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Louise Kennedy & Eoin McNamee are the editors of the Sligo literary journal the Cormorant, treadsoftly.ie , Craig Walker is a name that will be familiar to fans of 1990s Irish guitar music, as front man of Power of Dreams, Ausländer is their new album, Staccato is the inaugural exhibition of a new contemporary art gallery, the Kenmare Butter Market

The Irish Chamber Orchestra premieres Róisín Reimagined with Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh at the Kilkenny Arts Fest, Brian McGilloway’s 'The Last Crossing' received special recognition at The Theakston Crime Writing Festival, Meditations in Time of Civil War at the Hamilton Gallery, Stevie G Presents, Magic Nights by the Lee on Aug 28th.

Mary McGill reviews 'The Echo Chamber', John Boyne’s new novel, BBC TV presenter George Cleverly has it all, Then the chat show host sends out a well-meant, ill-worded tweet, Chris Wasser previews Mr. Corman on Apple TV, Nadine O'Regan & Alan Corr review new albums from Will Young, Paddy Casey & American folk-rock singer Willy Mason.

Paul Whitington & Cara O’Doherty review films, Stillwater with Matt Damon, The Boys from County Hell, a Northern Irish Vampire film, Bernard MacLaverty's last novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Blank Pages is his new short story collection with his trademark attention to detail, ease of language & sympathetic exploration of lonely lives.

Tonic debuts this weekend from actor & playwright, Fionn Foley, directed by Ronan Phelan, kilkennyarts.ie , Emer McGarry, Director of the Model discusses, Jack Butler Yeats Assembled Memories, treadsoftly.ie/festival-ts21, Paul is the debut novel of Daisy Lafarge, a tale of power & passivity between student Frances & Paul, an enigmatic older man.

'The Promise' - longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, following the fortunes of the Swarts of South Africa, over four decades, Invitation to a Journey, a film installation, filmmaker Eoin Heaney with a score by Crash Ensemble, it’s an exploration of the work of one of Ireland’s greatest designers, Eileen Gray & new albums, Billie Eilish

The Dead, An Opera is based on the beloved short story by James Joyce at the Gaiety Theatre, Colin Hassard debut poetry collection Age of the Microwave Dinner at the Eastside Arts Festival, eastsidearts.net/ , Erykah Badu burst onto the global music scene in 1997 with her multiplatinum debut album, Baduizm, Jess Kavanagh on where to begin

Michael Pope & Roe McDermott review films incl. The Sparks Brothers documentary, Irish National Opera’s show at Kilkenny Arts Festival is Richard Strauss’ Elektra, Queer Mind, Body and Soul is an exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland, the first LGBTQIA+ exhibition, Ger Brady, project lead with Gáisce & spoken word artist, Sarah Hannigan

The eccentric, unclassifiable music duo of Sparks that have lasted more than 50 years, remembering Ray McBride, Joe Caslin is best known for his towering pieces of street art, Joe will take part in a panel discussion on LGBT+ media representation, no editor got it right more often than Dede Allen, Steven Benedict discusses.

Druid Theatre Company stages 'The Seagull' at Coole Park, Eileen Walsh plays fading actress Isobel Desmond, & Jack Gleeson – best known as the villainous Joffrey in Game of Thrones – is her lonely son, Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson, Kate Brennan Harding previews, Tony Tracy recommends where to begin with the films of James Cagney.