LIVE NIGHT - 6 NOVEMBER 2012

Colm Lynch hails from Dun Laoghaire. He has two albums to date - A Whisper in a Riot -released in 2006 and TicketyBoo released in 2009. A captivating live performer with fantastic songs, Colm’s machine-gun playing accompanies unusual lyrical content and a vivid stage preence. Colm’s new music project, Watson Ace, released their first single ‘Declare’ on 26th Oct ‘12. ‘Reminiscent of latter-day Van Morrison . . . even a hint of Springsteen in Lynch's passionate, soulful delivery’ Hot Press.
http://ie.myspace.com/colmlynch

iamniamh (Niamh Parkinson) is a Dublin based artist and has performed in a variety of genres, from pop song writing to singing in Operas. She is making herself know on the Dublin music scene and has recently composed the score for the Cannes Film Festival accredited film Mirrorman. iamniamh is a pianist, singer and cellist, She is currently putting together an EP and is spreading her music to the UK. Niamh has supported The Spikes and The Lazy Band and will support Paul Diello on some of his UK shows. William Parkinson (drums) recently joined iamniamh adding new and fresh to approach to her music.
http://soundcloud.com/iamniamh/sets

Anne Fitzergerald is a poet. Raised in Sandycove Co. Dublin, she was educated at Loreto Abbey Dalkey, Trinity College, Dublin (Law), and Queen’s University, Belfast. In 2007, she was writer in residence at The Princess Grace Irish Library in Monaco. Her published collections include Swimming Lessons (2001) and The Map of Everything (2006) and her latest collection Beyond the Sea, was published by Salmon Poetry.  Anne now lives in Dún Laoghaire and teaches Creative Writing in Ireland and in North America. She will read poems from Beyond the Sea.

Dermot McCabe was born in Bray, Co. Wicklow and is one of the founder members of Abraxas Writers.He took early retirement from RTE to follow his love of literature and writing. Since then, he has written a series of three Gothic novels set during the late middle ages in a fictional fortress city called Dredgemarsh. The first of the trilogy, The Reluctant King, was recently published . The Lost Prince will be published early in 2013 and Firedrake at the end of 2013. Dermot will read from The Reluctant King on the night.