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“INNER LIGHT” Concert for Ukraine
A night of Irish and Ukrainian Cultural Solidarity in Vicar Street, Monday 24th April @7:30 p.m. This promises to be a lively, brilliant evening. Anyone who remembers Victoria Amelina’s visit to Dublin, hosted by Irish PEN and supported by Dublin, … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Irish-Ukrainian cultural solidarity, The Arts, Ukraine, Vicar Street
Tagged "Inner Light" Concert for Ukraine, Cathy Davey, Chiamaka Enyi-Amadz, Colm Mac Con iomaire, Fighting Words, Frankham & Love, Glen Hansard, Hazel Hogan, Irish Red Cross, Irish-Ukrainian cultural solidarity, Lia Mills, Mariia Yaremak, Patrick Freyne, Paul Muldoon, Roddy Doyle, Shpyliasti Kobzari, Ukrainian Action, Vicar Street, Victoria Amelina, Vivienne Mort
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Truth in the Dark (Nurcan Baysal)
Nurcan Baysal is a journalist and an award-winning human rights activist based in Diyarbakir, Turkey. She has been arrested and detained repeatedly for her writing about Turkish Kurdistan and for tweets she has posted concerning military assaults on the Kurdish … Continue reading
Life in Direct Provision Centres
Ireland’s system of Direct Provision for asylum seekers was only ever meant to be temporary in the lives of the people who are housed within it but many people find themselves trapped there for years. Twenty years after its inception, … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Speech, Interview
Tagged Direct Provision, Donnah Vuma, Every Child Is Your Child (ECIYC), Fighting Words, Front Line Defenders, Leo Varadkar, Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland (MASI), Now We're Cooking, Red Line Book Festival, Rev. Vicki Lynch, The Irish Times, University of Limerick, University of Sanctuary, Yes We Still Drink Coffee!
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Writers Under Threat: Nurcan Baysal, Daphne Caruana Galizia
Last Wednesday I was at a moving, powerful vigil for murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Many people spoke about Daphne’s life and read from her work. She had been a consistent campaigner against corruption and collusion throughout her … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Speech
Tagged Ahval, Article 19, Daniel Gorman, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Dublin Book Festival, English PEN, Fighting Words, Front Line Defenders, Kurds, NURCAN BAYSAL, Orla Lehane, PEN International, Reporters Without Borders, Syria, Turkey, Turkish Security Forces, Yes We Still Drink Coffee!
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CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: Wednesday March 6th @ Toner’s (Baggot Street) at 7:30 pm
Here’s a small break in tradition: this blog doesn’t usually advertise events in advance (or ever) – but this event is different. The Freedom to Write Campaign group is organising an (almost) International Women’s Day Reading, hosted by Staccato Literary … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Freedom of Speech, Readings
Tagged Banshee Literary Journal, Celia de Fréine, Fighting Words, Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Write Campaign, Frontline Defenders, HADEEL BUQRAIS, International Women’s Day, Irish Pen, Irish Writers Centre (sic), Laura Cassidy, Lauren Foley, Lisa Harding, Maria McManus, NURCAN BAYSAL, PEN International, Staccato Literary Salon, Toner's Pub, Tracey Gallagher, WORD
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‘Modern Ireland has Nothing to Inspire Modern Writers’
The Irish Writers’ Centre hosted a panel discussion (2nd February) on how the current economic climate is affecting modern Irish writing. Chaired by poet Michael O’ Loughlin, the panel consisted of Nadine O’Regan, books and arts editor of theSunday Business Post; Sean … Continue reading
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