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Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann is the national organisation for poetry in Ireland, dedicated to developing, supporting and promoting poetry throughout Ireland. As the largest literary resource organisation in Ireland we deliver through four core strands: publications, readings, education (which involves writers of all genres) and the provision of an information and resource service, we seek to promote access and excellence by embracing and fostering poetry and language as tools for living.

Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann are currently recruiting for a Director who, under the direction of the Board, will work with a dedicated team and will develop and lead the organisation towards its 40th anniversary.

We are looking for a creative and strategic individual who has a deep knowledge, passion and concern for poetry and literature in general. Highly developed organisational, strategy, financial and management skills are required, alongside excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Salary will be commensurate with knowledge and experience. A detailed job description and further information are available to download here.

Interested applicants are invited to submit a detailed CV, highlighting relevant experience, and a covering letter in strict confidence to the Chairman by email: chairman@poetryireland.ie (preferred option) or by post: Chairman, Poetry Ireland, 32 Kildare St., Dublin 2

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 18^th June, 2013 at 5pm.

Revival Literary Journal No. 27 is calling for submissions from local, national and international poets and writers for Issue 27 which will be published in Limerick, October 2013. Poetry should be sent to revival.lit@gmail.com, prose/reviews to limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com. Closing date for submissions is 9th August.

For further details on submission guidelines, please click here.

Macdara Woods will be reading from his ‘Collected Poems’, with music on the fiddle by Ciaran Tourish.

Venue: Ranelagh Arts Centre

Time: 7.30pm

A new series of poetry programmes will be starting this week on RTE Lyric FM.

The hour long programme called BESPOKE will be broadcast each week for the next three Fridays in June in the 7.00pm – 8.00pm Lyric Feature slot.

For more information, please see the RTE Lyric FM website.

Máighréad Medbh is one of 47 European poets who feature in  ‘What’s the Point of Poetry?’, a photographic exhibition that opened at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin today.

Initiated by Belarusian artist Sergey Shabohin, the exhibition explores the question ‘What’s the point of poetry?’ through the viewpoints of 47 poets from 47 European countries. The exhibition documents the ways in which the poets assess the state of culture and society in their countries, explores what poetry communicates, what messages and demands the poets involved have for their societies, and what the idea of ‘home’ means to each of them.

For more information on the exhibition, visit the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin website.

The fourth annual Dalkey Book Festival kicks off on Friday 14th June with local, national and international stars; including Carl Bernstein, Robert Fisk, Uri Orlev, Nelofer Pazira, Atul Kochhar, Jonathan Dee, Edna O’Brien, Pauline McLynn, Mike Scott, Bernard MacLaverty, Lana Citron, Kevin Barry, Anne Enright, Frank McGuinness, Declan Kiberd, John Boyne and Eoin Colfer.
Venues include Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre, St. Patrick’s Church, the old Garda Station and Archbold’s Castle.

Please see www.dalkeybookfestival.org for a full programme. Tickets are available online or by phone at 086 054 2531.

Boyne Berries Magazine, published by Boyne Writers Group, Trim,  is open for submissions from 1 June to 13 July.  Kate Dempsey is the guest editor for this issue which will be published in September 2013.  Kate’s poetry and fiction is widely published in Ireland and the UK including in Poetry Ireland Review, The Moth, Orbis and Magma. She won the 2011 Plough Poetry prize for a short poem and her first book of poetry, Some Poems, was published by Moth Editions, also in 2011. The magazine accepts prose and poetry and the full submission guidelines are available online: http://www.boynewriters.com/buy_or_submit.html.

Please join us for the second series in the Poetry Ireland Introductions Readings 2013, featuring Caoilinn Hughes, Victoria Kennefick, Sheila Mannix, and Alan Weadick.
The readings will be held in the Irish Writers’ Centre, 19 Parnell Square, D1, at 6:30pm this evening.  Admission is free.
For futher information, please call (01) 8721302.

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The Custom House Studios  Westport Quay are now inviting submissions for long and short use of studio space from summer 2013. The Studios complex houses seven artists’ studios with natural daylight, high ceilings and  24 hour access. The studios are located upstairs overlooking the harbour. Please send letters of interest, CVs and documentation of work, and 8 images on a CD to The Custom House Studios Westport Quay Ireland.  Applications currently accepted.

The Achill Heinrich Böll Association  are  accepting proposals from artists and writers for residencies on Achill Island in 2014/15. To apply for a residency please write to; John Mc Hugh Abha Teangaí, Dooagh, Achill Island, Co Mayo. Ireland. Applicants should enclose recent examples of their work, a short CV and a letter of interest which details preferred dates. Applications must be received by the end of September.

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has announced the shortlist for the dlr Strong/Shine Poetry Award.
This year’s finalists are Eleanor Hooker The Shadow Owner’s Companion, Mary Noonan The Fado House, Rebecca O’Connor We’ll Sing Blackbird and Michelle O’Sullivan The Blue End of Stars.

The short-listed nominees will read at the Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival in September