7 Towers loves great literature - readings from Alma Brayden, Eamonn Lynskey and Ross Hattaway
Three poets reading from works published and forthcoming
lma Brayden is a well-known Dublin poet and artist. She is a member of Dalkey Writers’ Workshop and has had poetry published in many anthologies and magazines. She has read her poetry on Abraxas Writers’ CD and DVD, and broadcast on East Coast Radio and Lyric FM. Her first collection will be published by Seven Towers in 2010. Alma’s poems paint colorful and vibrant word pictures which merge into a rich tapestry of experiences and poetic forms. Wide and varied in theme, her debut collection, Prism (Seven Towers, 2010) reflects a depth and power of insight that makes for evocative and memorable collection.
Ross Hattaway is a New Zealand born Irish poet. Ross' first collection The Gentle Art of Rotting was published by Seven Towers in 2006 and he is currently working on his second to be published in 2011. Ross' work has been published all over the world and he has taken part in readings all over the world. In 2008 he was the first Irish poet to be invited as a featured guest at the International Poetry Spring Festival in Lithuania and his work has been translated into and published in Lithuanian.. He also guested at the Live Poet's Society Reading in Sydney in July 2008, and Manhattan’s East Village Saturn Sessions in June 2009. His second collection Pretending to be Dead will be published by Seven Towers in 2011.
Éamonn Lynskey has had poems published in many magazines. He was nominated for the Sunday Tribune/Hennessy Literary Award for New Irish Poetry in 2006 and one of his poems will feature on the 2009 OXFAM calendar. His first collection Dispatches and Recollections was published in 1998 and he is currently working on his second And Suddenly the Sun Again to be published in May 2010. Eamonn’s work is also featured in Census, The First Seven Towers Anthology and Census, The second Seven Towers Anthology. . Eamonn has also translated works of Italian poets Montale and Valeri and written in Italian – he holds a Diploma in Italian Lauguage and Culture from the Italian Institute, Dublin. His second collection, And Suddenly the Sun Again has just been published by Seven Towers.