Internationally award-winning poet and writer
Readings & EVENTS 2020
Full details of readings and events where Anne Casey and/or her work will feature during 2020 will be added via links once announced by individual organisers.
AUSTRALIA: January-FEBRUARY
- Friday, 17 January- 6.30 pm: Reading the River hosted by Mark Roberts - Twilight Poetry readings with Laurie Duggan, Robert Adamson, Linda Adair and Anne Casey at: The Cottage Gallery, 10 Dangar Road, Brooklyn, Sydney, Australia. Sponsored by Rochford Street Review.
- Saturday, 18 January - 5.00 pm: Planet in Peril anthology launch and ecopoetry readingshosted by Michael Aiken - featuring poets John Bennett, Geoff Callard and Anne Casey at: Garden Lounge creative space, 573 King Street, Newtown, Sydney, Australia.
- Thursday, 23 January - 6.00 pm: Bushfire Relief Fundraiser featuring art, music and poetry in aid of the victims of the Australian bushfires. International climate activists, Deborah Hart and The Climate Guardians perform six ecopoems written by Anne Casey at: Bar 303, 303 High Street, Northcote, Melbourne, Australia.
- Saturday, 1 February- 6.00 pm: Brigid 2020- produced by Aine de Paor and featuring poetry and prose readings and music celebrating Irish-Australian heritage by ABC broadcaster, Daniel Browning; novelist, Gabrielle Carey; poet, Anne Casey; harpist, Cliona Molins; and other artists - sponsored by Consulate General of Ireland and Irish National Association of Australasia at: State Library of New South Wales, Corner of Macquarie Street & Shakespeare Place, Sydney, Australia.
- Sunday, 2 February- 6.00 pm: Brigid 2020- featuring poetry and prose readings and music celebrating Irish-Australian heritage (program details as above) at: Don Bank Museum, 6 Napier Street, North Sydney, Australia.
Thursday, 6 February - 7.00 pm: Brigid 2020 - featuring poetry and prose readings and music celebrating Irish-Australian heritage (program details as above) at: The Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire Street, Sydney, Australia.
- Saturday, 8 February - 2.00 pm: Brigid 2020- featuring poetry and prose readings and music celebrating Irish-Australian heritage (program details as above) at: Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, 1 Powerhouse Road, Casula, New South Wales, Australia.
- Wednesday, 26 February - 7.30 pm: Live Poets at Don Bank - featuring poetry reading by Anne Casey at: Don Bank Museum, 6 Napier Street, North Sydney, Australia.
USA: MARCH
- 5-7 March - Meet and greet, readings and book signings with Salmon Poetry poets including Anne Casey at AWP Conference & BookFair (the largest book fair and writers' conference in the USA) - visit Salmon Poetry, Stand 1555, Exhibit Halls 3-4, Henry B. González Convention Center, 900 E Market St, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- Thursday, 5 March - 11.00 am: Book signing by Anne Casey at AWP Conference & BookFair - Salmon Poetry, Stand 1555, Exhibit Halls 3-4, Henry B. González Convention Center, 900 E Market St, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- Friday, 6 March - 6.00 pm: Poetry readings and book signings by poets - Anne Casey, David Cavanagh, Dede Cummings, Lori Desrosiers and Sandra Ann Winters - hosted by Salmon Poetry as part of AWP Conference & BookFair - event takes place at: Mission B, 2nd floor, Grand Hyatt San Antonio, 600 E Market Str, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- Wednesday, 10 March - 12.30 pm: Poetry reading and discussion by Anne Casey at: University of Missouri–St. Louis, 1 University Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
AUSTRALIA: MARCH-MAY
- Friday, 20 March - CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Anne Casey is guest speaker/poetry reading at St Patrick's Day Dinner hosted by The Aisling Society in Sydney, Australia.
- Friday, 10 April - CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Poetry reading at Sydney Poetry Festival in Sydney, Australia.
- Sunday, 12 April - CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Poetry reading at Sydney Poetry Festival in Sydney, Australia.
- Tuesday, 21 April - Anne Casey will read her prize-winning poem 'Either way the fact remains' as part of the 'Mingled Voices' prize anthology launch at theProverse Press Spring Reception, Hong Kong - NOW MOVED ONLINE DUE TO COVID-19 - taking place at 7.30 pm (Hong Kong time) here: on YouTube.
- Thursday, 30 April- CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Poetry reading in Sydney, Australia hosted by Consulate General of Ireland.
- Tuesday, 5 May - Poetry reading for the University of Newcastle - University Mental Health Day - taking place at 9.30 am here: on Zoom.
- Thursday, 14 May - Launch of '(UN)BELONGING' poetry collection by Nat O'Reilly, published by Recent Work Press - with introduction by Anne Casey - at Better Read Than Dead Bookshop in Newtown, Sydney, Australia.Moved online - read now at: Rochford Street Review.
- Thursday, 28 May - Sex, Death & Ecopolitics poetry reading at Poets' Corner, WestWords Centre for Writing, Sydney, Australia - MOVED ONLINE (link to come).
- 5 June - Poetry readings for Fly on the Wall Press ecopoetry event celebrating World Environment Day 2020 (online due to COVID-19).
- June to November - Poetry readings as part of Poetry on the Move Festival at the University of Canberra (moved online due to COVID-19).
IRELAND: JUNE
- Sunday, 14 June - CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Poetry readings with Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Nat O'Reilly and Anne Casey at: Books Upstairs, 17 D'Olier Street, Dublin, Ireland.
- Saturday, 20 June - CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Poetry Readings with Nat O'Reilly and Anne Casey at The Salmon Bookshop & Literary Centre, Parliament Street, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland.
- Sunday, 21 June - CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19: Poetry Readings with Bernadette Gallagher, Nat O'Reilly and Anne Casey at historic Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street, Cork city, Ireland.
- Friday, 26 June - Poetry Readings with K.S. Moore and Anne Casey in Co Tipperary, Ireland.
AUSTRALIA
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INTERNATIONAL (ONLINE)
- Monday, 14 September - Not Very Quiet Issue 7, Memoir - Journal Launch featuring a reading and launch by Anne Casey at Smith's Alternative, 76 Alinga Street, Canberra, ACT, Australia and online via Zoom.
- Saturday, 7 November at 6 pm (USA EST) - WATCH ARCHIVED EVENT HERE: Wordpeace Summer/Fall 2020 Reading featuring contributors to Wordpeace Journal, including Anne Casey, hosted by Lori Desrosiers. Via Zoom, Facebook and YouTube.
- Saturday, 21 November at 3 pm (USA EST) - Beltway Poetry Quarterly: Art in Times of Crisis Issue Launch: Reading featuring poets including Anne Casey, hosted by Indran Amrithanayagam and Sara Cahill Marron. Via Zoom, - register to attend.
- Sunday, 13 December at 4 pm (Australia - AEST) - Melbourne Poets Union: Launch of Linda Adair's Poetry Book 'The Unintended Consequence of the Shattering'. Official launch by Anne Casey. Event details.