A Poetry Tour Of Ireland
Martina Devlin About Sisterland
A Poetry Tour Of Ireland
With Kevin Quinn
Crescent Arts Centre Monday 13 June – 1.15pm Tickets : £ 7 ( inc . Light Lunch ) / £ 5 ( event only )
Martina Devlin About Sisterland
With Margaret Ward
Crescent Arts Centre Monday 13 June – 5.30pm Tickets : £ 6 /£ 4
Follow poet and critic Kevin Quinn as he introduces and reads over 20 poems written about places around Ireland . Among our guides along the way are Derek Mahon writing about Portrush , Louis MacNeice on Carrickfergus and , less well known , Cushendun , Paul Muldoon on The Burren , Patrick Kavanagh on Monaghan , Philip Larkin on both Belfast and Dublin , Michael Longley on Mayo and the redoubtable Francis Mahony on those glorious bells of Shandon .
Kevin Quinn has published poetry in anrange of journals in Britain and Ireland . His talks on poets and poetry have found audiences in venues such as the Linen Hall Library , Down and Fermanagh Museums as well as in schools and colleges .
Welcome to Sisterland . A world ruled by women . A world designed to be perfect .
Here , women and men are kept separate . Women lead highly controlled and suffocating lives , while men are subordinate – used for labour and breeding .
Sisterland ’ s leaders have been watching Constance and recognise that she ’ s special . Selected to reproduce , she finds herself alone with a man for the first time . But the mate chosen for her isn ’ t what she expected – and she begins to see a darker side to Sisterland .
Constance ’ s misgivings about the regime mount . Is she the only one who questions this unequal society , or are there other doubters ?
Martina Devlin is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist . She started writing fiction after winning a Hennessy Literary Award for her first short story in the 1996 , and has won or been shortlisted for a variety of literary awards including the Royal Society of Literature ’ s VS Pritchett Prize .
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