Clare Reads chose to promote Niall Williams‘
This is Happiness last month.
This reading initiative was part of the
Ireland Reads campaign and Clare County Council’s Keep Well Campaign. Over 500 books were distributed for free in County Clare in February and this programme of events will support the reading and further explore the themes of the book.
Extracts from the book will be read each night at 9pm on Clare FM starting on the 1st of March for two weeks. Many are finding it difficult to read a book at the moment so it was important that people had the opportunity to access it in a variety of ways. It will also be podcasted on the Clare FM website.
Full programme for 15th Ennis Book Club Festival launched
THE full programme for the 15th Ennis Book Club Festival was announced this week. This year’s festival will be a hybrid of online events in March with live events taking place in April and September. As always Ennis Book Club Festival 2021 will offer opportunities to engage with favourite authors and features an additional programme of events for younger readers.
While the festival cannot welcome book lovers to Ennis this March as ever, it will provide plenty of events to stimulate discussion and inspire reading, from the comfort of the couch.
First thought: Thom Gunn, âThoughts on Unpackingâ. âI realise,â he ends, âthat love is an arranging.â No sooner thought, I think of another, cracking conclusion: âThe world might change⦠Change as our kisses are changing
without our thinking.â And then I think of âBreakfast Songâ, another Elizabeth Bishop poem weâre lucky to have in print. Of Derek Mahonâs âMonochromeâ. Of Seamus Heaneyâs âSkunkâ. Even Matt Healyâs âSomebody Elseâ (as good as Dylanâs âIdiot Windâ).
âTo My Wife at Midnightâ, Grahamâs best. âSleeping alone together,â he looks at her beside him, asleep in her âlonely
Music, theatre, literature, art; the Droichead Arts Centre is bursting at the seams with a packed new programme for Spring, all of which you can enjoy in the comfort of your own home.
The doors of the Stockwell Street space may be closed, however a range of creative projects are continuing behind the scenes and the centre is proud to support many artists and initiatives in Drogheda and East Meath this Spring.
Highlights include Solo@Home, Slow Sessions Online and Drogheda Book Collective, with Droichead Arts Centre presenting a virtual meet-up with prize winning author Sara Baume.
While Droichead Presents Drama will support a number of theatre makers in the development of their practice and work over 2021 including Anthony Kinahan, Grainne Rafferty, Ronan Leahy and Juliette Crosbie.