An incredible event MU English Dept tmro 4pm, all welcome to hear renowned Palestinian poet & spoken word artist Rafeef Ziadah speak of the poetry of resistance. I was lucky enough to be at her workshop y’day Cúirt Festival & it was stunning, uplifting & a rally-call. Respond.

In the last of our spring series yesterday, The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Writer-in-Residence Michele Forbes hosted the brilliant Christine Dwyer Hickey before an enthralled audience. Massive thanks to Michèle & Kildare Arts Service Writer-in-Residence Francesca Bratton for such an amazing series! 🙏🌟👏

A gorgeous cover of MediaShakespeare's co-edited book on Shakespeare and Adaptation! 🤩👏 The Arden Shakespeare Dr. Diana Henderson

A reminder that Maynooth University & Arts & Minds Festival Writer-in-Residence Donal O'Kelly host the brilliant Rafeef Ziadah w/ Sorcha Fox next Mon. 29 April 4pm. While Rafeef's Abbey Theatre event is sold out, this event is free & open to the public. Please spread the word! 🙏🌟

Tomorrow 2pm!⬇️

Congratulations to brilliant MU PhD student Fiona Gault on her publication of Fiac’s unpublished poems, in centenary year: Tear the Dead Day Back Alive MU Research, Maynooth University Graduate Studies, MU English Dept, IrishResearchCouncil

TONIGHT: Paul Lynch & Belinda McKeon at the NLI

Looking forward to the first of our 'Celebrating Ireland's Booker Winners' series at the National Library of Ireland

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The final event in our Spring Writers-in-Residence series takes place this Thurs. 2pm, when Michele Forbes is in conversation with Christine Dwyer Hickey: free and open to the public! The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Maynooth University Faculty of Arts and Humanities, MU Ahmed Hadi Ibrahim MUCreativeWriting 🌟

For #modwrite I'm drafting an article that reads Elizabeth Bowen’s The Hotel & The Last September as reimaging the 19C celibate plot-an alternative to the marriage plot identified by Benjamin Kahan

The work is part of my IrishResearchCouncil project MU English Dept #LoveIrishResearch

What language can teach us about identity and belonging. The way language changes shows us the very idea of separating things into 'foreign' or not does not make sense, writes Edmund Chapman MU English Dept Maynooth University IrishResearchCouncil rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Literature & Ireland's Trees project is aiming to produce an archive about the tree in Irish writing & culture. -Dr Stephen O'Neill, MU English Dept #EarthDay2024

What is your favourite literary tree – in Gaelic or English, in any genre/literary period?

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Some colleagues from MU English Dept among those participating this afternoon in a walk-out and read-in marking Palestinian prisoners' day Maynooth University Maynooth University Library.

So looking forward to seeing this film starring MU English Dept alum Barry Ward.

A magnificent McGahern novel brought to the screen by Pat Collins, who made the excellent documentary on the author 20 (!) years ago.

I was one of the presenters at the Oireachtas yesterday, outlining my experience of living with Parkinson's condition. Thanks to Noel Grealish for the opportunity. Simon Harris TD give us th funding please
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I'm thrilled to be lecturing at the Flensburg Irish Studies & Cultural Theory Summer School alongside a great lineup

My talk 'The Celibate Plot in Elizabeth Bowen’s The Hotel & The Last September' shares findings from my IrishResearchCouncil project MU English Dept
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On Thursday, two of our fantastic colleagues will be talking about their poetry: this event is free and open to the public, and it will be brilliant! 🌟MUCreativeWriting Catherine Gander😷 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 BRAN Poetry Faculty of Arts and Humanities, MU Maynooth University

This week we’re highlighting a selection of books from our collection related to Palestine, on display now in the Maynooth University Library foyer!

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This was an absolutely brilliant event: amazing to be in the presence of such a writer and get to listen to a conversation with the also brilliant Francesca Bratton MU English Dept! What a day! 🌟

Thank you to Small Trans Library Dublin for a brilliant, thought-provoking workshop at MU English Dept this morning! And to Francesca Bratton and Shola von Reinhold for an afternoon of gorgeous conversation (I forgot to take any photos so here's my pile of books instead)

Coming soon from our brilliant colleague MediaShakespeare! 💃 #KylieMinogue