In May we were delighted to host a workshop with local gardener and business woman Anna Browne. Forming part of our #KeepWell campaign this event aimed to help people get out into the garden and develop their own sensory gardens. Gardening in general is a great way to switch off and clear your head, and […]
Leanne O’Sullivan is a young poet who hails from Cork. Her Collection entitled “Waiting for my Clothes”, was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2004. Her full Works come across as brutally honest, and poignant, and a personal journey of the physical is mapped in detail. I hope that these snippets below portray the richness of […]
I am days when I don’t know (Who am I? by Geraldine O’Toole) But still the stars shine on high And hang like diamond’s fire in the sky (Ride the night by Marion Bauer) I feel it’s good to find your starTo be precisely the age you are (Teenager by Iain Duggan) It’s the spark […]
On the 25th of March we welcomed authors Martina Devlin & Éilís Ní Dhuibhne along to Westmeath Libraries for a virtual Meet the Author talk, in association with the Irish Writers Centre. And we were delighted to welcome visitors from near and far, including Sicily, Norwich, and Athlone. For those who couldn't make it to […]
Ireland Reads is a new campaign to get the whole country reading this month in the lead up to a national day of reading on Thursday, February 25th. Westmeath Libraries has teamed up with libraries nationwide, publishers, booksellers, authors and others for the campaign, which is part of the government’s Keep Well initiative and aims […]
Margaret from Kilbeggan Library reviews The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd. Nan Shepherd offers a depth of scientific knowledge and lived experience from the point of view that "each of the senses is a way into what the mountain can give". The mountain being the Caingorms of Scotland. It is an invitation into a world […]