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Féile Filíochta: A Reading by Rita Ann Higgins
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The first of 3 podcasts featuring judges of the 2008 Féile Filíochta International Poetry Competition run by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Libraries, recorded at the Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire. This episode features award winning poet and playwright Rita Ann Higgins. A native of Galway, Rita Ann has published eight collections of poetry. Five with Salmon publishing and three with Bloodaxe, including her latest collection ‘Throw in the vowels: new and selected poems’. She has written four plays and has been writer in residence at the National University of Ireland and also writer in residence with Galway and Offaly County Councils. She was the Green Honors Professor at Texas Christian University in 2000, was awarded an Honorary Fellow at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2006 and is a member of the Irish arts affiliation, Aosdána. Rita Ann Higgins is introduced by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown's writer in residence, Katie Donovan. Sound Recording by Matt Verso at the Pavilion Theatre. Produced by Edgecast Media on behalf of the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Libraries.
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