Irish poetry reading at Ottawa University

Caitriona O’Reilly, Irish author and poet, is scheduled to give a reading at 7:30pm Wednesday, March 29th, at The Ottawa University.

O’Reilly, who, like the Elders' Ian Byrne, grew up in Wicklow, is the writer-in-residence at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland. She studied at Trinity College, Dublin where she wrote a doctoral thesis on American literature. Her volume of poetry The Nowhere Birds was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2001, and won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2002 (given to the best new book by any Irish writer)

O’Dell Lounge, Martin Hall, 1001 South Cedar St., Ottawa.
(785) 242-5200, ext. 5406.