Sea on Stage

dublin | arts and media | event notice Monday January 26, 2009 15:33 by Sarah Lundberg - The Seven Towers Aency seventowersmail at gmail dot com

A reading in aid of RNLI

3pm on Saturday 31st January
In the Gallery, Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
with:

Phantom 105.2 FM, and former Radio Caroline DJ, Steve Conway and New Zealand poet Ross Hattaway

Steve Conway:
Dublin based Steve Conway is currently a DJ on Phantom 105.2FM and a former stalwart of that epic journey on that Good Ship that housed Radio Caroline. The Seven Towers Agency has signed to representing Steve for his wonderful memoir of his time on Radio Caroline. Steve's memoir gives us a behind the scene, fly on the wall look at the piece of cultural and broadcasting history that is Radio Caroline on its stormy journey through the 1980s until it ran aground at the end of that decade. Steve’s memoir of those stormy days, Shiprocked: Life on the Waves with Radio Caroline will be published by Liberties Press (www.libertiespress.ie) on 31 March 2009 and has already been cited as a one to watch for 2009 by both The Irish Times and The Irish Independent.

Ross Hattaway
was born in New Zealand and has lived in Ireland since 1990. He has published poetry in periodicals and collections, including Writings (Wellington), Life Beyond the Louvres (Northern Territory Anthology), Poetry Australia. His readings include the Poetry Ireland Introduction Series, Anna Livia FM and Between the Lines (Belfast). The Gentle Art of Rotting is his first collection. In 2008 Ross was a guest at the Poetry Spring Festival in Lithuania, becoming the first Irish poet to guest at that festival. Part of The Gentle Art of Rotting was translated into Lithuanian and published as part of the festival celebration.

Admission to the event is free and attendees will be invited to make a donation to the RNLI as part of the RNLI SOS Fundraising weekend.

The RNLI is the charity that provides a 24-hour lifesaving service around the UK and Republic of Ireland.