News & Events

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  Provost’s PhD Project Awards

  The School of English is delighted to announce that two fully-funded four-year doctoral awards will be available from September 2019 on two Provost’s Project PhD awards: Big Dating - Using Medieval Data to Date Medieval Texts (PI: Dr Mark Faulkner) and Shirley Jackson: Beyond Hill House (PI: Dr Bernice Murphy).
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  Times Study Abroad 2018-19 Fall Edition

  Congratulations to Rohan Swamy, former M.Phil. in Creative Writing student, for contributing an article in the latest Times Study Abroad book, where he speaks about his time in the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre.
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  Public Evening Lecture Series 2019: Fear in Literature

  This course will survey the literature of fear from the Anglo-Saxons up to the present, exploring how literary works have set out both to frighten their audiences and to reflect on the very nature of fear itself.
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  Home Thoughts - podcast from the broadcast on Sunday 30th December 2019, at 6pm, on RTÉ lyric fm

  A one-hour programme which is part meditation, part performance, as poet Gerald Dawe and singer Eleanor Shanley explore the idea of ‘home’, with prose, poetry and songs from Belfast, Galway and Dublin. What makes a place a home? Is it family? A location that becomes inextricably linked to significant life experiences? Walking streets that become so familiar that you can retrace them in your mind?
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  IASIL 2019: GAIRM AR PHÁIPÉIR | CALL FOR PAPERS

  2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of IASIL (or IASAIL, the International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature, as it existed in its first incarnation).
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  Maria Edgeworth 250 Conference

  To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Maria Edgeworth, the School of English, the Long Room Hub, and the National Library of Ireland will host a conference exploring her life and work, from 7th-8th December 2018. Any queries should be directed to: killeej@tcd.ie.
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  Deirdre Madden guest speaker at IASIL Japan Conference

  Deirdre Madden was a guest speaker at the IASIL Japan conference at Toyo University, Tokyo, on October 13th and 14th, where she gave a reading from her novels. While in Japan she also gave a class at Waseda University, and gave a reading at Gakushuin University.
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  JF TSM English and Sociology student wins entrance scholarship to College

  Congratulations to Niamh Kelly, a JF TSM English and Sociology student, who recently won an entrance scholarship to College. Niamh‘s scholarship was awarded in recognition of her exceptional achievements in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2017.
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  Undergraduate Awards

  Nora Doorley, a recent graduate in English Studies, is the Ireland Region (Literature) winner in the Undergraduate Awards 2018. Nora won the award for an essay originally written for Professor Grene’s ‘Irish Theatre since 1964’ sophister option.
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  Dr Jarlath Killeen presented with a coin commemorating the writing of the Gothic novel, Dracula

  Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe TD, presented Dr Jarlath Killeen of the School of English with a coin commemorating the writing of the Gothic novel, Dracula (designed by David Rooney), at a ceremony in Glasnevin Cemetery.
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  2018-2019 Arts Council/TCD Writer Fellow

  The School of English is pleased to announce that the 2018-2019 Arts Council/TCD Writer Fellow is the poet and essayist Mary O’Malley. She will be in residence at Trinity during Hilary Term 2019 and will teach students on the MPhil in Creative Writing, as well as offering a workshop to undergraduate students and members of the public.
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  Professor Eve Patten gives the 2018 Seamus Heaney Annual Memorial Lecture

  Eve Patten was invited to the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, on 26th October, to give this year’s Seamus Heaney Memorial Lecture, which took as its title: ‘Heaney, Auden and Anxiety’.
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  Frankenreads at Trinity Readathon

  On 31 October 2018 from 10.15 am until as-long-as-it-takes (approximately 5.30 pm!), staff, students, and friends of the School of English at Trinity College Dublin will come together to read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein aloud from start to finish.
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  Inaugural Briena Staunton Visiting Fellow

  Trinity College Dublin and Pembroke College Cambridge are delighted to announce the inaugural Briena Staunton Visiting Fellow.
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  Carlo Gébler on BBC Radio 3

  Earlier this month Dr Carlo Gébler of the Oscar Wilde Centre presented a documentary for BBC Radio 3 on the role of arts education in prison, drawing on his extensive experience as a teacher of creative writing in the prison system in Northern Ireland.
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  Wilfred Owen Centenary' Conference at University of Oxford

  Gerald Dawe will be contributing to 'Wilfred Owen Centenary' Conference at University of Oxford. 'By the Waterside' was specially written for the conference blog.
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  John Grogan: Marley, memoir, and a great two weeks at Trinity

  Over the past fortnight we have been delighted to have the American writer John Grogan in residence in the School of English and the Oscar Wilde Centre. John has contributed to the MPhils in Creative Writing and Children’s Literature, and an undergraduate module in Creative Writing.
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  School of English 2017/2018 Alumni Newsletter

  The School of English 2017/2018 Alumni Newsletter included excerpts from interviews with Professor Gerald Dawe and Dr Amanda Piesse to celebrate their academic careers and many years of teaching in Trinity. You can read the full interviews with Dr Piesse and Professor Dawe here:
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  Congratulations to Martina Devlin on the launch of her new collection of stories, Truth and Dare

  Martina is currently undertaking a PhD in Literary Practice in the School of English. Please come along and join her at the book launch in the Irish Writers' Centre at 6.30 pm on the 11th of October.
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  School of English PhD student addresses United States Air Force Academy Conference

  Final year PhD candidate William Brady (working with Professor Eve Patten) was recently invited to participate in a conference held at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, where he gave a paper entitled ‘Fraternity of the Dead: Self-Annihilating Airmen in the Literature of 1940s Britain’.
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  Author Caitriona Lally awarded the 2018 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

  Trinity graduate and writer Catriona has been awarded €10,000 as this year's winner for her first novel, Eggshells.
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  Publication of The Letters of Oliver Goldsmith

  Dr David O’Shaughnessy, along with his co-editor Professor Michael Griffin, were invited to call on President Michael D. Higgins to mark the publication of The Letters of Oliver Goldsmith (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
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  Public Evening Lecture Series 2018: English Literature

  This course will provide an introduction to major authors of poetry, drama and prose through close examination of selected texts, chosen from among those prescribed for the Leaving Certificate.
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  Exhibition: The House of Oscar Wilde (as imagined by Arthur Cravan)

  Friday, 31 August – Thursday, 6 September 2018. This project —comprising an installation with objects and a live performance—, is a collective effort coordinated by an anonymous artist that looks to materialise the space Cravan imagined.
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  Creative Non-Fiction Writing Workshop with John Grogan

  The School of English is delighted to offer a free creative non-fiction writing workshop with John Grogan. Submissions are invited for places for Saturday 29th September
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  Swift350 Essay Prize

  Congratulations to Paul Gleeson, recent graduate, who has been awarded the Swift350 Essay Prize. Part of the celebrations to mark the 350th anniversary of Jonathan Swift's birth in 2017, the essay prize recognises an outstanding piece of assessed work dedicated to Swift, submitted in 2017-2018.
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  Everyone Sang: For the Centenary of the Armistic

  The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's presents an evening of poetry and music for the centenary of the Armistice. Poets: Gerald Dawe, Stephen Sexton, and Jean Bleakney. Musicians: folk singer, Susan Davey, and Geoff Hatt.
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  The John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize 2019

  The John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize is for an outstanding debut poetry book collection by a poet, in the English language.
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  Pyle Postgraduate Bursary

  Congratulations to Kabir Chattopadhyay who is the first recipient of the Pyle Postgraduate Bursary.
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  Bernard O’Donoghue at Trinity

  In April the School of English welcomed Bernard O’Donoghue during his term as a visiting research fellow in the Trinity Long Room Hub.
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  Edward Millington Stephens prize winner

  Many congratulations to Orlaith Darling, a Senior Sophister student in the School of English, and winner of this year’s Edward Millington Stephens prize.
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  Energy: An evening of music and poetry

  The Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation, the Music Composition Centre and the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing are hosting an evening of music and poetry on Tuesday 10 April.
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  Many voices fill Regent House for The Long Gaze Back

  On Thursday 5 April the School of English welcomed more than 100 guests for ‘Enduring Fictions: Celebrating The Long Gaze Back’, an event for the Dublin: One City One Book 2018 season.
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  Ambassador to launch new books about Irish poetry and Greece

  The School of English will welcome Her Excellency Katia Georgiou, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece to Ireland at an event on Wednesday 28 March to launch two new books exploring the relationship between Ireland and Greece through poetry.
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  Series of guests posts authored by students of Dr Julie Bates, Assistant Professor in Irish Writing

  We have now reached the sixth and final in our series of guest blog posts.
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  Trinity Public Creative Writing Workshop with Selina Guinness

  The School of English at Trinity College Dublin is offering a free creative writing workshop with its current Arts Council of Ireland Writer Fellow, Selina Guinness. Submissions are invited for workshop places on Saturday the 12th and 19th May from 10am to 1pm.
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  Gerald Dawe joins celebration of Francis Ledwidge at Linen Hall Library, Belfast

  EVENT World Book Day: A Celebration of Francis Ledwidge - LINEN HALL LIBRARY BELFAST Rescheduled to Wednesday 21st March 208 at 2pm - £5. Join us for a celebration of the work and legacy of Irish War Poet and soldier Francis Ledwidge, with poets Gerald Dawe and Wilson Burgess.
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  Who reads poetry? asks Ireland’s Professor of Poetry Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

  In the annual Ireland Chair of Poetry lecture, delivered at Trinity on 14 March, Professor Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin explored the relationship between poets and their readers.
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  Great news… Trinity Classics and English are now both ranked 28th in QS @universityrankings subject rankings #QSWUR

  Trinity College Dublin has reinforced its reputation as Ireland’s leading university with a strong performance in the newly-published QS Subject Rankings 2018.
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  Series of guests posts authored by students of Dr Julie Bates, Assistant Professor in Irish Writing

  We are delighted that the Manuscripts Library in Trinity was so impressed by our students' reflections on the experience of engaging with Beckett's papers and drafts that their personal essays are being published on the library's blog!
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  A reading by Selina Guinness

  The School of English presents a reading by Selina Guinness, to celebrate her residency as Irish Writer Fellow in the Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing. The reading will take place on Thursday 22 March in the Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, and it will be followed by a reception, to which all are most welcome.
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  Pollard Collection of children’s books now fully available for online searching!

  The Department of Early Printed Books and Special Collections (EPB) is delighted to announce that cataloguing of the Pollard Collection of children’s books has been completed.
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  Ireland Chair of Poetry lecture, 14 March

  Professor Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin will deliver her annual lecture as Ireland Chair of Poetry at Trinity on 14 March 2018. Professor Ní Chuilleanáin, a Fellow of the College and former member of the School of English, was appointed to the Chair in 2016, and is currently poet-in-residence at Trinity.
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  Trinity- Royal Holloway Wilde/Joyce Seminar

  On 10th February the Oscar Wilde Centre was pleased to host twelve students from Royal Holloway, University of London, together with visiting Professors Anne Varty and Finn Fordham, for a special research seminar on connections between Wilde and Joyce. They were joined by School of English Joyce expert Professor Sam Slote.
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  Literary Arts in Hilary Term

  The School of English is delighted to announce a varied programme of literary events this term, reflecting the diversity of literary activities among colleagues and students.
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  Conference - Cultural and literary challenges of cosmopolitanism

  Literature that looks across national borders and the tensions between an international outlook and patriotism were among topics explored at a conference focusing on the cultural, literary and educational challenges of cosmopolitanism in Trinity College Dublin in on Thursday, February 1, 2018. The event was organised by the School of English and the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, in collaboration with the College of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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  Home Thoughts - podcast from the broadcast on Sunday 28th January 2018, at 6pm, on RTÉ lyric fm

  A one-hour programme which is part meditation, part performance, as poet Gerald Dawe and singer Eleanor Shanley explore the idea of ‘home’, with prose, poetry and songs from Belfast, Galway and Dublin. What makes a place a home? Is it family? A location that becomes inextricably linked to significant life experiences? Walking streets that become so familiar that you can retrace them in your mind?
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  Trinity Public Evening Lecture Series: Cities in Literature

  In this series of lectures, members of the School of English will give talks on the varied roles major cities including Dublin, London, Los Angeles, Paris, and New York, have played in literary works of different eras and genres.
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  Anne Enright to read at Trinity

  On 18 January the School of English will welcome Anne Enright to give a public reading from her work.
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  Students visit Marsh's Library

  The students from Ema Vyroubalová's sophister option Early Modern Women Writers visited Marsh's Library in December.
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  MPhil student presents new Joyce adaptation

  John Dinneen, who is currently following the MPhil in Irish Writing in the Oscar Wilde Centre, has written a new stage adaptation of James Joyce’s short story ‘A Painful Case’, from Dubliners.
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  Songs and Words for a Home for All

  Friends of the School of English are invited to support 2017's Songs and Words for a Home for All pop-up festival on Tuesday, December 12th.
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  Public reading by Danielle McLaughlin

  Next month Danielle McLaughlin, Visiting Writer Fellow in the Oscar Wilde Centre, will give a public reading at an event hosted by the School of English to celebrate her residency this term.
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  ‘In fifty years or so’

  On the fiftieth anniversary of Patrick Kavanagh's death, 30th November 2017, a celebration of his work will take place in the Swift Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, at 7 p.m.
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  School of English celebrates Stewart Parker

  On 23 November the School will host a special event to celebrate the work of the Belfast writer Stewart Parker.
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  'Gothic Nature: New Directions in Ecohorror and the Ecogothic’ Conference

  The conference will take place in the Long Room Hub on November 17 and 18, 2017.
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  Dr Philip Coleman awarded an Elmer L. Andersen Research Scholarship

  Dr Coleman has been awarded an Elmer L. Andersen Research Scholarship by the University of Minnesota in support of his work on the poet John Berryman. Dr Coleman will visit the University of Minnesota in 2018 to work with Berryman's manuscripts as part of his research on the poet's literary correspondence, which he is currently editing with Calista McRae for Harvard University Press.
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  Gerald Dawe at the Singapore Writers Festival

  Poet and emeritus professor Gerald Dawe will be reading and contributing to panel discussions at the Singapore Writers Festival this month. This international, multi-lingual literary festival has been running since 1986, and it brings together writers, academics and thinkers from all over the world.
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  Richard Murphy at 90

  In the Irish Times, Gerald Dawe pays tribute to the poet Richard Murphy, following celebrations to mark his ninetieth birthday and his major contribution to modern Irish poetry. Read the full article here:
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  Literary Arts in Michaelmas Term

  The School of English is delighted to announce a varied programme of literary events this term, reflecting the diversity of literary activities among colleagues and students.
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  Prof Calista McRae (New Jersey Institute of Technology) to visit College in November

  She will be giving a talk "Lyric (and Letters) as Comedy" on her current research in the Neill Theatre of the Trinity Long Room Hub on Thursday, 9th of November 2017 at 3pm.
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  A Bram Stoker Halloween with David J. Skal on Tuesday, 31st October, 7pm, the Thomas Davis Theatre (room 2043, Arts Building)

  Renowned horror scholar and film historian David J. Skal, author of the acclaimed new Bram Stoker biography Something in the Blood, returns to Trinity College.
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  Poet and Rooney Prize winner Gerard Fanning dies - The Irish Times

  The poet and civil servant wrote ‘some of the finest poems of his generation’.
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  From Decadence to Despair, Rupert Everett on Wilde

  'From Decadence to Despair' Actor Rupert Everett on Oscar Wilde exhibition in Library of Trinity, Youtube video.
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  From Decadence to Despair, David Norris on Wilde

  'From Decadence to Despair' Senator David Norris on Oscar Wilde exhibition in Library of Trinity, Youtube video.
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  Launch of first major Irish exhibition on Oscar Wilde

  'From Decadence to Despair' exhibition maps out playwright's meteoric rise to fame and dramatic fall from grace.
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  Launch of Children's Literature Collections: Approaches to Research

  Keith O'Sullivan (DCU) and Pádraic Whyte (TCD) launched their edited volume, Children's Literature Collections: Approaches to Research in DCU on September 28.
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  Two fellows emeriti participated in a celebration of Irish poetry in Perugia September 27-29.

  Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin spoke as a translator, and Ian Campbell Ross presented the poetry of Jonathan Swift on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of Swift's birth.
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  A Portobello Evening with Harry Clifton

  An evening of poetry and history with a focus on Dublin's Portobello neighbourhood, Wednesday 4th October, 7pm
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  An Irish literary summer school ... in Singapore - The Irish Times

  Deirdre Madden recently participated in the IASIL International conference 'Ireland's Writers in the 21st Century' which took place in Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
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  Samuel Beckett’s miscellaneous rubbish by Dr. Julie Bates

  Looking at the raw materials Beckett used to fashion his imaginary worlds helps to map his creative ambition and evolving practice
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  Richard Murphy Poetry Evening

  Poetry Ireland, in association with Cork University Press, Clutag Press and Books Upstairs, present a celebration of Richard Murphy's poetry, to mark his 90th birthday. With guest contributors Gerald Dawe and John Banville, 21st September 2017.
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  Writer's Fellowship

  Applications are invited for The Trinity College Writer’s Fellowship, a Joint Initiative of Trinity’s School Of English and the Arts Council of Ireland.
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  Francis Ledwidge Poetry and the First World War 1917-2017 Centenary Seminar

  In collaboration with Professor Gerald Dawe, TCD, a one-day centenary seminar will take place at Slane Castle, County Meath, 14th October 2017.
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  Congratulations to Nora Moroney, Irish Research Council postgraduate supervised by Professor Eve Patten

  Nora has been awarded the 2017 Gale Dissertation Research Fellowship in Nineteenth-Century Media.
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  Top poets including Prof Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Gerald Dawe gather to discuss international appointment

  Leading poets from across the island of Ireland were called together to discuss the appointment of an International Visiting Poetry Fellow, as part of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s and Queen’s University Belfast’s joint ten-year Seamus Heaney Legacy project.
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  When the War is Over – to be broadcast on Friday 23 June 2017 at 7 pm on RTÉ lyric fm

  Gerald Dawe to contribute to the programme which tells the story of the life and poetry of Francis Ledwidge, from his childhood in Slane, County Meath, to his death in Flanders.
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  Gerald Dawe reads his poem 'In Memory of James Joyce'

  Gerald Dawe reads his poem in honour of James Joyce at the Flat Lake Festival 2008, podcast here.
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  Former Graduate, James Sumner releases new book

  Congratulations to James Sumner, a graduate of the TCD M.Phil. in Creative Writing Course 2005 for his new book The Excursionist. The Excursionist was chosen by the Sunday Mail's Great Outdoor Summer Reads. It’s both a cracking holiday read and stocking filler.
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  Former Graduate, Martin Malone launches new short story collection.

  Congratulations to Martin Malone, a graduate of the TCD M.Phil. in Creative Writing Course 2009. Martin invites you to the launch at the Carlow Library, on the 21st June, at 7pm.
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  Bloomsday lecture by Dr. Julie Bates

  Join Dr. Julie Bates for a talk on museums and literature on Saturday, 17th June 2017 at 2pm in the National Museum of Decorative Arts and History
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  Former Graduate, Martin Malone launches new short story collection.

  Congratulations to Martin Malone, a graduate of the TCD M.Phil. in Creative Writing Course 2009. Doire Press proudly announces the publication of 'THIS CRUEL STATION' the forthcoming short story collection by Martin Malone.
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  School of English visit to Fudan University, China

  Dr. Philip Coleman visited Fudan University in Shanghai, China, on behalf of the School of English from the 13th to the 20th of May 2017.
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  Dr. Deirdre Madden recently visited Lisbon for the annual Irish Embassy lecture

  Dr. Madden gave a reading at the University of Lisbon and she also gave a creative writing workshop and is seen here with the students.
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  Gerald Dawe read his poem 'Plinth' during the Remapping Trinity symposium

  Gerald Dawe read his poem 'Plinth' during the Remapping Trinity symposium organised by Julie Bates and Rosie Lavan, School of English, TCD, podcast here.
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  Former Graduate, Rachael Hegarty launches new book 'Flight Paths Over Finglas'

  Congratulations to Rachael Hegarty, a graduate of the TCD M.Phil in Creative Writing Course 2000. Rachael invites you to the launch at the Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin, on the 26th May, at 7pm.
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  National Museum Student launch of the book, motes, at 2pm on 13 May in Collins Barracks.

  This past term, a group of students from the School of English wrote a book in response to the collections of the National Museum of Ireland and the objects that recur in modern and contemporary Irish writing. Join us to celebrate the launch of this book, motes, at 2pm on 13 May in Collins Barracks. Copies of the illustrated book will be available and all are warmly welcome.
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  Former Graduate, Caroline Preston launches new book 'This Tumult'on Wednesday, 10th May

  Congratulations to Caroline Preston, a graduate of the TCD M.Phil in Creative Writing Course 2013. Caroline invites you to the launch at the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson St, Dublin 2, on Wednesday 10th May, at 6.30pm.
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  Reading with Colette Bryce and Don Paterson, and the launch of Colette Bryce’s Selected Poems

  The talk and book launch is at 8pm on Thursday 27 April in the Poetry Ireland, 11 Parnell Square East, Dublin 1. All are warmly welcome to this free event, booking advised.
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  Remapping Trinity: A literary treasure map of Trinity College Dublin • The Irish Times

  Remapping Trinity: A literary atlas offers a chance to explore the university.
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  Celebrating National Poetry Month: The Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets Written by: Gerald Dawe

  Celebrate National Poetry Month with Cambridge University Press! In this blog post editor and poet Gerry Dawe discusses his forthcoming book The Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets.
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  Announcement of new Fellow and Scholars - School of English

  The School is delighted at the news of Bernice Murphy becoming one of ten new fellows in College, and at three of our SF students, Janice Lynne Deitner (English Studies) Anna Mulligan (English Studies) and Rory O Sullivan (TSM) achieving Scholarship.
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  Join us to celebrate the launch of the book, motes, at 6pm on 19 April in the Trinity Long Room Hub. All are warmly welcome.

  This past term, a Sophister group in the School of English has written a book in response to the collections of the National Museum of Ireland and the objects that recur in modern and contemporary Irish writing.
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  Remapping Trinity: A Literary Atlas of the University

  A Literary Atlas of the University will explore ideas of place and space through exploring Trinity College itself, and the buildings, objects, and stories which have shaped its past and present identities. Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 April 2017 in Trinity Long Room Hub, TCD
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  Seamus Deane the poet: coming to terms with the past - The Irish Times • Gerald Dawe

  Gerald Dawe reflects upon the uncollected and undercelebrated poetry of a Derry writer best known for his memoir Reading in the Dark.
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  M.Phil. in Creative Writing Field Trip

  Creative Writing students from the Oscar Wilde Centre, together with Deirdre Madden, on a recent field trip in the Merrion Square area.
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  Former Graduate, Lisa Harding launches new book 'Harvesting'on Wednesday, April 12th

  Congratulations to Lisa Harding, a graduate of the TCD M.Phil in Creative Writing Course 2013. ‘Harvesting is shocking – and shockingly good. It is thought-provoking, anger-provoking, guilt-provoking, and – most importantly – it is a brilliantly written novel.’ – Roddy Doyle
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  School of English Newsletter

  The first annual School of English Alumni Newsletter including a welcome from the Head of School, interviews, graduate profiles, upcoming events and more.
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  "William Trevor: A Huge Alas" - Podcast of the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre Public Lecture

  “William Trevor, a Huge Alas” Lecture by Dr Ian Samson, Director of the Oscar Wilde Centre podcast here.
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  Former Graduate, Kurt McGee accepts fully-funded PhD. opportunity at the University of Notre Dame

  Congratulations to Kurt McGee, a graduate of the TCD M.Phil in Irish Writing Course 2016 who was awarded a fully funded PhD. in the prestigious University of Notre Dame.
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  BLAST class visits the National Gallery of Ireland

  Students from Dr Philip Coleman's BLAST Sophister Option visited the National Gallery of Ireland recently where they were given a guided tour of relevant materials by Dr Kathryn Milligan.
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  Public Poetry Masterclass by Colette Bryce

  Submissions are invited for places for the Public Poetry Masterclass on Saturday 3rd June, 10am-3pm.
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  Public Poetry Reading by Colette Bryce

  Colette Bryce, School of English Writer Fellow will be giving a public reading from her latest poetry collection The Whole and Rain-domed Universe at Trinity College Dublin, 29th March 2017, 7pm.
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  Words Ireland Writers Series at TCD

  Words Ireland Writers Series is hosting a nationwide meeting for creative writers at TCD on Thursday 2nd March 2017, at 6:30pm
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  "William Trevor: A Huge Alas" - Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre Public Lecture

  The Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing and the School of English, Trinity College Dublin present a Public Lecture by Dr Ian Sansom on Thursday 23rd March 2017, at 6pm.
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  Three M.Phil. in Creative Writing Graduates announced as Novel Fair 2017 Finalists

  Congratulations to Georgina Eddison, Dominique Cleary and Fintan O'Higgins, three of the twelve finalists in this year's Novel Fair.
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  Lowell and Ireland Symposium

  A Centenary Symposium. Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin 3–5 March 2017
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  Literary Arts Programme - Hilary Term 2017

  The Literary Arts Officer, Dr Philip Coleman, is happy to announce an exciting programme of Literary Arts events organised by the School of English for Hilary Term 2017. Further events may be added in due course.
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  An Irish outsider in Brexitland

  Poet Gerald Dawe, visiting Scholar at Pembroke College, Cambridge, looks at Brexit debate with George Orwell in mind.
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  Former graduate, Elaine Cosgrove's work selected for 'The Best New British and Irish Poets 2017' Anthology

  Congratulations to Elaine Cosgrove, a graduate of the TCD M.Phil. in Creative Writing Course 2013 whose work was selected for 'The Best New British and Irish Poets 2017' Anthology published by Eyewear in the U.K.
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  Dr. Julie Bates - Receives Irish Research Council New Foundations Award

  Dr. Julie Bates has been awarded an Irish Research Council New Foundations fellowship for a research trip to New York in the reading week of Hilary term 2017.
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  Bob Dylan: The Reluctant Nobel

  Gerald Dawe, Vona Groarke, Declan Kiberd, John McAuliffe and Paul Muldoon in conversation with Dave Fanning discuss Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature. RTE Radio 1
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  Eavan Boland: Inside History - read an extract

  RTE is delighted to present an extract from Eavan Boland: Inside History, a new volume of essays and poems in response to the work of the internationally-renowned Irish poet, published by Arlen House.
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  Another high tree felled: Irish poets salute John Montague - Irish Times

  Gerald Dawe's and Eiléan Ní Chuileanáin's contribution to the series of tributes to the late poet John Montague, edited by Martin Doyle, Assistant Literary Editor, The Irish Times.
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  Former graduate, Sara Baume's 'irresistible' debut novel wins Geoffrey Faber Memorial prize

  Congratulations to Sara Baume, a graduate of the TCD M.Phil. in Creative Writing Course 2010, on winning the award for her first novel.
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  Yale-TCD Alumni Bursary - Research in Children's Literature, 2017/18

  The School of English is now accepting applications for the Yale-TCD Alumni Bursary for Research in Children's Literature, 2017. Approximately €3,500 will be made available to facilitate travel to work on the Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature at Yale University in 2017/18.
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  Public Evening Lecture Series: Animals in Literature

  The School of English is delighted to present the Evening Lecture Series: Animals in Literature. In this series members of the School of English will deliver a programme of talks discussing some of the most influential works of literature which feature animals.
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  Poetry reading by Sean Borodale - Visiting Writer Fellow in the Oscar Wilde Centre

  The School of English was pleased to present a poetry reading by Sean Borodale, Visiting Writer Fellow in the Oscar Wilde Centre, on Wednesday, 7 December at 7pm in the Uí Chadhain Theatre in the Arts Building.
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  Archive Fever or, How Not to Write a Novel: An Illustrated Guide by Trinity Long Room Hub

  The second event in The Constellations Series this Thursday, 1 December at 18:30, in the Trinity Long Room Hub. Ian Sansom, Director of the Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing, will open by reading some of his current work.
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  Henri Cole - On a rare visit to Ireland

  The School of English, together with Poetry Ireland, hosted a reading by American poet Henri Cole on Wednesday, 30th November.
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  Wild Laughter at Smock Alley theatre

  Rosie Lavan, lecturer in the School of English at TCD, and Eleanor Lybeck, lecturer in English at the University of Oxford, presented a special performance event at Smock Alley theatre on 18 November. Wild Laughter, a unique one-woman show about the lives of a clown.
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  Beyond the Centre: Writers in their own Words - Essay by Ian Sansom

  To mark the 25th anniversary of the Irish Writers Centre, Beyond the Centre: Writers in their own Words is a landmark anthology of essays by some of Ireland’s foremost contemporary writers including Ian Sansom
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  Dear Geoffrey Chaucer..., Letters to Writers, The Essay - BBC Radio 3 • Ian Sansom

  Ian Sansom writes an imaginary letter to Chaucer and interrogates him about his art.
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  LRB • Ian Sansom • Everything You Know: Hoods

  The 21st-century version of Aristotle’s Poetics – and for that matter of Cicero’s On the Orator, Robert McKee’s Story, Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces, the entire works of Syd Field, and just about every other book ever written that pretends to reveal the ways . . .
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  Congratulations to Catherine Howard - Distress Signals book short-listed

  Congratulations to Catherine Howard, JS English Studies. Catherine’s Distress Signals has been short-listed in the Crime Fiction category of the Irish Book Awards.
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  History Through the Lens of Literature - Featuring poet Gerald Dawe

  An evening of readings organised by the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork Cloyne and Ross marking The Centenary of 1916 and featuring poet Gerald Dawe.
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  The first Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre - Launched

  Co-edited by Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing Chris Morash and Emeritus Professor of English Nicholas Grene
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  House of fiction, a new poem by Gerald Dawe - irishtimes.com

  ‘…delayed daylight shining on the Muglins’ (Aidan Higgins 1927-2015) Along Haigh Terrace a drizzle of wind and rain rattles the loose windows upstairs.
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  Banging on – The times Literary supplement.

  Imagining a world in which a reviewer could honestly appraise Alan Bennett - Ian Sansom.
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  First short story published by Dr. Alice Jorgensen

  Congratulations to Dr. Alice Jorgensen on the publication of her first short story, ‘Like a Brother’, in the Honest Ulsterman.
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  'Writing Art in Ireland' - Online exhibition launched

  The online version of the Long Room exhibition 'Writing Art in Ireland', curated by Dr Tom Walker, has been launched.
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  Reflections on the Bouhéreau Diary Project

  Dr Amy Prendergast shares her experiences of working on the project to publish the intriguing diary (1689-1719) of the first Keeper of Marsh’s Library.
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  Samuel Beckett’s letters reveal a fiercely private workoholic - The Spectator.

  The fourth and final volume of Beckett’s letter – 1966-1989 - Ian Sansom.
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  ‘Writing Art in Ireland’ — A new exhibition opens in the Long Room

  A new exhibition has opened in the Old Library, Trinity College Dublin. ‘Writing Art in Ireland, c.1890–1930’ prepared by Dr Tom Walker, with assistance from Jack Quin.
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  My Favourite Lines from Shakespeare

  A presentation of quotations from Shakespeare's works chosen by members of the School of English
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  Conclave by Robert Harris review – a triumphant Vatican showdown - The Guardian.

  The pope is dead and cardinals are gathering to elect his successor in this portrait of power, corruption and deceit
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  BALANCING ACTS: Gerald Dawe in conversation with Eleanor Doorley - The Lonely Crowd.

  ED: To begin with, I would like to expand on some themes that popped up in your 1992 essay ‘Rights of Passage’ (The World as Province: Selected Prose, 2009) regarding the act of balancing teaching …
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  Ian Sansom and the Little People - BBC Radio 4.

  Leprechauns, sprites, imps and elves - Ian Sansom is searching for the diminutive other.
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  A dazzling collection of original essays by 15 bestselling international authors.

  Specially commissioned, edited and introduced by the writer and critic Henry Hitchings, these fearless, ardent, inquiring essays by award-winning international writers celebrate one of our most essential institutions: the bookshop.
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  PhD student, Kate Smyth has been awarded a James M Flaherty Scholarship from the Ireland Canada University Foundation to visit Canada in 2017.

  Kate is currently working on a PhD with Dr Philip Coleman on Canadian short fiction.
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  Congratulations to Dr Amanda Piesse who received the 2016 Children’s Books Ireland Award for an outstanding contribution to children’s books in Ireland.

  Dr Piesse was presented with the award at the 26th annual Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) conference held in Dublin at the weekend.
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  W.B. Yeats: Art Writing and Righting Art Symposium - Saturday, 8 October 2016

  This one-day symposium will consider approaches to researching the work of W.B. Yeats and his various associates in relation to visual culture and its textual mediation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
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  Poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa awarded the 2016 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

  Bi-bilingual poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa, has been awarded €10,000 as this year’s winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, intended for emerging Irish writers.
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  The stats are in: over 30,000 users of the National Collection of Children’s Books website!

  Congratulations to the National Collection of Children’s Books (NCCB) team members on the success of their major two-year project, funded by the Irish Research Council.
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  Naoise Dolan named Global Winner in the English category of the Undergraduate Awards

  Congratulations to Naoise Dolan who was named Global Winner in the English category for her Dickens Sophister essay “Too Many for the Jury”: Pip’s Multitudinous Narration.
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  PhD student Rebecca Long awarded Yale-TCD Alumni Bursary for Research in Children’s Literature 2016/17

  Congratulations to Rebecca Long who has been awarded this year’s Yale-TCD Alumni Bursary for Research in Children’s Literature.

  2016 September 5
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  Well-versed Van Morrison to headline Aspects Festival - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

  Music superstar Van Morrison is to headline this year’s Aspects Festival in Bangor.

  2016 August 15
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  Gerald Dawe - Thurs 22 Sept - Aspects Festival - Irish Literature Festival 2015

  Don’t miss the opportunity to hear new and selected work from Gerald Dawe in the atmospheric surroundings of Clandeboye Estate.

  2016 August 15
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  Prof Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Gerald Dawe - Celebrate the work of poet Dorothy Molloy

  Ballina Arts Centre will host a literary event of national importance on Thursday, 4th August to celebrate the work of Ballina-born Faber poet Dorothy Molloy.

  2016 July 27
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  M.Phil in Creative Writing graduate secures IRC scholarship

  We are delighted to announce that Ms Antonia Hart has been awarded a Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship by the Irish Research Council to complete her research into Irish Women in Business, 1850-1922.

  2016 July 11
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  Government of Ireland International Scholarships Awards 2016.

  We are delighted to announce that Ms Dasom Yang, a Master in Philosophy in Creative Writing student, has been awarded a Government of International Education Scholarships Award.

  2016 July 7
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  Prof Gerald Dawe featured on 'Arena' Special, RTE Radio.

  Gerald Dawe with Eimear O'Connor discuss the literary and artistic aftermath of The Battle of the Somme, in which thousands of Irishmen from across Ireland perished in one of the bloodiest days in the history of WW1. 2016 July 1st.

  2016 July 7
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  Public Creative Writing Workshop at TCD

  The School of English at Trinity College Dublin is offering a free creative writing workshop with its current Arts Council of Ireland Writer Fellow, Gavin Corbett.

  2016 June 16
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  Prof Chris Morash - Announced as new Vice-Provost

  Professor Chris Morash has been appointed as Vice-Provost and Chief Academic Officer.

  2016 June 15
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  Putting the “Wild” Back in the Oscar Wilde Centre

  With the appointment of enigmatic novelist Ian Sansom as Director, the centre looks set to tackle new areas of literary criticism and writing.

  2016 June 14
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  Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin - New Ireland Professor of Poetry

  Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin has been awarded the prestigious position of the Ireland Professor of Poetry 2016.

  2016 May 27
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  Jane Clarke - Shortlisted for Ondaatje prize

  Ondaatje prize shortlist spans globe from Ireland to Sri Lanka

  2016 May 18
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  Dr. Ema Vyroubalová - Attended Shakespeare Conference

  On April 22-24 Dr. Ema Vyroubalová with her PhD students Shauna O'Brien and Kaitlyn Culliton attended Shakespeare: The Next 400 Years conference at Kronborg Castle in Helsingør, Denmark (the home of the historical Prince Hamlet).

  2016 May 13
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  Death of a Naturalist - Seamus Heaney in Print, 1966-2016

  Exhibition now open in the Long Room (and free to Trinity students and staff)

  2016 May 6
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  Brendan Kennelly - RTE programme celebrating his 80th birthday

  RTE Poetry programme @PoetryProgRTE celebrating Brendan Kennelly's 80th birthday

  2016 April 30
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  Marginal Irish Modernisms Research Network

  Marginal Irish Modernisms Research Network Public Study Morning: ‘Visualising the Irish City in the Modernist Age’

  2016 May 4
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  M.Phil. in Irish Writing students are to present papers at the “Samuel Beckett and World Literature Conference”

  Our best wishes to the six students from the M.Phil. in Irish Writing who are presenting papers at the “Samuel Beckett and World Literature Conference,”

  2016 April 27
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  Dr. Tom Walker - Awarded ACIS 2016 book prize

  Dr. Tom Walker is awarded the American Conference for Irish Studies 2016 book prize for books published in 2015.

  2016 April 15
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  Keith Payne - Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary recipient

  The School of English wishes to congratulate Keith Payne a former undergraduate who has just been named as the recipient of the Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary recipient.

  2016 March 23
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  Dr Paul Delaney - Discusses his research into Irish writer Seán O’Faoláin

  Prof Paul Delaney discusses his research into Irish writer Seán O’Faoláin  

  2016 March 23
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  Dr Julie Bates - Awarded a Royal Irish Academy Charlemont travel grant

  Dr Julie Bates has been awarded a Royal Irish Academy Charlemont travel grant for a week-long research trip to New York in March 2016.

  2016 March 21
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  Roy Mcfadden Library - Oscar Wilde Centre

  The Roy McFadden Library, Oscar Wilde Centre was opened on Thursday, 28th January 2016 by the Honorable Sir Donnell Deeny

  2016 March 18
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  Yale-TCD Alumni Bursary - Research in Childrens Literature, 2016

  The School of English is now accepting applications for the Yale-TCD Alumni Bursary for Research in Children's Literature, 2016.

  2016 March 14