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re:verb is a platform showcasing poetry and verbal art that predominantly strays from the mainstream, and aims to expand the potential of live literature.

Alice Lyons's recent books are 'Oona' (Lilliput) and 'The Breadbasket of Europe' (Veer). She was the inaugural Heaney-Miłosz resident in Czesław Miłosz's former apartment in Kraków and recipient of a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship in Poetry & New Media. She lives in Sligo.

Maija Makela is from Galway. She writes across and between various forms, and her work has appeared in The Stinging Fly, Banshee, Tolka and numerous other places. A recipient of the Next Generation Award, she has released two acclaimed albums, and is currently writing a PhD on Fanny Howe.

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re:verb 2026 - Programme

Friday 5 June 2026
5pm: Kit Fryatt & Máighréad Medbh

7.30pm: Mai Ishikawa & Suzanne Walsh

Saturday 6 June 2026
2.30pm: Jazmine Linklater & Joanna Walsh

5pm: Alice Lyons & Maija Makela

7.30pm: Ellen Dillon & Éireann Lorsung