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The unconsidered human impulse is to wrap grief and pain in pious formulas, in slack received wisdom, in platitudes and worn-out phrases. Pain always threatens to become unbearable, and indeed it often is unbearable to anyone locked in the prison of the self. We have songs and stories, poems, dance, painting and theatre to lift […]
This is Kieran Beville’s homecoming book of poems with memories of a Limerick childhood, paeans to his mother and father, the young poet’s developing years before branching out into the world where we meet his own family, the pain of separation, his religious and mystical self and the scars of life’s hard lessons prospecting for […]
In this collection, Kieran Beville’s exuberance and energy are refreshing and infectious. The range of emotions and occasions are many in its celebration of love and its grieving for loss of love and attendant loneliness. The tirade against Trump’s America and American colonialism, reminiscent of a poem by Allen Ginsberg in the way it addresses […]
Limerick’s Revival Press returned to The White House Pub today for its first book launch since the lockdown. Hugh McFadden’s ‘Further On Up the Road’ was launch by guest speaker and local poet Kieran Beville. Dominic Taylor of Revival Press said that it was a great occasion to return to the spiritual home of poetry in Limerick and that he looked forward to many more poetry events at The White House.
Write Now: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Writer by Kieran Beville from the Limerick Writers’ Centre is a helpful book. As it states on the cover it is practical and covers a lot of ground. It begins with self-analysis – with a view to discovering if you have the personal qualities needed to fulfil […]
Limerick’s Revival Press returned to The White House Pub today for its first book launch since the lockdown. Hugh McFadden’s ‘Further On Up the Road’ was launch by guest speaker and local poet Kieran Beville. Dominic Taylor of Revival Press said that it was a great occasion to return to the spiritual home of poetry […]
Now at Quay Books, Limerick, only €12.00. Buy online here: https://www.quaybooksstore.com/…/ar…… An epic book-length poem, Arias of Consolation, about Limerick, written in the manner of Virgil’s
This is the story of how a small Theatre transformed the cultural life of an Irish city. Theatres possess a special atmosphere that actors and performers recognised instantly. At rehersals, they clued into the spirits of the Hall, picking up on vibes and whispers of the past. Theatre deals with imagination; calling for what S.T. […]
REVIVAL PRESS is pleased to announce the launch of Further On Up the Road by poet and literary critic Hugh McFadden Sunday 26th Sept 3.00pm – The White House Bar, O’Connell St., Limerick (The launch will be socially distanced with guests seated in tables of four) Special guest speaker: Kieran Beville Hugh McFadden is a […]
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