I began the #ReadIrishWomenChallenge back in April 2019 as a way to spotlight great work by Irish female authors, and to start a conversation about their writing. Now that it’s in its third year, the real challenge is keeping things fresh and interesting while holding on to old favourites. To use a gardening metaphor, it means a certain amount of judicious pruning while ruthlessly uprooting old plants and planting new ones…and you’re not sure how it will all work until …
Category: Poetry & Drama
Poetry is an integral part of a young person’s life. They incorporate it in a multitude of ways that enrich their everyday experiences. Poems exist for a child in the …
The toddler is dragging me outside to play, the cat is threatening to attack if I don’t feed him for the twelfth time today, and the other half is signaling …
Meadhbh McHugh is an Irish playwright and writer living in New York. Meadhbh’s debut play, Helen and I, was staged by Druid Theatre Company in 2016 at the Mick Lally Theatre …
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