Micheal O'Siadhail to read in Galway

galway | arts and media | event notice Tuesday May 19, 2009 17:04 by Fred Johnston - Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scribhneoiri Chaitlin Maude, Galway westernwriters at eircom dot net Canavan House, Nuns Island, Galway 087.2178138

Prize-winning poet at The Imperial Hotel

The Western Writers' Centre, Galway – Ionad Scribhneoiri Chaitlín Maude – in collaboration with Poetry Ireland, presents a reading by Micheal O'Siadhail commencing at 7 o’clock in the Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway on Thursday, July 23rd -

Poet Micheal O'Siadhail

Micheal O’Siadhail has published twelve collections. The most recent are Poems 1975-1995 (1995), Our Double Time (1998), The Gossamer Wall (2002), which resulted from many years immersion in testimonies of Holocaust survivors. Love Life appeared in 2005 and his most recent collection, Globe (2007) explores how the past and our memories shape our present. Among his various awards for his work are the Marten Prize for Literature and The Irish American Cultural Prize for Poetry. The Centre is supported by The Arts Council. Details of the reading from westernwriters@eircom.net and 087.2178138 Admission is €5 and €3.