Dublin Can be Heaven

dublin | arts and media | event notice Friday May 23, 2008 14:29 by Sarah Lundberg - Seven Towers Agency sarah at seventowers dot ie 0872283351

Chapters and Verse Themed Reading

With Senator David Norris, Ross Hattaway, Noel Ó Briain, Oran Ryan; 6.30pm Thursday 12th June 2008
Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1

Chapters and Verse Themed Reading
DUBLIN CAN BE HEAVEN

6.30pm Thursday 12th June 2008
Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1

Senator David Norris is a humanitarian, civil rights activist, statesman, writer, Joycean, Chair of the James Joyce Cultural Centre, Dublin and North Great Georges Street Preservation Society, Nominee for the European Human Right Prize, among many other things. He will perform from his work Do You Hear What I'm Seeing? a show he created based on the life and works of James Joyce.

Ross Hattaway was born in Wellington New Zealand, but has lived in Ireland since 1990. He has had many varied jobs and currently works as a civil servant. His first collection of poetry, The Gentle Art of Rotting was published by Seven Towers in 2006.

Noel Ó Briain was born in Tralee in Kerry, grew up in Dublin and now resides in Camolin, Co Wexford. He has worked as an actor, director, producer and designer and was head of drama in RTE for a period up to 1988. His first collection of poetry Scattering Day, 21 Sonnets and Other Poems was published by Seven Towers in 2007.

Oran Ryan is a Dublin born and bred poet, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. He has been writing full time for then years. During that time his poems, short stories and literary criticism have been published in many journals worldwide, including Poetry Ireland Review, Iota, Fire and Scrawl. In 2006 his novels The Death of Finn and Ten Short Novels by Arthur Kruger were published by Seven Towers, to critical acclaim: