The John Hewitt Society presents…
GALLERY GOES TO THE HEWITT
Join us for an evening of poetry readings with Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Kevin Graham and Molly Twomey.
Date: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: The John Hewitt Bar, Donegall Street, Belfast.
Tickets: £8 & £7 (Conc.)
Book online here…
Box Office: +44 (0) 28 9024 6609, call into Visit Belfast, or pay at the door.
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is one of Ireland’s leading poets and served as Ireland Professor of Poetry (2016 – 2019). She has won the Patrick Kavanagh Award, the Irish Times Award for Poetry, the O’Shaughnessy Award and the International Griffin Poetry Prize. Her numerous collections from Gallery Press include The Sun Fish (2010), The Boys of Blue Hill (2015), The Mother House (2020) and The Map of the World (September 2023). Her Collected Poems was published in 2020 and won the Piggott Prize in 2021.
Kevin Graham’s poems have appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, Crannog, The Stinging Fly and The Irish Times. His first poetry collection, The Lookout Post, a book of uncommon poise and range, was published by Gallery Press in April 2023. He previously published an e-chapbook with Smithereens Press and a pamphlet with Ragpicker Poetry. He has received Bursaries in Literature from the Arts Council of Ireland. Kevin works in risk, specializing in environmental liability.
Molly Twomey grew up in Waterford. Her poetry has been published in Poetry Ireland Review, Banshee, The Irish Times, Mslexia and The Stinging Fly, and has been chosen for Poetry Ireland’s Introductions series. In May, her debut poetry collection Raised Among Vultures won the Southword Debut Poetry Collection Award and she was also shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney First Collection award.
Presented in association with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, An Chomhairle Ealaíon, The Gallery Press & Belfast International Arts Festival.