MOLOCH SHOWCASES EMERGING IRISH TALENT
Moloch - an online journal of new art and writing - hosts a Dublin night showcasing some of its poets and songwriters on July 31st. Acts include Kevin Higgins, Alan Jude Moore, Stephen Kelly and The Perfect Consonants. The night kicks off at 7pm at the Winding Stair bookshop, Ormond Quay, Dublin 2. Admission is free.
Moloch - an online journal of new art and writing at www.moloch.ie - is hosting a showcase night in Dublin this July. We're going to show off just a few of our lovely talented crew, including Kevin Higgins, Alan Jude Moore, Stephen Kelly and The Perfect Consonants.
Moloch was founded in December 2006 by two young Irish poets, Ailbhe Darcy and Clodagh Moynan. Tying different art forms together in new and refreshing ways, Moloch aspires to allow artists and writers to find inspiration in each other and, in doing so, add new dimensions to each others work.
For the showcase night, Kevin Higgins will be joining us from Galway. Kevin’s first collection of poems, The Boy With No Face, was published in February 2005. The collection was shortlisted for the 2006 Strong Award for Best First Collection by an Irish Poet. The Boy With No Face was Salmon Poetry’s bestselling book of that year and has recently been reprinted. Kevin’s second collection of poems, Time Gentlemen, Please, was published this year.
In 2000, Kevin was chosen to read his poetry as part of the Poetry Ireland Introductions series. He has also read at the Cúirt International Festival of Literature, The Bowery Poetry Club in New York, and The Poetry Society in London. In June 2002 he was a finalist in the Dublin Writers' Festival/Rattlebag Poetry Slam. His work has been broadcast on national and local radio. With his wife Susan, Kevin co-organises the Over The Edge literary events in Galway City.
According to Juliet Wilson, writing in New Hope International Review, “his is a committed, engaged poetry, shot through with both humour and melancholy.”
We'll also have poetry read by Alan Jude Moore. Alan is a Dubliner whose poetry has been published in a wide range of journals here and abroad, including Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, Kestrel (USA), Jacobs Ladder (USA), Pelagos (Italy) and, of course, Moloch. He took part in the Poetry Ireland Introductions readings in 2001.
Alan’s collection, Black State Cars, was published by Salmon Poetry, and was the recipient of a Salmon Poetry Publication Prize for a first collection.
Poet and songwriter Stephen Kelly is from Drimnagh, Dublin. He has been published in Watermarks and entertained the masses with wonderful readings in a variety of Dublin venues. His poem 'Ladybird' featured in the first issue of Moloch.
Plus there'll be music from The Perfect Consonants, sometimes known as the Darran-Mark-and-Aoife Quartet. Mark Noonan, Darran Kelly and Aoife McGrane have been writing and playing songs together for the past two years. This summer they've been gigging like nobody's business, and the Moloch night will be their last blast for the season. Mark's series of City poems makes an appearance in the current issue of Moloch, while Darran's plays have been hailed by Irish play-writing legend Frank McGuinness as "that rarest of theatrical joys - the real thing!"
The night kicks off at 7pm at The Winding Stair on Ormond Quay. Admission is free, and all are welcome. See http://molochjournal.blogspot.com/ or contact editor[at]moloch.ie for further details.
About Moloch
Moloch was founded in December 2006 by two young Irish poets who met through the UCD English Literary Society. Clodagh Moynan and Ailbhe Darcy had also previously published Watermarks, an anthology of writing and art by Irish students.
Moloch is an online venture, at www.moloch.ie. Tying different art forms together in new and refreshing ways, it aspires to allow artists and writers to find inspiration in each other and, in doing so, add new dimensions to each others work. Its title recalls the Allan Ginsberg poem; but also a long tradition of sacrifice. Moloch imagines itself as the pyre on which artists can sacrifice their work.
Contact
Ailbhe Darcy - event organiser
