Anna Burns among new members elected to Aosdána
Affiliation of creative artists in Ireland elects six new people to vacant positions
Poet Matthew Sweeney’s ‘buckets of imagination’ recalled
Children recall colourful and often immature times in company of late Aosdána member
Aosdána poet Matthew Sweeney dies at 65 of motor neurone disease
‘One of the finest poets of his generation, a craftsman of the highest achievement’
Inquisition Lane, by Matthew Sweeney; That Which is Suddenly Precious, by Dermot Bolger
Poetry reviews: From a very strange house to a familiar city
Punching above our weight: Poetry magazine turns Chicago green again
25 poets in special Irish issue of ‘Poetry’ are worthy of international exposure, says Patrick Cotter
Classical Music: The odd imbalance of ‘Ten Thousand Miles Away’, and the place of period performance
The Royal Irish Academy of Music’s collaborative concert was strong on Irish writers but weak on our composers
Eimear McBride wins €15,000 Kerry Group Irish novel of the year award
‘A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing’ author has already won Goldsmiths Prize and been shortlisted for Baileys, Folio and Desmond Elliott prizes
Pressing on: the journals that are sticking to print
Print publications are under increasing pressure, but the editors of the ‘Cork Literary Review’ and ‘The Penny Dreadful’ are confident old-fashioned books will not go away
From grassroots demonstrations to a bloodshot bullfinch
John McAuliffe reviews new poetry from Greg Delanty, Matthew Sweeney, Martin Dyar and Rebecca O’Connor
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