Our annual “literary revelry” (New Yorker) returns with Vona Groarke joining Nick Laird as co-curator. In an intimately reconfigured setup for our flexible theatre and tucked away from the cacophony of the city and our online lives, PoetryFest bridges contemporary work from both sides of the Atlantic with a free weekend of readings and conversations with leading Irish, Northern Irish, and North American writers.
Most events are free, but reservations are recommended.
All events on Saturday and Sunday are free. Tickets for the Friday launch event, Favorite Irish Poems, are $25–65 (inclusive of fees).
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 // 2PM, 3:30PM, 5PM
Free readings all day from the festival poets.
2:00pm // Declan Ryan and Maggie Millner
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3:30pm // Nuar Alsadir and Fran Lock
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5:00pm // Leontia Flynn and Henri Cole
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 // 1PM, 2:30PM, 4PM
Free readings all day from the festival poets.
1:00pm // John Kelly and Ishion Hutchinson
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2:30pm // Desert Island Poems: Shane McCrae and Vona Groarke
Each poet chooses 5 poems they would bring to a desert island with them.
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4:00pm // Shane McCrae and Vona Groarke
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