ATG are delighted to announce our John Hewitt International Summer School/ Open Mic special guest is Gaynor Kane.
Gaynor Kane is a poet from Belfast who came to writing late and is trying to make up for time.
She has two poetry pamphlets, and a full collection, from Hedgehog Poetry Press, they are Circling the Sun, Memory Forest, and Venus in Pink Marble (2018, 2019 and 2022 respectively).
She is co-author, along with Karen Mooney, of a pamphlet of pandemic poetry entitled Penned In (2020). Gaynor has performed at several literary events including Mount Stewart Conversations, The Belfast Book Festival, Open House Festival, Stendhal Music Festival, Gloucester Poetry Festival and Cheltenham Poetry Festival.
Recently, she has been guest sub-editor for the inaugural issue of The Storms: A journal of prose, poetry and visual art. Her latest chapbook, Eight Types of Love, was released in July, 2022.
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Monday 22nd midnight. Indicate your subject please (Poetry/Song/Music/Stories etc)
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Laundry and Bourbon by James McLure
"The action centres on the discontent and very funny gossip of three small town wives whose marriages have turned out to be less than what was hoped for. On a hot summer afternoon, Elizabeth and her friend Hattie sit out on the porch folding laundry, sipping bourbon and coke and gossiping. They are joined by the self-righteous Amy Lee who cannot resist blurting out that Elizabeth’s husband Roy has been seen around town with another woman. Whilst the ensuing conversation is increasingly edged with bitter humour, there emerges nevertheless a sense of Elizabeth’s inner strength and her quiet understanding of the turmoil which has beset her husband since his return from Vietnam."
Waiting for You By Mark O Leary
Waiting to see the doctor or wishful thinking, someone waiting for that certain other someone, unbeknownst to either. Laughter is a remedy for many ills and we are treated to an abundance of laughs as an eccentric and motley group pass through the surgery recounting a litany of woes, real and imagined