In these short dark days of the Northern Hemisphere, when everyone is supposed to be happy, there are a significant number of people who are depressed by the lack of light, the commercialism, life in general. Posting this video here is a little present for such people and for anyone who has ever been depressed, [...]

A weekend honouring Pearse Hutchinson kicked off last night with a a fine interview with Hutchinson by Vincent Woods on the Arts Show (December 13), RTÉ Radio 1
This evening it continues with Pearse Hutchinson: An 80th Birthday Sympo.sium 14-15 December 2007. in the Robert Emmet Theatre (2037), Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin, starting at [...]

Poet Michael O’Dea has a wonderful Goya video on his blog. Worth checking out. I hadn’t seen some of them before and I’m a big Goya fan.
I hadn’t known Michael had a blog, but he sent me news of a recent publication for Irish Writers Online, ie
a bilingual, Galician/English chapbook, Felos ainda serra, which [...]