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SUMMARY:Ó Rathaille - 24 Jan
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday 24 Jan for our first event of 2025. We are delighted to welcome back Professor Declan Kiberd to the Society to discuss the life and poetry of Aogán Ó Rathaille (c.1670–1729) and to launch a book by long time ILS member Brian O’Connor of a selection of the poems. Conveying Ó Rathaille’s intricate rhythms and rhyme schemes are a challenge for a translator\, even more so in his great laments of dispossession\, O’Connor carries the work into English with admirable simplicity and fluency. \n\nThese translations capture the fragile buoyancy of beautifully extended vowels\, which give each line a magnificent dignified internal patterning\, even as their endings sometimes refuse rhyme\, because the world the poet faces is no longer felt to be regular: Brian O’Connor helps us also to appreciate the sheer range of Ó Rathaille’s acoustic.Declan Kiberd\n\nThe evening will feature Professor Kiberd’s discussion of the work of Ó Rathaille and the closing down of the civilisation that nurtured him. There will be music and readings from the Irish and English. In O’Connor’s new book of translations\, Wave\, the Irish and English are presented in parallel text – this will be available for sale on the night. The parallel text format of the publication is suited to enhancing language acquisition and effectively scaffolding reading proficiency\, as such we have made this event free to encourage all those studying Irish to attend. Reserve tickets below. After the event you can purchase a copy from the publisher\, Eile.\n\n\n\n  Speakers:  Declan Kiberd\n\n\n\n  Declan Kiberd\nDeclan Kiberd teaches in the English Department and Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies as the Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies and Professor of English. A leading international authority on the literature of Ireland\, both in English and Irish\, Kiberd has authored scores of articles and many books\, including Synge and the Irish Language\, Men and Feminism in Irish Literature\, Irish Classics\, The Irish Writer and the World\, Inventing Ireland\, and\, most recently\, Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Life in Joyce’s Masterpiece (2009). He has co-edited with PJ Mathews Handbook of the Irish Revival 1891-1922\, a five-hundred-page anthology of cultural and political writings with commentaries and introductions\, published by Abbey Theatre Press in June 2015.. \n\nBrian O'Connor\n Brian O’Connor\nBrian O’Connor has been a member of the Irish Literary Society for many years. He was born in Cork\, graduated from UCC and worked as a journalist and researcher. His selection of translations from Ó Rathaille is published by Eile Press and will be available for sale at the event.  \n[/content_band]\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/orathaille-24-jan/
LOCATION:Irish Cultural Centre\, Hammersmith\, 5 Black’s Road Hammersmith\, W6 9DT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Irish language,lecture,London-Irish,music,poetry,politics,social history
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SUMMARY:Nicole Flattery - 12 April 2023
DESCRIPTION:New York in the late 1960s: Mae escapes a run-down an apartment\, an alcoholic mother and her mother’s occasional boyfriend to a new life as a typist for Andy Warhol\, transcribing conversations with his friends and associates to provide the material for an unconventional novel. A mordantly funny investigation of celebrity\, obsession\, womanhood and sexuality\, Nothing Special (Bloomsbury) is itself an unconventional debut novel\, following on from Flattery’s acclaimed short story collection Show Them a Good Time. Nicole will join with James Conor Patterson in conversation on her writing and Nothing Special. \n\n …the thrilling sense of Flattery’s aesthetic and intellectual stringency is what comes to define her seemingly low-key enterprise here. You could almost imagine someone reading Nothing Special and not even noticing Warhol at its heart\, which may be the point of a novel that pictures the lives of his unseen instruments.Anthony Cummins\, The Guardian\n\n\n\n  \n  Speakers and performers:  Nicole Flattery\n\n\n\n  Nicole Flattery\nNicole Flattery is the author of the story collection Show Them A Good Time. She is the winner of An Post Irish Book Award\, the Kate O’Brien Prize\, the London Magazine Prize for Debut Fiction\, and the White Review Short Story Prize. Her work has appeared in the Stinging Fly\, the Guardian\, the White Review\, and the London Review of Books. A graduate of the master’s program in creative writing at Trinity College\, Dublin\, she lives in Galway\, Ireland. \n\nJames Conor Patterson\n\n\n\n  James Conor Patterson\nJames is the author of the poetry collection ‘Bandit Country’ just released by Picador. He is also the editor of the anthology The New Frontier: Reflections from the Irish Border (New Island Books\, 2021). His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Guardian\, i-D\, The Irish Times\, Magma\, The Moth\, Morning Star\, New Statesman\, Poetry Ireland Review\, Poetry London\, Poetry Review\, RTÉ Culture\, The Stinging Fly and The Tangerine\, among others. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe event will be followed by a sale and signing.
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/nicole-flattery-12-april-2023/
LOCATION:Irish Cultural Centre\, Hammersmith\, 5 Black’s Road Hammersmith\, W6 9DT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:America,book signing,emigration,interview,music,politics,Reading,social history,women
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SUMMARY:Multiple Joyce - 27 June 2022
DESCRIPTION:In this centenary year of the publication of Ulysses we are delighted to welcome David Collard back to the Society with his new book\, Multiple Joyce: One Hundred Short Essays About James Joyce’s Cultural Legacy (Sagging Meniscus Press\, June 2022). Springing from the essays we’ll have discussion\, song\, readings and music to mark the UK launch of the book and to bring our season to a close. \n The story goes that a man in  Zürich once asked James Joyce if he could kiss the hand that wrote Ulysses. Joyce declined\, saying that it had done many other things as well. Multiple Joyce is a book inspired by those other things – it fizzes and astonishes at every turn\, springing Joyce’s masterpiece free from the idolatry of academe and reminding us how strange and hip it must have seemed in 1922. John Mitchinson\, co-host of Backlisted Podcast\nHolding up a funhouse mirror to our times\, Collard finds a multitude of Joyces\, in often ludicrous disguises\, wherever he looks—whether at Anthony Burgess\, Cher\, first editions\, Flann O’Brien\, Guinness\, Hattie Jacques\, John Cage\, Kim Kardashian\, Lego\, Moby-Dick\, numismatics\, perfume\, pianos\, Princess Grace\, puns\, The Ramones\, Sally Rooney\, Stanley Unwin\, Star Wars\, waxworks or Zylo spectacles. Endlessly reinvented and exploited\, Joyce emerges as a ubiquitous\, indispensable and ruthlessly commodified Everyman. An excerpt riffing on Timon of Athens\, Walter Benjamin and Ironman can be read on the RTÉ site. As Rónán Hession puts it in his foreword\, Collard is above all “good company” and “I wish that the first time anyone heard about Joyce was from David Collard.” We’re delighted that Hession\, author of Leonard and Hungry Paul and Panenka will be joining Collard in discussion. \n Collard’s Joyce nerdiness excels! Eimear McBride\nThe event will be followed by a sale of Multiple Joyce and a signing by the author. There will also be a grand giveaway of Joyce titles. \n  Speakers and performers: \n  \n David Collard\n\n\n\n  David Collard\nDavid Collard is a London-based writer\, reviewer\, researcher\, editor and occasional broadcaster\, appearing regularly in the Times Literary Supplement\, Literary Review and elsewhere\, in print and online. Previous titles include About a Girl\, a reader’s guide to Eimear McBride’s A Girl is a Half-formed Thing (C B Editions\, 2016).Find out more on David’s website. \n\nRónán Hession\n\n\n\n  Rónán Hession\nRónán Hession is a writer and musician based in Dublin. His debut novel\, Leonard and Hungry Paul\, was published by Bluemoose Books in 2019. The book was shortlisted for numerous awards and chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the 50 great Irish novels of the 21st century. Ronán’s second novel. \n\n Melanie Pappenheim\n\n\n\n  Melanie Pappenheim\nMelanie Pappenheim is a singer\, performer and composer. Her versatility has allowed her to explore several different genres. She has worked with with many leading contemporary composers including Jocelyn Pook\, Orlando Gough\, Gavin Bryars and Graham Fitkin and performed in a huge variety of venues ranging from The Royal Opera House\, the ENO\, The Royal Albert Hall\, the National Theatre\, Glyndebourne\, a barge on the Thames\, a tent in Sussex\, a tower in Wells\, in clubs\, in lighthouses\, hillsides\, halls and basements everywhere. Find out more on Melanie’s website. \n Sarah Angliss\n\n\n\n  Sarah Angliss\nSarah Angliss’ music explores the sonorities of voices and ancient instruments\, revealing and augmenting them with her distinctive electronic techniques. In 2021 she received a Visionary Award from the Ivors Academy for her body of work. Sarah draws on her lifelong interest in European folksong\, cybernetics and esoteric sound culture. These inspire her progressive and strikingly original music for film\, theatre and the live music stage.Find out more on Sarah’s website \n Frank Grimes\n\n\n\n  Frank Grimes\nFrank Grimes was born in Dublin and trained at the Abbey Theatre School of Acting. He was a member of the Abbey Players for seven years and performed in O’Casey\, Synge\, Yeats\, Lady Gregory\, Joyce and O’Connor. He scored an early success as the young Brendan Behan in Borstal Boy. rank has worked extensively in the theatre in London; at the National Theatre\, Royal Shakespeare Company\, the Royal Court and in London’s West End\, as well as in Dublin and New York. Amongst his many Joyce related credits he performed in Anthony Burgess’s Joyce musical Blooms of Dublin and has previously performed his hit one-man show on James Joyce\, “…the he and the she of it…” in Dublin\, London and Paris.Find out more on Frank’s website \n\nStephanie Ellyne\n\n\n\n  Stephanie Ellyne\nStephanie Ellyne is an American actress based in London and Dublin. She recorded the 45-hour audio book of Booker nominee Lucy Ellmann’s Ducks\, Newburyport (Whole Story/W.F. Howes) in 2020\, and plays Amy Jennings in on-going British/American audio drama Dark Shadows with Big Finish\, nominated for the BBC Audio Drama Awards. Other work includes The Confessions of Dorian Gray (Big Finish; Open Book (BBC Radio 4); and The Man Behind The Prophet (BBC World Service). Stephanie records stories for the annual Costa Short Story Award\, and is a frequent narrator for RNIB Talking Books. Her most recent audio book is Things Are Against Us by Lucy Ellmann (W.F. Howes).   \n\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/multiple-joyce/
LOCATION:The Bloomsbury Hotel\, The Bloomsbury Hotel\, 16-22 Great Russell Street\, London\, WC1B 3NN \, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:book signing,emigration,exile,history,Joyce,music,Reading,research,Ulysses
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SUMMARY:Kinsella\, a celebration - 28 Feb
DESCRIPTION:2021 saw the passing of the brothers Thomas (1928-2021) and John Kinsella (1932-2021). Our event will look back over their careers as poet and composer and include music and readings.  \nThomas is credited with bringing the techniques of international modernism to Irish verse. He published his first collection\, The Starlight Eye (1952)\, with Dolmen Press\, helping to set the type himself. He translated extensively from Irish\, most notably the Old Irish epic An Táin Bó Cuailgne\, published as An Táin (1969) and An Duanaire—Poems of the Dispossessed (1981). In 1972\, he founded the Peppercanister Press to publish Butcher’s Dozen. The pamphlet poem was written in the immediate aftermath of Bloody Sunday\, following the Widgery report which whitewashed the atrocities\, and published on 26 April 1972.His awards include two Guggenheim Fellowships and the Denis Devlin Memorial Award (1966\, 1969\, 1992). He taught in the US for many years and initiated and administered the Irish Tradition study program in Dublin until 1992. He long lived in County Wicklow\, Ireland\, but spent recent years living in Philadelphia. He passed away in Dublin in December of 2021. \nJohn composed both choral and vocal works\, his primary interest was in instrumental music\, and his most distinguished work is to be found in his string quartets\, concertos and particularly his symphonies. He was Ireland’s most prolific symphonist during the twentieth century.  \nJoining us to read and discuss the poetry of Thomas Kinsella are Bernard O’Donoghue\, Martina Evans\, John Mcauliffe\, James Conor Patterson\, Derval Turbidy – further speakers to be announced. David Daly will play from John Kinsella’s compositions for Double Bass and talk about working with John and his place in the life of classical music in Ireland. The evening will also comprise a full reading of Thomas Kinsella’s 1972 poem ‘Butcher’s Dozen’ – the reissue by Carcanet will be launched on the night.\n\nPlaces are reserved for paid-up members of the Society\, tickets are available to purchase for £10 below for all others.\nIMAGE CREDIT: Image from The Táin. ‘Army massing’ by Louis le Brocquy.
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/kinsella-a-celebration-28-feb/
LOCATION:The Bloomsbury Hotel\, The Bloomsbury Hotel\, 16-22 Great Russell Street\, London\, WC1B 3NN \, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:anniversary,biography,Border,history,Irish language,music,musicology,poetry
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SUMMARY:Ciaran Carson celebration - 24 Feb
DESCRIPTION:Irish was his cradle language\, and his writing in English always had the verve and zest of a learned language. This was particularly true of his translations – of Merriman’s Cúirt an Mheán Oíche and the Táin\, or Dante’s Inferno. As well as from Irish and Italian\, he translated short poems from French and Spanish with great style and lucidity.Bernard O'Donoghue\, President of the Irish Literary Society \nThe Irish Literary Society is delighted to partner with The Seamus Heaney Centre\, Queens University Belfast to produce a celebration of the life and work of Ciaran Carson\, the great Belfast poet and former Director of the Centre. Carson was due to deliver last year’s joint Irish Literary Society / Irish Texts Society annual lecture but his cancer diagnosis prevented his coming and we were saddened to hear news of his death in October 2019. \nThe event will be presented by the current Director of the Centre\, Glenn Patterson\, and will feature music\, song\, readings and reflections from Liam Carson\, Cahal Dallat\, Martina Evans\, Leontia Flynn\, Professor Michael Parker\, Bernard O’Donoghue\, James Conor Patterson\, Anton Thompson-McCormick.\n \nCiaran Carson was the first director of the Seamus Heaney Centre\, a dear friend and colleague to all there\, and an inspiration as a poet\, writer\, and as a citizen: a great European literary figure who lived his entire life in Belfast… ‘il professore\, il maestro\,’ in the words of Stephen Sexton\, ‘to whom language itself is indebted.’Glenn Patterson\, Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre\nCarson was a member of Aosdana and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was one of the so-called “Belfast Group” of poets in the 1960s which included Seamus Heaney\, Michael Longley and Paul Muldoon. During his career Carson published 16 volumes of poetry and also wrote a number of novels and books about traditional Irish music. He worked in the Arts Council of Northern Ireland from 1975 to 1998 with responsibility for traditional music and\, more latterly\, literature. In October 2003 he was appointed Professor of Poetry and Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University\, Belfast.\n \nPresented in association with the The Seamus Heaney Centre:  \n 
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/ciaran-carson-celebration-24-feb/
LOCATION:The Bloomsbury Hotel\, The Bloomsbury Hotel\, 16-22 Great Russell Street\, London\, WC1B 3NN \, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:history,Irish language,music,poetry,politics,Reading,special event
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SUMMARY:Astral Weeks at 50\, a Van Morrison celebration - 26 Nov
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n“Had Astral Weeks\, Ryan H. Walsh’s book on the creation of Van Morrison’s beloved album\, focused on that process alone\, it would have been compelling enough in and of itself. But instead\, Walsh uses the fact that Morrison was living near Boston in 1968 to turn his book into a sprawling account of the city’s interconnected countercultural sects.”Pitchfork\nVan Morrison’s great album turns 50 this November: to celebrate the Irish Literary Society is bringing together three writers (Lucy Caldwell\, Gerald Dawe\, Ryan H. Walsh)  to reflect on its social and cultural influences and the profound musical impact of the album. \nDawe’s book In Another World reflects on how post-war Belfast\, where Morrison grew up and formed Them\, shaped his music. Walsh’s Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 considers the impact of Boston\, where Morrison lived at the time\, on the making of the album\, the book is also a sprawling account of the city’s interconnected countercultural sects. Walsh reflects on the origins of a masterpiece that has touched generations of listeners and influenced everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Martin Scorsese. Caldwell\, also from Belfast\, has written of her own work\, ‘…the music of Van Morrison in general and of Astral Weeks in particular is something of a guiding spirit to my stories.’ Belfast musician\, Donal Scullion\, will play a special set from the album. \n‘[Dawe’s] lovely and lively little book … is all about lost moments\, fleeting possibilities and half-forgotten histories. In a city that was\, as Dawe puts it\, “defined by work”\, Morrison represented a different\, more liberated\, kind of labour. Another world indeed\, a past captured in these bittersweet essays that might also stand for a possible future.’ Fintan O'Toole in The Irish Times\nA signing will follow the event.  \nChair: Lucy Caldwell\n\n\n \nCaldwell was born in Belfast in 1981. She is the author of three novels and several stage plays and radio dramas. Awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature\, the Dylan Thomas Prize\, the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright\, the BBC Stewart Parker Award\, a Fiction Uncovered Award and a Major Individual Artist Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Her debut collection of short stories\, Multitudes\, was published by Faber in 2016\, of it she has written ‘…the music of Van Morrison in general and of Astral Weeks in particular is something of a guiding spirit to my stories.’ Lucy is the editor of Being Various: New Irish Short Stories which will be published by Faber 2nd May 2019. \n\nSpeaker: Gerald Dawe\n\n\n\nGerald Dawe is a retired Professor of English and Fellow of Trinity College\, Dublin. He has published eight collections of poetry and several volumes of essays\, and he is the recipient of numerous awards and honours\, including the Macaulay Fellowship in Literature. His latest poetry collection Mickey Finn’s Air\, was published in 2014; Of War and War’s Alarms: Reflections on Modern Irish Writing appeared in 2015. In Another World is available from online retailers and the Irish Academic Press. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Ryan H. Walsh\n\n\n\nRyan H. Walsh is a musician and journalist. His culture writing has appeared in the Boston Globe\, Vice\, and Boston Magazine. He was a finalist for the Missouri School of Journalism’s City and Regional Magazine Award for his feature on Van Morrison’s year in Boston\, from which this book developed. His rock band Hallelujah the Hills has won praise from Spin magazine and Pitchfork; collaborated on a song with author Jonathan Lethem; and toured the U.S. extensively over their 10-year existence. The band won a Boston Music Award for Best Rock Artist\, and Walsh has twice won the award for Best Video Direction. He lives in Boston with his wife\, the acclaimed singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler. Astral Weeks\, a Secret History of 1968 is available from online retailers. \nMusic: Donal Scullion\n\n\n \nFeaturing a set in tribute to the album that blessed us with such tracks as Madam George\, Cyprus Avenue and Sweet Thing\, Donal Scullion makes a solo appearance celebrating East Belfast’s most famous troubadour and one of the finest rock albums ever recorded. For more about Donal and his work on Astral Weeks with his 9-piece band see his site.
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/astral-weeks-celebration/
LOCATION:The Bloomsbury Hotel\, 16-22 Great Russell St\, London\, WC1B 3NN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:music,social history
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SUMMARY:Christmas by Candlelight
DESCRIPTION:Join our friends Irish Heritage for a seasonal selection of music and popular Christmas Carols together with readings from the ILS President Bernard O’Donoghue\, ILS Vice President Roy Foster\, Joe Lynam (BBC Business Correspondent) and BBC3 radio presenter Petroc Trelawny. \nSinead O’Kelly\, soprano from the London Oratory School Choir\, joins with the organist Jonathan Beatty to provide the music.  \nPresented in association with the Irish Literary Society. \nTickets: Individual £20\, Family £45 (incl wine reception and programme)\nFrom: Kathy O’Regan: Tel 020 7226 4578\,\nEmail: kathy.oregan@hotmail.co.uk\nOn-line: www.irishheritage.co.uk click on DONATE (no booking fee) \n\n\nProf Roy Foster\nRoy Foster recently retired as Carroll Professor of Irish history at Oxford\, he is a fellow of Hertford College. He has written widely on Irish history\, society and politics in the modern period\, as well as on Victorian high politics and culture. Foster produced a widely acclaimed biography of William Butler Yeats which was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In Words Alone: Yeats and his inheritances (2011)\, he presents a re-reading of Irish literary history throughout the nineteenth century and places Yeats and his inspirations in apposition to a much wider range of literary and political precursors than is usually the case. His most recent book is Vivid Faces: the revolutionary generation in Ireland 1890-1914.\n\n\nJoe Lynam\nJoe Lynam is an Irish journalist working for the BBC in the United Kingdom.Lynam is a business correspondent. He also presents sometimes on the BBC’s flagship Today Programme – covering for Simon Jack. Between 2011 and 2013\, he was the business correspondent with BBC’s Newsnight.\n\n\nProf Bernard O’Donoghue\nBernard O’Donoghue is a Professor and Emeritus Fellow in English at Wadham College\, Oxford. He is a poet and literary critic\, and author of Seamus Heaney and the Language of Poetry (1995) – he succeeded Heaney as President of the ILS. His most recent poetry collection is The Seasons of Cullen Church (2016)\, which has been shortlisted for the T S Elliot award. Previous volumes include Farmer’s Cross (2011)\, Gunpowder (1995)\, Here Nor There (1999); Outliving (2003)\, Selected Poems in 2008. O’Donoghue was winner of the 1995 Whitbread Poetry Award and Cholmondeley Award in 2009.\n\n\nSinéad O’Kelly\nSinéad O’Kelly is a soprano from Belfast. She trained at the Royal College of Music in London for six years\, where she graduated in 2014 (First Class Honours Degree) and again in 2016 (Masters with Distinction). She continues to study with Tim Evans-Jones and Caroline Dowdle.\n\n\nPetroc Trelawny\nPetroc regularly presents the classical magazine programme Music Matters\, Radio 3’s Breakfast and concerts in Radio 3 Live in Concert. Petroc joined Radio 3 in 1998. He currently presents Breakfast and was previously co-host of In Tune\, the station’s drive-time arts magazine.
URL:https://irishliterarysociety.org/event/christmas-by-candlelight/
LOCATION:St George Hanover Square\,  The Vestry\, 2A Mill Street\, London\, UK\, W1S 1FX\, United Kingdom
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