Phonica: Three
The third edition of Phonica takes place this Wednesday 15 June, with Michelle Hall, Keith Lindsay, Aodán McCardle, Michael Naghten Shanks, Dylan Tighe and Suzanne Walsh.
Writer out of the ordinary
Joanna Walsh (gorse nos. 1, 3 and 6) is the Irish Times Book Club pick for the month with Vertigo, published in Ireland by Tramp Press. gorse editor Susan Tomaselli wrote on Joanna’s book here.
The doors of Hell’s darker chamber
Rob Doyle’s This Is the Ritual is currently the Irish Times Book Club book of the month. Susan Tomaselli contributed a short essay on Rob’s work, taking in George Bataille, Laurence Sterne, Gaspar Noé, and Jake and Dinos Chapman, paying particular attention to ‘Outposts,’ Rob’s misery memoir in 63 apocalyptic fragments that we published in gorse no. 2.
gorse at ILF Dublin
We’re pleased to be taking part in this year’s International Literature Festival Dublin.
Poems Upstairs: gorse showcase
Presented by Poetry Ireland in partnership with gorse: Poems Upstairs: a gorse showcase, featuring Colin Herd, Robert Herbert McClean and Doireann Ní Ghríofa, three writers whose work has appeared in or is forthcoming in gorse, introduced by gorse‘s poetry editor Christodoulos Makris.