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If you have ever considered writing for young people, this is the event for you. Authors Dave Rudden, Patricia Forde and Alex Dawson will be at Kennys Bookshop, Liosbán this Saturday June 14 at 6pm to discuss, in conversation with Tomás Kenny, their horror stories and how they write for young people - from their inspirations to redrafting to navigating that submission process.

An important ethnological study of the fishermen of the Claddagh appeared in the Ulster Journal of Archaeology in 1853, written by someone who signed themselves J McE. In it, the author describes the people of the area as being purely Irish, of the most ancient Celtic type. There is no Spanish influence to be seen in their features.

Sonia “Sunny” Jacobs, the American woman who spent 16 years in prison, five of them on death row, for a crime she didn’t commit, has been named as one of the victims of a fatal house fire in Casla, Co Galway, on Tuesday, June 3.

Tucked between the Atlantic winds and stone walls of Galway, a quiet revolution has taken place in the undergrowth. Lisa Clancy, a Galway-based insect photographer and lifelong nature enthusiast, has turned her lens—and her heart—towards the overlooked citizens of Ireland’s ecosystems: insects. Her groundbreaking new book, Insect Portraits, published by Mayo Books Press, is a luminous celebration of Irish insects as they’ve never been seen before.

Most of us present our best faces to the world. Even on bad days, we smile through our tears, swallow our anger, and hastily push away any doubts and fears that threaten to dismantle our carefully constructed personas.

The winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony in Dublin tomorrow, May 9.

by Maxim Kelly

Atlantic Technological University is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its esteemed Heritage programme. The event, organised by the university’s Heritage Society, will take place on May 7 at 4pm in the Wine Geese Training Bar on the ATU Galway City campus.

Numerous research articles on Palestinian literature describe it as 'Literature of Resistance': a set of works designed specifically to challenge the Israeli occupation and colonial stereotypes.