Author: Geraldine Mitchell
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Paul Durcan Birthday Event
You can watch the full evening’s event combining traditional music with a choice of Paul Durcan’s poems, selected and read by Michael O’Loughlin, Dermot Bolger, Sheila McHugh and myself. Paul Durcan – 80 at 80 | Youtube
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Words Matter: Sing the Truth – an essay
Delighted to have been invited by Ciaran O´Rourke to write this essay for his excellent Ragpicker website. In it I look at writer´s block in these times of war and worse, find inspiration in a late aunt´s life and take a look at the existential danger AI holds for human langauge. A call to arms…
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Paul Durcan – a celebration
Heinrich Böll Weekend, Achill Readings and music, Saturday 3rd May @ 8pm
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Exhibition opening
Artist Greg Hastings invited me to open his exhibition at Books@One
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Open Mic
Open mic evening at The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar. Guest reader: Geraldine Mitchell. Hosted by Edel Burke.
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Westival 2024
Westival International Poetry Competition awards night in Grove House, Westport. The judges were: Geraldine Mitchell and Ger Reidy, with guest judge Sean Lysaght. The winning poem was ‘Planting Peonies’ by Lorely Forrester.
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The power of poetry
As part of the Rolling Sun Festival, Ger Reidy and I joined Channel 4’s international editor, Lindsey Hilsum – by Zoom from Beirut – to discuss the role of poetry in times of war.