SWERVE Writers Read: Poetry and Prose Reading

Sun Apr 19 2026 at 01:00 pm to 02:30 pm UTC+01:00

International Centre for the Image | Dublin

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SWERVE Writers Read: Poetry and Prose Reading
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Join us for a poetry and prose reading by SWERVE Magazine writers as part of the Tsundoku Art Book Fair 2026.
About this Event

A live reading event from some of Ireland’s newest and most exciting writers of poetry and prose.

Published in the latest issues of the journal: SWERVE 4 and SWERVE 5 – both available for sale at Tsundoku 2026.

Readers: Emma Conlon, Maurice Devitt, Sean Dunne, Ruth Egan, Christina Hennemann, Janet Heeran, Kemi George Simpson, Ali McGuire, Caitriona Lane, Alan McCormick, and Kevin MacAlan.


SWERVE is a literary and arts journal that focuses on new and emerging writing and visual art. The journal is published biannually in July (Summer) and December (Winter) each year: 150 pages of full colour, packed with stunning visual art and vibrant poetry and prose.

SWERVE is not just a journal: from their HQ in Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland, SWERVE provides a dedicated performance space for new writing, THE LIT LOUNGE, and a pop-up visual arts gallery, SWERVE Project Space. SWERVE hosts online readings: The Lit

Lounge Online and an online writing group, SWERVE Zoom Writers. 

The SWERVE Residency Programme hosts Irish and international artists and writers for short residencies throughout the year. 

SWERVE supports work from graduate writers and artists by awarding an annual prize of a residency and exhibition for two graduates from Cork MTU Crawford College of Art and a residency prize for a graduate of the University College Cork MA in Creative Writing.

SWERVE is available from the following bookshops:  Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre (Skibbereen) Chapter Bookstore (Dublin), and The Library Project (Dublin), Bantry Bookshop (Bantry), Worm Books (Schull), Vibes and Scribes (Cork City), Charlie Byrne's Bookshop (Galway City), Afsana Bookshop (Folkestone, UK) and The London Review Bookshop (London, UK).


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International Centre for the Image, Coopers Cross, Dublin, Ireland

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