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Fired! reading in Ó Bhéal

18 Jan 2018
Image by artist Bernadette Dignam

School of English PhD candidate Kathy D’Arcy is hosting a Fired! reading in Ó Bhéal on Monday Jan 22nd with poets Chris Murray (founder of the Poethead blog), Raina Leon, Nicola Moffat. Fired! aims to fight gender imbalance in Irish poetry and involves readings, discussion and a pledge to withdraw from literary events where good faith attempts at gender balance have not been made (awomanpoetspledge.com)

http://www.obheal.ie/blog/guest-poets/#22ndJanuary

 Recent coverage of Fired! in The Guardian included a reference to the forthcoming Cambridge History of Irish Women’s Literature, co-edited by Dr Clíona Ó Gallchoir, College Lecturer in the School of English.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/12/a-tipping-point-women-writers-pledge-to-boycott-gender-biased-books-after-very-male-anthology

English Department

Roinn an Bhéarla

O'Rahilly Building, University College Cork, Cork. Ireland

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