Lunchtime reading by Galway poet Rita Ann Higgins.

Light lunch served. Booking recommended as numbers are limited.

Rita Ann Higgins was born and lives in Galway. She has published eleven books of poetry including Throw in the Vowels, Ireland is Changing Mother, Tongulish and Pathogens Love a Patsy. Rita Ann has also written essays, plays and screenplays. In 2021 she received The Living Poets Society Award. She was shortlisted for The Ireland Professor of Poetry in 2022. She is a member of Áosdána. Her poetry became a national salve during the pandemic, uniquely capturing the mood of the country as read live from RTÉ’s Brendan O’Connor radio show. Her latest collection, The Long Weekend contains the bank holiday poems heard on the show and many others which sets a tone for every season. From bank holidays to saints’ days and many other annual celebrations on the Irish calendar year, The Long Weekend leaves no question that Rita Ann Higgins is the people’s poet.

Picture credit: Andrew Downes

Host or Publisher Limerick Literary Festival