Events

On the 28th March last, Imagine Belfast hosted an event curated by Viviana Fiorentino of Letters With Wings. The evening was dedicated to the women artists Chimengul Awut and Nûdem Durak. [...]

In 2018, the San Patrizio Livorno Festival had its modest debut in the Ex-Cinema Aurora during St Patrick’s weekend. Since then, it has grown in stature to be a significant event in Italy’s [...]

Easter has come and gone and it seems as though the winter is determined to hang on until it’s worn us all down to shreds. It’s just as well that this is Dublin’s One City One Book month – it [...]

Gender violence and literature: ‘In Her Shoes’ event, Librerie Universitarie Novoli, Florence, February 9th 2018.

Memoir, by Patrizia Scudellaro, Creative Writing Course ‘Found in Translation’ 2017.

I’m very much looking forward to facilitating a course in creative writing in Verona in February of this year. The course will take place over two days, all day Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the [...]

It’s strange the way ideas come into a writer’s head: often at the oddest times and in the most unexpected places. In creative writing workshops, aspiring writers often ask for tips about finding [...]

I will brush your hair when it is white, by Simonetta Bernasconi, Creative Writing Course ‘Found in Translation’ 2017.

Last week’s Creative Writing Course: a class with a difference! It was a pleasure to welcome an enthusiastic group of Italians to Dublin to participate in ‘Found in [...]

This month, I’m delighted to feature the writer June Caldwell as she prepares to launch her first book of short stories ‘Room Little Darker’. Published by New Island, June will [...]