The North Atlantic Poetry Series

03/12/2019

It's that time of year again. The North Atlantic Poetry Series (now in its fifth year) is pleased to announce this year's readers are visiting Irish poets Aifric Mac Aodha and Mary Noonan, and local poets Anna Swanson and Agnes Walsh. The reading will take place at The Black Sheep, 164 Water Street, on Monday April 1 at 7 p.m. (We'll make an event listing next week.) Hope you can make it!

03/19/2018

03/08/2018

This year's reading will take place at The Ship on Tuesday the 27th of March at 8 p.m. with visiting Irish poets Colette Bryce (http://colettebryce.com/) and Peter Sirr (http://petersirr.com/). More details to come!

Colette Bryce is a poet from Derry, Northern Ireland.

03/17/2017

03/23/2016

A great night last night. Thanks to Mark Callanan, Mary Dalton, Leontia Flynn, and Maurice Riordan for a fantastic set of readings,

03/17/2016

Here's a poem by Mark Callanan from The Walrus. Callanan will read as a part of The North Atlantic Poetry Series on March 22.

03/15/2016

Maurice Riordan will join Leontia Flynn, Mary Dalton, and Mark Callanan for their reading at The Ship on March 22. Here's a sample of what you might hear...

Maurice Riordan (born 1953) grew up in Lisgoold, County Cork. He was educated at University College Cork and at McMaster University in Canada. He lives in South London.

03/14/2016

Leontia Flynn will be reading with Maurice Riordan, Mary Dalton, and Mark Callanan at The Ship on March 22 (8pm). Listen to Flynn read her poem "Drive":

Leontia Flynn was lauded by Fran Brearton as: "one of the most strikingly original and exciting poetic voices to have emerged from Northern Ireland since [Paul] Muldoon". She was born in County Down in 1974 and has MA in English from Edinburgh University. In 2001 she was awarded an Eric Gregory Awar…

02/16/2016

Esteemed Newfoundland poet Mary Dalton will join Leontia Flynn and Maurice Riordan for the North Atlantic Poetry Series reading on March 22nd. Stay tuned for more...

02/05/2016

Maurice Riordan and Leontia Flynn in St. John's!

The North Atlantic Poetry Series is proud to announce that acclaimed Irish writers Leontia Flynn and Maurice Riordan will read in St. John's on Tuesday, March 22, at The Ship Inn. More details to follow.

02/02/2016

Stay tuned...