Top poets to read at Achill event

Poet  Kerry Hardie  will read from her new Selected Poems, (Gallery Press). Kerry Hardie’s five collections, published by The Gallery Press, have garnered praise and prizes and have attracted a growing band of devoted readers.

Poet Geraldine Mitchell will read from her recently published collection World Without Maps(Arlen House). Geraldine Mitchell lives near Louisburgh, Co. Mayo.

She was born in Dublin and lived in France, Algeria and Spain for many years before returning to Ireland. Her work has been widely published in journals and in the Oxfam 2009 calendar.

Author Sean Hardie will read from new work. Sean Hardie was born in Northumberland in l947. He worked with the BBC as Producer/Director in TV Current Affairs  and in comedy - co-creating and co-producing  Not The Nine O'clock News, and  later wrote and directed for Spitting Image.