‘If teaching creative writing were impossible, 21st-century literature as we know it would not exist.’ John Barber. Who agrees or disagrees with this statement. Could it be possible that some of these schools are churning out homogeneous writing where everything…
Author: James Lawless
“Whereas that little file embedded in a piece of plastic isn’t pretty to look at. You can’t lend it. You can’t sell it. And you can’t bequeath it to your children.’ Waterstones boss James Daunt on the Kindle. Three of…
‘ This collection is very much of our time as the suburban sprawl spreads further into the Irish countryside. Lawless considers the rural and the urban and where the two intersect. Although he divides the poems into ‘rus’ and ‘in…
James Lawless’ new novel Finding Penelope will be launched in Hodges Figgis, 58 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 on Tuesday, October 30 at 6.30pm. ‘A novel that will give deep literary pleasure.’ Carlo Gébler. There will be a wine reception…
I’m reading tomorrow from Rus in Urbe at 9.30 pm together with New York poet Tammy Nuzzo Morgan (with a name like that, you can’t go wrong) and professor Brian Arkins of NUIG, as part of the Gerard Manley Hopkins…
PUBLISHING DAY SEMINAR AT THE IRISH WRITERS’ CENTRE, JULY 7TH This one day seminar started with Ciara Doorley, editorial director of Hachette Ireland emphasising the importance of hook in a story and of getting others to read your work before…
Doghouse Poets Saturday 14 July @ 5pm Poetry Ireland in association with Siamsa Tíre Theatre and Doghouse Books presents Monica Corish, Gréagóir O’Dúill, Michael Farry, Anatoly Kudryavitsky, James Lawless and Barbara Smith. Admission €6/4 Siamsa Tíre Theatre, Town Park, Tralee…
A lovey evening in the Writers’ Centre on 27 June. Diligent Jack Harte launched the Novel Fair for unpublished authors for next year. It was a great success last year with 570 submissions and the twenty chosen are now in…
I’ll be interviewed tomorrow 28-06-12 at 12 noon by Helen O’Dwyer on Dublin South FM 93.9. I have to decide on three pieces of music from my scant collection and read from my new poetry collection Rus in Urbe. It…
My poetry collection, Rus in Urbe got a terrific launch from Catherine Murphy TD on the 22nd May with Noel King of Doghouse acting as MC in the Springfield Hotel Leixlip, Catherine emphasized the importance of poetry in our lives…