Name: Fierce Form on Friday! An Irish Writers Centre Literary Showcase
Start: 2026-09-18T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-09-18T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Irish Writers Centre

Djamel White

Nithy Kasa

Chrissy Donoghue Ward

Fierce Form on Friday! An Irish Writers Centre Literary Showcase

Founded in 1991, theIrish Writers Centre's mission is tosupport and promote writers at all stages of their developmentby offering a diverse programme ofwriting courses and workshopsled by established writers across a range of genres includingmemoir, poetry, playwriting, short-stories and the novel. The Centre runsseminars, lectures and readingsrelated to the art of writing and welcomes writers, readers and international visitors.

Irish Writers Centre

Join us this Culture Night for a showcase with featured writers Djamel White, Nithy Kasa and Chrissy Donoghue Ward!

Join us on Culture Night, on Friday 19 September for Fierce Form on Friday, our 2nd Irish Writers Centre Showcase.We'll kick off with the novel at 6.30pm, with author Djamel White reading from his Booker Prize-longlisted debut novel, All Them Dogs.At 7pm, we'll move on to poetry with Nithy Kasa reading from her second collection, How To Make Love To A Colonised Body.From 7.30pm we'll hear from Chrissy Donoghue Ward and her stories from the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community. The Centre will close at 8pm.Books will be on sale on the night. Each section will be 20 mins you can come for one or stay for all three. We will move (promenade) from room to room, during the showcase. The first and last performances are on the ground floor. 6.30pm - The Novel.Ground Floor Reception, Djamel White.Djamel White is an Irish writer from Dublin. He holds an MFA from University College Dublin and is the recipient of a Literature Bursary Award and an Agility Award from the Arts Council of Ireland. All Them Dogs is his debut novel and is currently longlisted for the Booker Prize. 7:00pm - Poetry.1st floor, Nithy Kasa.Nithy Kasa is a Congolese-Irish poet, her work is featured on the Special Collections of University College Dublin. Her debut collection, Palm Wine Tapper and The Boy at Jericho was named among the top poetry books of 2022 by the Irish Times, and shortlisted for the Pigott Poetry Prize 2023. How To Make Love To A Colonised Body, Doire Press 2026, is her second poetry collection. Nithy lives between Ireland and the DR Congo. 7.30pm - Story Telling / Oral Tradition,Ground Floor Reception, Chrissy Donoghue Ward.Chrissy Donoghue Ward is a Dublin-based poet and storyteller. Her stories are from the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community. Chrissy has a long history of activism and community engagement and is passionate about education and the opportunities it provides for all. The Fairy Queen is her first book for children.

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