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Theatre, film and documentary maker Louis Lentin will situate his own television work, specifically his ground breaking production for television, of Dear Daughter in the wider the role of Irish documentary in film and television. Ireland has experienced dramatic shifts in its social and political make-up in recent decades which has been directly reflected and shaped by the media. Lentin’s ...
We are delighted to announce a special members-only visit to the Archive of the Irish in Britain. The Archive consists of collections of documents, audio and video recordings, books, photographs and ephemera cataloguing the history of the Irish in Britain from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Dr Tony Murray, the curator of the archive, will give an ...
Where Would You Like The Bullet: a film about Aidan Higgins followed by Christmas drinks. The Irish Literary Society is banding together with the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith to host a free screening of the UK premiere of a documentary on the Irish writer Aidan Higgins. Come along and be introduced to the Society and other London-Irish organisations on 11 ...
To kick off the 2021 ILS season and welcome everyone back to physically present meetings we are delighted to be at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith to give a London launch to two new poetry volumes from Stephen Sexton and Gail McConnell. We'll also be featuring the Irish Poets in the UK edition of the Agenda poetry magazine with ...
As tension persists over the future of the Protocol and frustration is leading to renewed speculation of the possibility of a United Ireland we engage with four writers whose work is gathered in a landmark new anthology reflecting on the border. The New Frontier: Reflections from the Irish Border (New Island, 2021) is a landmark anthology of fiction, non-fiction ...
To mark the centenary of the birth of Belfast-born writer Brian Moore (1921-1999) Brian Moore at 100 and the Irish Literary Society have partnered to screen The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (7 December) and deliver tonight's talk with Dr Sinéad Moynihan and Lucy Caldwell. Designed to coincide with the centenary of his birth, the Exeter University project has sought ...
We are delighted to kick off 2024 with a collaboration with our friends at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith, home to many of our events over recent years. Martin Doyle will be joining us not in his more familiar capacity as the Literary Editor of the Irish Times but as an author in his own right. His Dirty Linen – ...
