Kathleen McCracken
Readings & Launches
Poetry Reading, Launch of Cyphers 90, 5 December 2020.
Poetry Reading, National Poetry Day, Community Arts Partnership, 1 October 2020.
Poetry Reading, Cultivating Poetry Live, 3 May 2020.
State University of New Mexico, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 28 February 2020. With Tyler Julian.
‘Speaking of Canada’, Riverside Readings, Ulster University, Belfast, 3 May 2019. With Stephanie Conn, Natasha Cuddington and Catherine Graham.
'Horses Make A Landscape Look More Beautiful', The Heaney Homeplace, Bellaghy, 2 May, 2019. Poetry/Music Performance, with John T. Davis, Kate Newmann and Catherine Graham.
Poetry Ireland, Dublin, 29 April, 2019. With Catherine Graham.
Text/Sound/Performance: Making in Canadian Space, University College, Dublin, 25-27 April 2019.
Of Mouth/Riverside Readings, Ulster University, Belfast, 12 April 2019. With Gail McConnell.
Poetry/Music Performance, with John T. Davis, Conor’s Café, Belfast, 15 February 2019.
Poetry/Music Performance, with John T. Davis, The Arts Club, Dublin, 8 February, 2019.
'Higher Than I Could Dream Upon': A Creative Commemoration of Rural Schools, Grey Highlands Public Library, Flesherton, Ontario, 11 July 2018.
knife|fork|book, Toronto, 6 July 2018. With Catherine Graham.
Poetry/Music Performance, with John T. Davis and Colin Henry, Villiers and the Villains Music Confounds the Machines Album Launch, The Duncairn Centre, Belfast, 23 June 2018.
Canadian Lines: An Evening of Poetry, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 31 May 2018. With Catherine Graham and Julie Morrissy.
Poetry, The University and Practice-Based Research: A Symposium, University College, Dublin, 11 April 2015. With Tiffany Atkinson and Ian Davidson.
International Women’s Day, Rugby Road Women’s Group, 10 March 2018.
Poetry/Music Performance, with John T. Davis, Open House Festival, Bangor, 8 August 2017. With Moyra Donaldson and Geordie Hanna.
Landing Places: Save Heaney Country Campaign, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 29 July 2017. With Moyra Donaldson, Paul Maddern & Maria McManus.
Poetry/Music Performance, with John T Davis, Sandino’s, Canadian Association for Irish Studies Conference, Ulster University, Londonderry, 28 June 2017. With Jess Traynor and Grace Wilentz.
English Research Seminar, Ulster University, 3 May 2017.
Irish Association for American Studies Annual Conference, Ulster University, Belfast, 29 April 2017. With Grace Wilentz and Julie Morrissy.
Poetry/Music Performance, with John T. Davis, Portrush Film Theatre, Atlantic Sessions Festival, 17 November 2016.
Ulster University International Literary Festival, Ulster University, Coleraine, 6 November 2016.
Launch of fermata: Writings inspired by Music, Wood Quay Venue, Dublin, 11 October 2016.
The Poetry Review Sessions, Tullycarnet Library, Belfast, August 25, 2016.
East Side Arts Festival, Belfast, 16 August, 2016. With Mario Abbatiello, Tory Campbell, Ray Givans, Elizabeth McGeown, Lara Sunday and Dave Wilson.
Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland, Maynooth University, 14 May 2016. With Julie Morrissy, Connie Voisine and Dimitra Xidous.
Baker’s Bar, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, 10 March, 2016.
Launch of Irish Pages: After Heaney, Special Edition, Waterstones, Belfast, 11 February 2016.
Lampost Café, Belfast, 30 November 2015.
Music and Poetry on the Douro: An International Seminar, Covela, Portugal, 8-11 September 2015.
The Writing Pad Workshop, Ulster University, Coleraine, 3-6 August 2015.
Café 31/Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, 2 July 2015. With John T. Davis and Sam R. Gibson.
The Squat Pen, Belfast Book Festival, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 11 June 2015. With Peter Fahy, Geraldine O’Kane, Sheena Wilkinson and John T. Davis.
McDaid’s Wine Bar, Ramelton, Donegal, 30 May 2015. With John T. Davis, Sam R. Gibson and CP Lee.
Launch of Double Self-Portrait With Mirror: New and Selected Poems, with Jose Roberto O’Shea, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, 8 April 2015.
Launch of Double Self-Portrait With Mirror: New and Selected Poems, Cultura Livraira, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 6 April 2015. With José Roberto O'Shea.
Launch of Double Self-Portrait With Mirror: New and Selected Poems, No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast, 5 March 2015. With José Roberto O'Shea.
Bilingual Promotional Reading for Double Self-Portrait With Mirror: New and Selected Poems, The Cobblestone, Dublin, 15 November 2014. With José Roberto O'Shea.
Funeral Services of Northern Ireland Third Annual Poetry Competition Reading, James Brown & Sons, Lisburn Road, Belfast, 10 September 2014. With Ross Thompson, Tory Campbell, Geraldine O’Kane, Colin Dardis.
Desert Island Poem, Billy Collins’ ‘Canada’, The Squat Pen, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 12 June 2014.
Open Source Poetry Readings, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast, 4 May 2014. With Ross Thompson, Geraldine O’Kane and David Braziel.
Literary Translation and Intermedia Adaptation: Ireland and Brazil – An International Seminar, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, 21 August 2013. Reading and Interview with Magala Sperling Beck.
‘Composition and Confluences: Some Thoughts on Interart Practice’, Intermedial, Tansnational: The Dynamics of Irish Culture – A Symposium,10 September 2012, Department of Anglo-American Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto, Portugal, 10 September 2012. Reading and Talk about Practice.
‘Contemporary Poetry in English and Irish,’ Ireland Astray: Dislocated and Globalized, Down But Not Out? An Interdisciplinary Symposium, Centre for Irish Studies, St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London, 11-12 November 2011. With Eileán Ní Chuilleanáin and Sean Hutton.
International Festival of Authors, Harbourfront, Toronto, 24 October – 1 November 2008. Reading on 25 October with David Benioff, Junot Diaz, Lauren Graff, Aleksander Hemon. Reading on 31 October with CC Humphreys, Karen Fastrup, Rachel Kushner, Dan Vyelta.
Exile Mid-Summer Special Event, Dora Keogh Irish Pub, Toronto, 29 July 2008. With Marie-Claire Blais, Lauren B Davis and Leigh Nash.
Leacock Summer Festival, 22-27 July 2008, Orillia, Ontario. Exile Ladies’ Night, 26 July, with Anne Michaels and Lauren B Davis; A Tribute to Gwendolyn McEwen, 27 July. With Priscilla Uppal and Lauren B Davis.
Many Voices Festival of Literature, University of Ulster at Coleraine, 23 February 2008. With Ruth Carr and Ted Deppe.
Launch of Mooncalves, No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast, 8 February 2008. With Paul Davies.
Wine, Women and Words / Outburst Festival, Black Box Theatre, Belfast, 29 November 2007.
Launch of Mooncalves, Callaghan Residence, 20 Dale Avenue, Toronto, 6 November 2007.
Gerard Manley Hopkins Summer School, Co Kildare, Ireland, July 2007.
Candle and Mirror Reading Series, No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast, 1 Febrarury 2007.
Launch of A Geography of Souls, No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast, 18 April 2002.
Launch of A Geography of Souls, Canadian Writers in Person Reading Series, York University, Toronto, 28 January 2002.
Central Library, Belfast, November 1997.
Honest Ulsterman 100, Queen's University, December 1995.
Gendered Narratives: Aspects of Cultural Identity in Ireland, Foyle Arts Centre, Londonderry, 26 March 1994.
International Women's Day, Orpheus Gallery, Belfast. 12 March 1994.
John Hewitt Summer School, Garron Tower, Co. Antrim, August 1993.
Women's Words, Downtown Women's Centre, Belfast, 29 May, 1993.
International Symposium on Women Writers, The Verbal Arts Centre, Londonderry, 8 May 1993.
University College, Dublin, October 1990.
University of Texas at Austin, November 1987.
Canadian Women Writers Series, Fellows Lounge, Atkinson College, York University, 22 February 1985.
Winters College Reading Series, Winters College, York University, March 1983, April 1984.
Yeats International Summer School, Columban Club, Sligo, Ireland. August 1983.
University of Victoria, British Columbia, August 1978.
Great Canadian Poetry Weekend, Blue Mountain, Collingwood, Ontario, May 1977, 1978, 1979.
Poetry Reading, Launch of Cyphers 90, 5 December 2020.
Poetry Reading, National Poetry Day, Community Arts Partnership, 1 October 2020.
Poetry Reading, Cultivating Poetry Live, 3 May 2020.
State University of New Mexico, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 28 February 2020. With Tyler Julian.
‘Speaking of Canada’, Riverside Readings, Ulster University, Belfast, 3 May 2019. With Stephanie Conn, Natasha Cuddington and Catherine Graham.
'Horses Make A Landscape Look More Beautiful', The Heaney Homeplace, Bellaghy, 2 May, 2019. Poetry/Music Performance, with John T. Davis, Kate Newmann and Catherine Graham.
Poetry Ireland, Dublin, 29 April, 2019. With Catherine Graham.
Text/Sound/Performance: Making in Canadian Space, University College, Dublin, 25-27 April 2019.
Of Mouth/Riverside Readings, Ulster University, Belfast, 12 April 2019. With Gail McConnell.
Poetry/Music Performance, with John T. Davis, Conor’s Café, Belfast, 15 February 2019.
Poetry/Music Performance, with John T. Davis, The Arts Club, Dublin, 8 February, 2019.
'Higher Than I Could Dream Upon': A Creative Commemoration of Rural Schools, Grey Highlands Public Library, Flesherton, Ontario, 11 July 2018.
knife|fork|book, Toronto, 6 July 2018. With Catherine Graham.
Poetry/Music Performance, with John T. Davis and Colin Henry, Villiers and the Villains Music Confounds the Machines Album Launch, The Duncairn Centre, Belfast, 23 June 2018.
Canadian Lines: An Evening of Poetry, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 31 May 2018. With Catherine Graham and Julie Morrissy.
Poetry, The University and Practice-Based Research: A Symposium, University College, Dublin, 11 April 2015. With Tiffany Atkinson and Ian Davidson.
International Women’s Day, Rugby Road Women’s Group, 10 March 2018.
Poetry/Music Performance, with John T. Davis, Open House Festival, Bangor, 8 August 2017. With Moyra Donaldson and Geordie Hanna.
Landing Places: Save Heaney Country Campaign, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 29 July 2017. With Moyra Donaldson, Paul Maddern & Maria McManus.
Poetry/Music Performance, with John T Davis, Sandino’s, Canadian Association for Irish Studies Conference, Ulster University, Londonderry, 28 June 2017. With Jess Traynor and Grace Wilentz.
English Research Seminar, Ulster University, 3 May 2017.
Irish Association for American Studies Annual Conference, Ulster University, Belfast, 29 April 2017. With Grace Wilentz and Julie Morrissy.
Poetry/Music Performance, with John T. Davis, Portrush Film Theatre, Atlantic Sessions Festival, 17 November 2016.
Ulster University International Literary Festival, Ulster University, Coleraine, 6 November 2016.
Launch of fermata: Writings inspired by Music, Wood Quay Venue, Dublin, 11 October 2016.
The Poetry Review Sessions, Tullycarnet Library, Belfast, August 25, 2016.
East Side Arts Festival, Belfast, 16 August, 2016. With Mario Abbatiello, Tory Campbell, Ray Givans, Elizabeth McGeown, Lara Sunday and Dave Wilson.
Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland, Maynooth University, 14 May 2016. With Julie Morrissy, Connie Voisine and Dimitra Xidous.
Baker’s Bar, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, 10 March, 2016.
Launch of Irish Pages: After Heaney, Special Edition, Waterstones, Belfast, 11 February 2016.
Lampost Café, Belfast, 30 November 2015.
Music and Poetry on the Douro: An International Seminar, Covela, Portugal, 8-11 September 2015.
The Writing Pad Workshop, Ulster University, Coleraine, 3-6 August 2015.
Café 31/Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, 2 July 2015. With John T. Davis and Sam R. Gibson.
The Squat Pen, Belfast Book Festival, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 11 June 2015. With Peter Fahy, Geraldine O’Kane, Sheena Wilkinson and John T. Davis.
McDaid’s Wine Bar, Ramelton, Donegal, 30 May 2015. With John T. Davis, Sam R. Gibson and CP Lee.
Launch of Double Self-Portrait With Mirror: New and Selected Poems, with Jose Roberto O’Shea, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, 8 April 2015.
Launch of Double Self-Portrait With Mirror: New and Selected Poems, Cultura Livraira, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 6 April 2015. With José Roberto O'Shea.
Launch of Double Self-Portrait With Mirror: New and Selected Poems, No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast, 5 March 2015. With José Roberto O'Shea.
Bilingual Promotional Reading for Double Self-Portrait With Mirror: New and Selected Poems, The Cobblestone, Dublin, 15 November 2014. With José Roberto O'Shea.
Funeral Services of Northern Ireland Third Annual Poetry Competition Reading, James Brown & Sons, Lisburn Road, Belfast, 10 September 2014. With Ross Thompson, Tory Campbell, Geraldine O’Kane, Colin Dardis.
Desert Island Poem, Billy Collins’ ‘Canada’, The Squat Pen, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 12 June 2014.
Open Source Poetry Readings, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast, 4 May 2014. With Ross Thompson, Geraldine O’Kane and David Braziel.
Literary Translation and Intermedia Adaptation: Ireland and Brazil – An International Seminar, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, 21 August 2013. Reading and Interview with Magala Sperling Beck.
‘Composition and Confluences: Some Thoughts on Interart Practice’, Intermedial, Tansnational: The Dynamics of Irish Culture – A Symposium,10 September 2012, Department of Anglo-American Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto, Portugal, 10 September 2012. Reading and Talk about Practice.
‘Contemporary Poetry in English and Irish,’ Ireland Astray: Dislocated and Globalized, Down But Not Out? An Interdisciplinary Symposium, Centre for Irish Studies, St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London, 11-12 November 2011. With Eileán Ní Chuilleanáin and Sean Hutton.
International Festival of Authors, Harbourfront, Toronto, 24 October – 1 November 2008. Reading on 25 October with David Benioff, Junot Diaz, Lauren Graff, Aleksander Hemon. Reading on 31 October with CC Humphreys, Karen Fastrup, Rachel Kushner, Dan Vyelta.
Exile Mid-Summer Special Event, Dora Keogh Irish Pub, Toronto, 29 July 2008. With Marie-Claire Blais, Lauren B Davis and Leigh Nash.
Leacock Summer Festival, 22-27 July 2008, Orillia, Ontario. Exile Ladies’ Night, 26 July, with Anne Michaels and Lauren B Davis; A Tribute to Gwendolyn McEwen, 27 July. With Priscilla Uppal and Lauren B Davis.
Many Voices Festival of Literature, University of Ulster at Coleraine, 23 February 2008. With Ruth Carr and Ted Deppe.
Launch of Mooncalves, No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast, 8 February 2008. With Paul Davies.
Wine, Women and Words / Outburst Festival, Black Box Theatre, Belfast, 29 November 2007.
Launch of Mooncalves, Callaghan Residence, 20 Dale Avenue, Toronto, 6 November 2007.
Gerard Manley Hopkins Summer School, Co Kildare, Ireland, July 2007.
Candle and Mirror Reading Series, No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast, 1 Febrarury 2007.
Launch of A Geography of Souls, No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast, 18 April 2002.
Launch of A Geography of Souls, Canadian Writers in Person Reading Series, York University, Toronto, 28 January 2002.
Central Library, Belfast, November 1997.
Honest Ulsterman 100, Queen's University, December 1995.
Gendered Narratives: Aspects of Cultural Identity in Ireland, Foyle Arts Centre, Londonderry, 26 March 1994.
International Women's Day, Orpheus Gallery, Belfast. 12 March 1994.
John Hewitt Summer School, Garron Tower, Co. Antrim, August 1993.
Women's Words, Downtown Women's Centre, Belfast, 29 May, 1993.
International Symposium on Women Writers, The Verbal Arts Centre, Londonderry, 8 May 1993.
University College, Dublin, October 1990.
University of Texas at Austin, November 1987.
Canadian Women Writers Series, Fellows Lounge, Atkinson College, York University, 22 February 1985.
Winters College Reading Series, Winters College, York University, March 1983, April 1984.
Yeats International Summer School, Columban Club, Sligo, Ireland. August 1983.
University of Victoria, British Columbia, August 1978.
Great Canadian Poetry Weekend, Blue Mountain, Collingwood, Ontario, May 1977, 1978, 1979.
