Category Archives: Non-Fiction

Douglas Cole’s Blue Island 

The poems of Douglas Cole’s Blue Island are wrought in the rich topography of film noir— employing the textures of city streets at night, Cole’s images are often looming and restless, even sublime, weaving the rhythm and mood of Miles Davis’s jazz, while … Continue reading →

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‘Peripheral’ by Faye Boland reviewed by Matt Mooney

Matt Mooney. Born in Kilchreest, Co. Galway in 1943, he has lived in Listowel since 1966. His four collections of poems are: Droving (2003), Falling Apples (2010), Earth to Earth (2015) and The Singing Woods (2017). Winner of The Pádraig … Continue reading →

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Katacha Díaz – Dangerous Game

Katacha Díaz is a Peruvian American writer. Wanderlust and love of travel have taken her all over the world to gather material for her stories. Her prose and poetry has been published internationally in literary journals, print and online magazines, … Continue reading →

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Ndrek Gjini’s ‘The Invention of Shoes’ reviewed by Matt Mooney

Ndrek Gjini’s second collection of poems published by Galway Academic Press under the title of ‘The Invention of Shoes’ is a wonderful exposé of the life and poetic craft of an Albanian who became a Galwegian. It has revealed him … Continue reading →

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Promotional video for Cúirt International Festival of Literature 2019. Margadh by poet Máire Holmes, read by Páraic Breathnach

Promotional video for Cúirt International Festival of Literature 2019. Margadh by poet Máire Holmes, read by Páraic Breathnach

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Anna Allen – Swags and Tails 

Anna Allen, born in County Wicklow, has lived in Connemara for over thirty years. Though the idea of writing nagged and haunted her, having married and started a family that grew and grew, there were too many other calls on … Continue reading →

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Cúirt International Festival of Literature – 2019

Posted on March 27, 2019 by

A Welcome from Programme Director, Emily Cullen Fáilte is fiche go Cúirt Litríochta na bliana seo. A very warm welcome to the 34th annual Cúirt International Festival of Literature. Cúirt 2019 is one of our most broadly international festivals yet … Continue reading →

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Katacha Díaz – Grandfather’s Legacy

Katacha Díaz is a Peruvian American writer. Wanderlust and love of travel have taken her all over the world to gather material for her stories. Her writing appears or is forthcoming with Muddy River Poetry Review, Poppy Road Review, Pika … Continue reading →

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ANNE MC CABE launches her new novel, ‘SO MUCH AT ONE’, a spiritual love story

Friday 29th March 2019, in Monroe’s, Galway.6-8pm. Anne McCabe’s new novel, ‘So Much at One’ is a story about loss and longing in a life of celibacy. It tells the story of a monk in an enclosed order who meets … Continue reading →

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Niall McNelis, Mayor of Galway City to launch The Galway Review 7

Posted on March 11, 2019 by

Niall McNelis, Mayor of Galway City to launch The Galway Review 7 Galway Academic Press and The Galway Review cordially invite you to the launch of The Galway Review 7. This anthology featuring local, national and international writers will be officially launched … Continue reading →

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Jack Grady: Terry invites us all into his abode, and not only into its rooms

Posted on March 10, 2019 by

Terry McDonagh, poet and dramatist from County Mayo, taught creative writing at Hamburg University, in Germany, and was Drama Director at the International School in Hamburg before becoming self-employed as creative writing instructor and drama facilitator in 2004. He tours … Continue reading →

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A Review by Matt Mooney of Reuben  Woolley’s latest collection of poems ‘Some time we are heroes’

A Review by Matt Mooney of Reuben  Woolley’s latest collection of poems ‘Some time we are heroes’  Reuben Woolley has had poems published in many print and online journals such as Tears in the Fence, Lighthouse, The Interpreter’s House, Domestic Cherry, … Continue reading →

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Aside | Posted on January 31, 2019 by | 1 Comment