and the Palau Maricel (Catalunya). Kimberly has an MFA from the University of Alabama, an MA from the University of Cincinnati, and is in the final year of her PhD at Middlesex University (London). She has taught Creative Writing at Florida Gulf Coast University, Big Smoke Writing Factory (Dublin), Middlesex University (London), and the Irish Writers\u2019 Centre (Dublin).<\/p>\n<p><center>Praise for Kimberly\u2019s d\u00e9but poetry collection <em>Consent<\/em>:<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018The dark satiric edge of these poems compels us to see eros and thanatos, submission and coercion, as entangled \u2014 so that the whole world, from its shit to its lyric shine, is compromised and complicit&#8230; Campanello has given us a post-feminist classic, undeceived and sharp as knives in a drawer.\u2019<\/em> \u2014 Todd Swift, author of <em>When All My Disappointments Came at Once<\/em> (Tightrope Books)<\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018&#8230; this collection keeps shocking the reader awake in the best possible way, in the way that makes us suddenly alert against the malicious banality of our ad-jingle planet&#8230; These poems are a clarifying antidote to all that poison and guff, awakening us to the horrible thrill of our existences in the way that all the freshest, coolest new writing should.\u2019<\/em> \u2014 Dave Lordan, author of <em>Invitation to a Sacrifice<\/em> (Salmon Poetry)<\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018Campanello seizes our attention with her piercing intelligence and beguiles with her arch humor and crisp music. Are we giving our consent or is it being taken? That ambiguity is Campanello\u2019s subject, and the source of her book\u2019s deep pleasure. A masterly \u2014 no, a mastering debut.\u2019<\/em> \u2014 Joel Brouwer, author of <em>And So<\/em> (Four Way Books)<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"15thJuly\"><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\"><center><em>15th July<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/center><center><font size=\"1\" color=\"green\"><strong>&Oacute; Bh&eacute;al<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">in association with <\/font><font size=\"1\" color=\"green\"><strong>Foras na Gaeilge<\/strong><\/font><font size=\"1\"> presents<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>M\u00edche\u00e1l \u00d3 Ruairc<\/strong><\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MichealORuaircSm.jpg\"\/><\/font><font size=\"1\"><strong>M\u00edche\u00e1l \u00d3 Ruairc<\/strong> was born in Brandon, Cloghane in the West Kerry Gaeltacht of An Leitri\u00fach in the Dingle Peninsula. He currently resides in Dublin. He is the author of three collections of poetry, the first of which <em>Fuil Samhraidh<\/em> (Coisc\u00e9im) was published in 1987. He has published one collection of short stories and twelve novels in the Irish language. He has also published one collection of poems in English, <em>Humane Killing<\/em> (Aisling Press, 1992).  His poetry in Irish and English has been published extensively in journals and magazines.<\/p>\n<p>He won the first prize  for a poem in the Irish language at the 18th Annual International Poetry Competition organised by D\u00fan Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2007. His book of short stories <em>Daoine a Itheann Daoine<\/em> (Cl\u00f3 Iar-Chonnacht, 2011) won the first prize in the Oireachtas in 2011. His novel for teenagers <em>An bhFaca \u00c9inne Agaibh Roy Keane?<\/em> (Coisc\u00e9im, 2003) has been reprinted six times. He has won several other awards for his novels in the Irish language.<\/p>\n<p>A frequent visitor to Cork, he regards the city as the source of his inspiration, especially when he is in the mood for writing poetry. He is currently working on poetry collections in Irish and in English.<\/p>\n<p>Rugadh <strong>M\u00edche\u00e1l \u00d3 Ruairc<\/strong> i mBr\u00e9anainn, sa Chloch\u00e1n, i nGaeltacht an Leitri\u00faigh in Iarthar Chiarra\u00ed at\u00e1 laist\u00edos den chnoc \u00f3 Dhaingean U\u00ed Ch\u00fais. T\u00e1 c\u00f3na\u00ed air i mBaile \u00c1tha Cliath faoi l\u00e1thair. T\u00e1 tr\u00ed chnuasach fil\u00edochta i gcl\u00f3 aige agus foils\u00edodh an ch\u00e9ad cheann acusan, <em>Fuil Samhraidh<\/em> (Coisc\u00e9im), in 1987. T\u00e1 cnuasach amh\u00e1in gearrsc\u00e9alta agus dh\u00e1 cheann d\u00e9ag d\u2019\u00farsc\u00e9alta i gcl\u00f3 aige sa Ghaeilge. T\u00e1 cnuasach amh\u00e1in fil\u00edochta B\u00e9arla, <em>Humane Killing<\/em> (Aisling Press, 1992), foilsithe aige. Foils\u00edodh a chuid fil\u00edochta i nGaeilge agus i mB\u00e9arla go forleathan in iris\u00ed agus i dtr\u00e9imhseach\u00e1in.<\/p>\n<p>Bhuaigh s\u00e9 an ch\u00e9ad duais do dh\u00e1n as Gaeilge san 18\u00fa Com\u00f3rtas Fil\u00edochta Bliant\u00fail Idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta eagraithe ag Comhairle Chontae Dh\u00fan Laoghaire-R\u00e1th an D\u00fain in 2007. Bhuaigh a chnuasach gearrsc\u00e9alta, <em>Daoine a Itheann Daoine<\/em> (Cl\u00f3 Iar-Chonnacht, 2010), an ch\u00e9ad duais i gcom\u00f3rtas an Oireachtais, 2011. Go dt\u00ed seo t\u00e1 an s\u00e9\u00fa cl\u00f3  buailte ar <em>An bhFaca \u00c9inne Agaibh Roy Keane?<\/em> (Coisc\u00e9im, 2003), a \u00farsc\u00e9al do dh\u00e9ag\u00f3ir\u00ed. T\u00e1 neart duaiseanna eile buaite aige d\u00e1 chuid \u00farsc\u00e9alta freisin.<\/p>\n<p>Mar chuairteoir rialta go Corcaigh \u00e9, braitheann s\u00e9 gurbh \u00ed an chathair \u00e1irithe sin foinse a chuid inspior\u00e1ide, go h\u00e1irithe nuair a bh\u00edonn an gi\u00famar air fil\u00edocht a chumadh. Faoi l\u00e1thair t\u00e1 s\u00e9 ag obair ar chnuasach d\u00e1nta as Gaeilge agus ar chnuasach d\u00e1nta as B\u00e9arla.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"22ndJuly\"><\/a><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\"><center><em>22nd July<\/em><\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font color=\"green\" size=\"1\"><strong>&Oacute; Bh&eacute;al<\/strong><\/font><font size=\"1\"> in association with the <\/font><font color=\"green\" size=\"1\"><strong>Cork City Council<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">and<\/font> <font color=\"green\" size=\"1\"><strong>Coventry City Council<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">presents a <\/font><font color=\"green\" size=\"1\"><strong>Twin Cities Celebration<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">with Coventry poets<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Wyre<\/strong>, <strong>Sarah James<\/strong> and <strong>Martin Brown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><center>You can listen to Lord Mayor Cllr. Catherine Clancy&#8217;s introduction <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/LordMayor2013.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p>You can listen to Tom&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Tom Wyre.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"86\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TomWyreSm.jpg\"\/><\/font><font size=\"1\"><strong>Tom Wyre<\/strong> was shortlisted for Staffordshire Poet Laureate in 2012 and was recently a prize recipient of the Walsall Mayor&#8217;s Poetry Awards. End of March 2013, he had two poems &#8220;The Lucid Door&#8221; &#038; &#8220;Cellophane Man&#8221; accepted for publication by Kumquat Poetry.<\/p>\n<p>Wyre has performed at many festivals and notable open mic events across the UK. He continues to highlight worthy causes through the use of poetry and stagecraft when a guest performer at charity events. An audio book of new work is planned for the summer of 2013 to supplement his first collection <em>Soliloquy<\/em> published in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><font size=\"2\"><center>You can listen to Sarah&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Sarah James.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"92\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SarahJamesSm.jpg\"\/><\/font><font size=\"1\"><strong>Sarah James<\/strong> is a widely-published and award-winning poet, short story writer and journalist. Her first poetry collection <em>Into the Yell<\/em> (Circaidy Gregory Press, 2010), won third prize in the International Rubery Book Awards 2011.<\/p>\n<p>She has been a guest poet across the Midlands, read at the London Troubadour and read alongside Cork-born poet Bernard O\u2019Donoghue at this year\u2019s Cheltenham Poetry Festival in April. Sarah also has a poem on the Polesworth Poets Trail, a poem muralled on the wall of a Worcestershire and enjoys collaborating with other poets and artists. The Oxford modern languages graduate (French and linguistics, Trinity College) is currently finishing her final year portfolio and second collection for an MA in Creative Writing (online poetry route) at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her website is at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarah-james.co.uk\">www.sarah-james.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/font><font size=\"2\"><center>You can listen to Martin&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Martin Brown.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"74\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MartinBrownSm.jpg\"\/><\/font><font size=\"1\"><strong>Martin Brown<\/strong> has been writing poetry in Coventry for around fifteen years now. He tries to raise the flag and standard of poetry in his local newspaper by frequently contributing to it and gaining a fan club of sorts. He has self-published two poetry books, <em>Shake Rattle and Custard<\/em>, allegedly for adults, and <em>A Thousand Scary Cabbages<\/em>, an illustrated book of poems supposedly for children. He has won prizes in a few poetry competitions, including the Bridport, had poems published in the West Midlands Arts publication <em>Raw Edge<\/em> as well as local anthologies, and reads regularly at local poetry events. His poems have a tendency towards rhyme and metre, though they can lean in other directions, and frequently fall over. <\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"29thJuly\"><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>29th July<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liam Ryan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can listen to Liam&#8217;s reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/audio\/Guest Reading - Liam Ryan.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"78\" height=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/LiamRyanSm.jpg\"\/><\/font><font size=\"1\"><strong>Liam Ryan<\/strong> was born in Donohill, Co. Tipperary 1955. He attended Vocational School in Tipperary town, worked in Dublin from 1975 to 1983 and then moved to County Laois, where he now lives and works near Abbeyleix. Married with two grown up daughters, he has been running his own Architectural business since 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan has had poems and reviews published widely before Doghouse Books published his debut collection of poems <em>Touching Stones<\/em> in May 2009. He has recently had poems appear in <em>The Shop, Revival, The Moth<\/em> and others forthcoming in <em>Southword, Cyphers, Revival<\/em> and the <em>Doghouse Anthology<\/em>.  One of his poems was awarded 3rd prize at Strokestown International Poetry Competition in 2012, and another poem won 3rd prize at the inaugural Galway University Hospital Poetry competition April 2013.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June and July 3rd June &Oacute; Bh&eacute;al in association with Foras na Gaeilge presents M\u00e1ire Dinny Wren You can listen to M\u00e1ire&#8217;s reading here. M\u00e1ire Dinny Wren was born in Gaoth Dobhair County Donegal. She writes poetry and fiction. 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