In James Merrill’s Collected Poems, all the “Previously Uncollected Poems” appear bunched together at the end, thus depriving ...

A major volume of poetry by Seamus Heaney includes previously unseen works.

12.00-1.00pm, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, introduced by the SHC Archive Team Fretwork: On Translating Beowulf: Seamus Heaney’s 1998 lecture from the Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard Seamus Heaney's long ...

Marina Carr’s greatest gift as a playwright has been her ability to transform dense classical literature into something that sounds like a conversation overheard at a mart. By the Bog of Cats ...

The Liverpool poet Brian Patten has been described as a "force of nature" after his death at the age of 79. Fellow Merseyside poet Roger McGough said he was "laid low" by the news of his friend's ...

David Hanly will always be known as the voice of Morning Ireland. He was one of the radio show’s first presenters, alongside the late David Davin-Power. However, since leaving RTE, he has maintained a ...

The poet, who has died at 88, was the people’s poet that too few people knew about. By Blake Morrison Of three great H-poets (H for heroic) who have died in my lifetime – Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney and ...

Our critic A.O. Scott forages the world’s most poetic fruit. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott A.O. Scott, a critic at large for the Book Review, recorded the poetry readings that appear in this piece.

An original copy of the 1916 Proclamation, a collection of Seamus Heaney material, historical GAA items, and more, are listed in a sale to take place at Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers in Castlecomer, Co ...

This is the second Translation Day we have hosted in our new home at 38-40 University Road. With lots to squeeze in, we've extended across two days. We hope that audiences will be able to stay for the ...

COMMENTARY: By honoring a senator who once won with pro-life support but later scored 100% with NARAL, Cardinal Cupich undermines the Catholic politicians who still fight for the unborn. Ranking ...

In What We Can Know, Britain has sunk beneath the waves – but literature remains buoyant By Christopher Tayler Ten years ago, the novelist Amitav Ghosh gave a series of lectures at the University of ...