19:00-19:45 LIVE READINGS (3) Aifric Mac Aodha, Marek Torčík, Julie Morrissy

Friday 25 October 2024

Julie Morrissy

Julie Morrissy is a poet from Dublin. She was the first Poet-in-Residence at the National Library of Ireland from 2021-22. In her role, she produced a publication of poetry, maps, translation, photography and research notes titled Radical! Women and the Irish Revolution, a podcast series, and a walking tour. Her awards include the National Endowment for the Humanities (US), 'Next Generation' Artist Award from the Arts Council of Ireland, the Newman Fellowship in Creativity, and the MAKE Theatre Award. She is the author of several pamphlets. Her debut poetry collection Where, the Mile End (2019) was published by Book*hug (Canada) and tall-lighthouse (UK). www.juliemorrissy.com.

Aifric Mac Aodha

Aifric Mac Aodha’s first poetry collection, Gabháil Syrinx (The Taking of Syrinx), was published by An Sagart in 2010. She has taught in St Petersburg, New York and Canada and has lectured in old and modern Irish at UCD. She has been awarded several bursaries by The Arts Council and, in recent years, she has read at numerous festivals in Europe, America, Canada and India. Her first bilingual collection, Foreign News, with translations by David Wheatley, was published by The Gallery Press in 2017. She lives in Dublin where she works for the Irish-language publisher An Gúm.

Marek Torčík

Marek Torčík is a poet, writer, and journalist. He comes from Přerov and lives in Prague, where he studied Anglophone Literatures and Cultures at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University. In 2016, his poetry collection Rhizomes was published. He has also published poems and prose in various magazines. For his debut novel You Shall Unfold Memory (Paseka, 2023), he received the Magnesia Litera Award for Prose and the Jiří Orten Award for authors under thirty.