BOOK RELEASE – NEVER OUTGROW: SMALL BOREENS BY MARTINE O’DONOVAN
This is a collection of poetry and short stories exploring love and loss. The nourishment of grandparents. The healing power of nature in all of her guises and the resilience … Continue reading
TRA TALES – AN EVENING OF POETRY AND STORYTELLING
Crokes Pub Tramore, Tuesday October 8th 2019 at 8:00pm Tramore’s monthly literary event. Come along and share a poem, a story, or a song. Or just sit back and listen. … Continue reading
BEAU WILLIAMS WORKSHOP #2 @THE PARLOUR
The Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms, Saturday September 28th 2019 at 11:00am The Quill & Inks @ The Parlour Vintage Tearooms Is honoured to host another fabulous wordy workshop with: Beau … Continue reading
#MODWORDS
The Oak Rooms @ The Munster Bar, Friday September 20th 2019 at 9:00pm Modwords is a community of literature. A celebration of all words that hide in the heart. Poetry … Continue reading
TRA TALES: AN EVENING OF POETRY & STORYTELLING
Crokes Pub, Tuesday July 16th 2019 at 8:00pm The latest Trá Tales night takes place in Croke’s Pub, Tramore, on Tuesday July 16 at 8pm. Come along for a night … Continue reading
SPOKEN WORD – #MODWORDSFEST 2019
Various Locations, Waterford City, Saturday July 13th – Sunday July 14th Theatre Royal, The Mall, Waterford T: +353 (0)51 874 402 E: boxoffice@theatreroyal.ie The Book Centre, John Robert’s Square, Waterford … Continue reading
WATERFORD POETRY PRIZE 2019
Closing Date – Monday 2nd September 2019 on 12:00pm The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council is pleased to that it is accepting entries for the Waterford Poetry Prize … Continue reading
POETRY – JOHN BETJEMAN FESTIVAL
Dromana House, Sunday June 16th 2019 at 12:00pm Poet Laureate John Betjeman died 35 years ago this year. Joan Clancy of Joan Clancy Gallery in the Waterford Gaeltacht and Barbara … Continue reading
MUSIC/ SPOKEN WORD – THE THATCH BAR SESSIONS
Dunphy’s Pub, Kill, Wednesday 12th June 2019 at 9:30pm Singer and guitar player Gabriel Murtagh will be joined by musicians, poets and singers. If you can sing, play a musical … Continue reading
LAUNCH: BIRTH METAL A POETRY PAMPHLET
The Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms, Saturday 15th June at 7pm The Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms is delighted to advise you that one of our members in the Waterford Writers group … Continue reading
TRA TALES – AN EVENING OF POETRY & STORYTELLING
Croke’s Pub Tramore, Tuesday 28th May 2019 at 8:00pm Tramore is home to many writers, and we wanted to have a night when writers could share their work. So, pop … Continue reading
MUSIC/ SPOKEN WORD – SUBBACULTCHA
The Rogue Gallery & Studios, Friday May 3rd 2019 at 8:00pm A monthly event with spoken word, music, comedy and jacks of all things creative. Entry – €3 at door … Continue reading
POETRY DAY AT CAPPOQUIN LIBRARY
Carnegie Free Library, May 2nd 2019 at 7:30pm Readings by: Lismore poet Alan Murphy & Cappoquin’s own David O’Sullivan Display of poetry by local school students and the winners of … Continue reading
MICHAEL HEANEY & OPEN MIC AT PHIL GRIMES
Phil Grimes, Friday 22nd March 2019 at 8pm Michael Heaney will be in conversation about compiling the book of 100 Poems by his late father Seamus Heaney and he will … Continue reading
MUSIC AND SPOKEN WORD – SUBBACULTCHA
Rogue Gallery Waterford, Friday February 22nd at 8:00pm Subbacultcha is back for our it’s event of 2019! And they’ve got an awesome line up. Music from Mulcahy, Luke Kavanagh, Rose Walsh, Adam Lundy, … Continue reading
MODWORDS OPEN MIC NIGHT
Stage Door Bar, Friday 15th February at 9pm Modwords is a bold movement that is spreading throughout Ireland. Since founded by Anna Jordan in 2015 it has grown into a … Continue reading
SPOKEN WORDS – #MODWORDS CLASSES
Garter Lane Arts Centre, Saturday January 19th – February 23rd from 2pm to 4pm Over six week duration the classes will look at a number of different aspects of writing, … Continue reading
WINNERS OF THE WATERFORD POETRY PRIZE 2018
The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council announced the winners of the Waterford Poetry Prize 2018 at the launch event of the Waterford Writers Weekend at the Imagine … Continue reading
SHE STOOD IN THE STORM
The Rogue Gallery, Fri 23rd Nov at 7pm & the Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms, Sat 24th Nov at 7pm Waterford Women’s Healthcare group seeks to highlight the awful news that … Continue reading
WATERFORD WRITERS WEEKEND 2018
Waterford City, Friday Oct 26th to Sunday Oct 28th Waterford Writers Weekend celebrates the art and the craft of writing. This festival, devised and funded by the Library and Arts … Continue reading
BOOZE, BLAAS ‘N’ BANTER 2018
Jordans Bar, Saturday 27th Oct 2018 at 9am The annual early morning miscellany of Booze, Blaas ‘N’ Banter will again open this years Imagine Festival’s history day, on Saturday 27th October … Continue reading
WE HAVEN’T HAD AN EARTHQUAKE LATELY – EXTENDED DEADLINE
Deadline for Submissions Monday Oct 1st 2018 We haven’t had an earthquake lately… Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing 2018 invites readers to share feel-good poetry and prose – Submission … Continue reading
BRIDEVIEW DRAMA CULTURE NIGHT
Clancy’s Bar, September 21st 2018 at 8pm Brideview Drama will have their annual Culture Night this Friday night, Sep 21st in Clancy’s Bar in Tallow. The event will be free of … Continue reading
OPEN MIC 45
Central Arts, 24th September at 8:00pm Waterford’s best and longest running Open Mic Night. €3 gets you a fantastic evening’s entertainment with an awesome variety of performances. You never know … Continue reading
WATERFORD POETRY PRIZE 2018
The closing date for receipt of entries is 4pm on Friday 10th of August 2018. The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council is pleased to announce details of the … Continue reading
STEPHEN JAMES SMITH (SPOKEN WORD)
Garter Lane Arts Centre, Friday September 7th at 8:00pm – 10:00pm Stephen James Smith is a Dublin poet and playwright central to the rise of the vibrant spoken word scene … Continue reading
SUMMER MISCELLANY
Coastguard Cultural Centre, Sunday July 8th @ 3.30pm Adm. Free Enjoy a Summer Miscellany of words, classical music and art when Violinist Cathy Desmond will be joined by friends to celebrate … Continue reading
RED HOUSE POET’S ANTHOLOGY LAUNCH
Lismore Library, Wednesday 4th July, at 7pm Red House Poets, Lismore, launch their new anthology of poems on Wednesday, 4 July, 7PM at Lismore Library. Building on their first … Continue reading
SANTA BARBARA POETS LAUREATE IN THE VINTAGE PARLOUR
2 Great Georges Street, 22nd of July at 3pm Three Of Santa Barbara’s poets Laureate are visiting Ireland. The poets will take part in readings throughout Ireland supported by Gunpowder … Continue reading
MODWORDS PREFEST: MAGIC (TRICKS AND HEARTS)
The Stage Door Café, Theatre Royal, June 22th at 9pm. Modwords is a literary new works platform. So if you feel you or/and a friend might like to read/dance/sing/laugh at your … Continue reading
OPEN CALL FOR POET AND COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE
The deadline for submission of applications is Thursday 12 April 2018. In a new development for 2018, Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) has issued an open call to poets … Continue reading
POETRY DAY 2018 IN WATERFORD
Waterford City, 26th April 2018 More details to come. Watch this space! For more information please go to http://www.poetryireland.ie/poetry-day