Great news in the Poetry world, as the likes of Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Browning, Lord Byron & Robert Frost make a big splash on iTunes.
In advance of the 2013 program being released, we are delighted to announce that James Harpur has confirmed he will return to Strokestown next year.
Music has always been a central part of the Strokestown experience. Anna-Louise Costello, Matt Molloy, Patsy Hanly, John Carty, John
Martin Dyar is originally from Swinford in County Mayo. His debut collection, Maiden Names, described by Bernard O’Donoghue as ‘a thrilling new
Jim Maguire [Winner of the Strokestown International Poetry Award 2012] Spare a thought for Henri Duparc, re-inventor of the French mélodie who
Jessica Traynor He blows on his hands to warm them; it looks like some ritual, some totem.
Liane Strauss That’s him, down there, my masterpiece, in tatters. That smouldering viscid blitz
Chris Preddle [Second Place, Strokestown International Poetry Awards 2012] 1 And came Jacqueline inland to a seagreen porch in Holme, riverlass
Sandra Harris Listen, will you, And I’ll tell you the dream I had last night,
Dubai Creek, Ramadan