Programme 1: debuts 10 May

Nithy Kasa reads “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by W.B. Yeats. Dublin, 2020

Selina Nwulu reads “Half Written Love Letter”. London, 2019

Seán Hewitt reads “Queens” by J. M. Synge. Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020

Mahogany L. Browne reads “If 2017 was a poem title”. New York, 2019

Denice Frohman reads “Puertopia”. New York, 2019

Doireann Ní Ghríofa reads “Brightening”. Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020

Liz Berry reads “The Republic of Motherhood”. London, 2019

Camille Rankine reads “It Would Sound Like a Dream”. New York, 2019

Marian Richardson reads “Girls Bathing, Galway 1965” by Seamus Heaney. Dublin, 2019

Programme 2: debuts 8 June

Sasha Terfous reads “Identity”. Dublin, 2020

Martina Evans reads “I want to be like Frank O’Hara”. London, 2019

Mahogany L. Browne reads “Black Girl Magic”. New York, 2019

Sofia Oxenham reads “Names” by Mary Jean Chan. London, 2019

Paapa Essiedu reads “Kumukanda” by Kayo Chingonyi. London, 2019

ATMOS Collective performs “The Illegitimate”. Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020

Tyehimba Jess reads “Blind Boone’s Blessings”. New York, 2019

Kayssie K reads “My Sister as a Body”. Bray, Co Wicklow, 2020

Programme 3:  debuts 30 June

Juliet Stevenson reads “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” by Emily Dickinson. London, 2019

FeliSpeaks reads “What Heaney Said”, Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020

Dagogo Hart reads “Paper Planes”. Dublin, 2020

Catherine Dryden reads “Some Rules” by Wendy Cope. London, 2019

Seán Hewitt reads “Barn Owls in Suffolk”. Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020

Nithy Kasa reads “Charcoal Iron”. Dublin, 2020

Joseph Aldous reads “An Advancement of Learning” by Seamus Heaney. London, 2019

Doireann Ní Ghríofa reads “The Heart of the Wood” by Augusta, Lady Gregory. Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020

Programme 4: debuts 28 July

Aaron Monaghan reads “When All the Others Were Away at Mass” [from “Clearances”] by Seamus Heaney. New York, 2019

Hannah Lowe reads “Reggae Story”. London, 2019

FeliSpeaks reads “When You Are Old” by W.B. Yeats. Coole Park, Co Galway, 2020

Samuel Yakura reads “10 Things I Want To Say to a Black Woman” by Joshua Bennett. Dublin, 2020

Theresa Lola reads “Ode to Edge Control Gel”. London, 2019

Denice Frohman reads “Doña Teresa and the Chicken”. New York, 2019

Andrew McMillan reads “A Gift”. London, 2019

Tyehimba Jess reads “Blind Boone’s Vision”. New York, 2019

The Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation is a literary organisation based in New York, bringing great poetry from across places, eras, and traditions together. The Foundation’s aim is to expand access to poetry for audiences worldwide to enjoy. By exploring universal themes through poetry from the past and present, the Foundation connects some of the greatest writers of the 20^th century with new and diverse voices today.

Poetry Ireland connects poetry and people, and is committed to achieving excellence in the reading, writing and performance of poetry throughout the island of Ireland. The non-profit organisation, established in 1978, combines its role as a promoter and supporter of poetry with advocacy for poets, advancing the art form through solid development goals.

It works to make poetry more accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds across the island of Ireland, through live events, education and publications. Poetry Ireland is currently working with its partner, The Irish Heritage Trust, on a long-held ambition to establish the Poetry Ireland Centre, dedicated to celebrating, supporting and promoting poetry and poets. Poetry Ireland is one of the few organisations that receives funding from both Arts Councils on the island.