6 locales : over 30 poets : a national tour of Ireland

& brand new innovative poetic collaborations : an Irish Enemies project

http://weareenemies.com/yesbutareweenemies.html

I’m very happy to announce Yes But Are We Enemies? an Irish Enemies project. Beginning on September 18^th in Belfast and visiting Derry, Galway, Cork, Dublin and finishing in London on September 27^th, YBAWE is a multinational project about collaboration and innovation in contemporary poetry.

Six core poets, 3 Irish, 3 English, will present new collaborative works across the six date tour. At each reading they will be joined by numerous pairs of locally based poets. Every event features never before seen collaborative works.

Yes But Are We Enemies, co-curated by Christodoulos Makris, is fundamentally about the creation of new collaborative works and the integration of differing poetic communities, and has only been possible through the generosity of a series of organisational partners, first and foremost The Arts Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, through their Touring and Dissemination of Work scheme.

Please find below the schedule and the poet's involved, and if possible, do spread the word, and attend all and any of the events you can. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE:

Thu 18 September, 8pm: Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast

http://www.crescentarts.org/

Stephen Connolly & Stephen Sexton

Manuela Moser & Padraig Regan

Sophie Collins & Robert Maclean

Caitlin Newby & Andy Eaton

Tom Saunders & Lorcan Mullen

Christodoulos Makris & Sam Riviere

Billy Ramsell & SJ Fowler

Ailbhe Darcy & Patrick Coyle

Fri 19 September, 8pm: Verbal Arts Centre, Derry

http://theverbal.co/

Aodán McCardle & Ailbhe Hines

James King & Ellen Factor

Christodoulos Makris & Patrick Coyle

Billy Ramsell & Sam Riviere

Ailbhe Darcy & SJ Fowler

Sophie Collins & Robert Maclean

Sun 21 September, 8pm: Galway Arts Centre, Galway

http://www.galwayartscentre.ie/

Elaine Cosgrove & Anamaría Crowe Serrano

Elaine Feeney & Kevin Higgins

Eleanor Hooker & Sarah Hesketh

Christodoulos Makris & SJ Fowler

Billy Ramsell & Patrick Coyle

Ailbhe Darcy & Sam Riviere

Tue 23 September, 8pm: Triskel Arts Cenre, Cork

http://triskelartscentre.ie/events/2795/yes-but-are-we-enemies-english-and-irish-poets-having-words/

Christodoulos Makris & Sam Riviere

Billy Ramsell & Patrick Coyle

Ailbhe Darcy & SJ Fowler

Sarah Hayden & Rachel Warriner

David Toms & James Cummins

Doireann Ni Ghriofa & Cal Doyle

Paul Casey & Afric McGlinchey

Sarah Hesketh & TBA

Thu 25 September, 7pm: Irish Writers' Centre, Dublin

http://www.writerscentre.ie/html/events/atthecentre.html

A discussion moderated by Susan Tomaselli

Christodoulos Makris & Patrick Coyle

Billy Ramsell & SJ Fowler

Ailbhe Darcy & Sam Riviere

Rob Doyle & Dave Lordan

Michael Naghten Shanks & Cal Doyle

John Kearns & Kit Fryatt

Anamaría Crowe Serrano & Alan Jude Moore

Sat 27 September, 7pm: Rich Mix Arts Centre, London

http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/the-enemies-project-irish-poetry-yes-but-are-we-enemies/

Christodoulos Makris & SJ Fowler

Billy Ramsell & Sam Riviere

Ailbhe Darcy & Patrick Coyle

Kimberly Campanello & Kit Fryatt

Pascal O’Loughlin & Marcus Slease

Robert Kiely & Sarah Kelly

Becky Cremin & Stephen Mooney

Sophie Collins & Livia Franchini

+ Philip Terry, Sarah Hesketh & more

Yes But Are We Enemies? follows Auld Enemies, Fjender and Wrogowie as international Enemies projects in 2014, and will be followed in 2015 with a another series of similarly innovative projects outside of the UK.

http://yesbutisitpoetry.blogspot.co.uk/