Thursday 21 October · 6pm-8pm
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73 Francis St, Dublin 2
Dublin, Ireland
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admission free PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME 6pm. This is is to accommodate a very special venue. the chapterhouse of St Mary's Abbey is all that remains of a 12th century Cistercian foundation. It's the oldest surviving building on the northside, and owing to differences in street level over the centuries has the appearance of an underground chamber. "Silken" Thomas Fitzgerald began his rebellion against Henry VIII here in the 16th century, so ...it's the perfect place for dissidents to speak a few words. The acoustics are pretty fierce too. Kevin Higgins is co-organiser of Over The Edge literary events in Galway, Ireland. He facilitates poetry workshops at Galway Arts Centre; teaches creative writing at Galway Technical Institute and on the Brothers of Charity Away With Words programme. He is also Writer-in-Residence at Merlin Park Hospital and the poetry critic of the Galway Advertiser. His first collection of poems The Boy With No Face was published by Salmon in February 2005 and was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award. His second collection, Time Gentlemen, Please, was published in March 2008 by Salmon. One of the poems from Time Gentlemen, Please, ‘My Militant Tendency’, featured in the Forward Book of Poetry 2009. His work also features in the anthology Identity Parade – New British and Irish Poets (Ed Roddy Lumsden, Bloodaxe, 2010). Frightening New Furniture is his third collection of poems and was published in April by Salmon Poetry. Karl Parkinson was the winner of the most entertaining video for Dublin 2009 @ the Balcony TV Awards. He has had poems published in Revival, Census and the Seven Towers anthology, and has been on stage at Electric Picnic, the Glor sessions, t-box, Brown Bread Mixtape, Exchange Words, and many more venues. Admission is free. All welcome. Sorry about the early start time; if you can't make it because of work commitments, we'll be convening in O'Byrnes on the corner of King St & Bolton St afterwards for pints of strong red Lithuanian ale. Thanks to the OPW, especially Richard and Pauline, for their help in organising the chapterhouse for events. If you want to use the Abbey for music, poetry or more, email casinomarino@opw.ie.http://www.wurmimapfel.net
