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'Listen Now Again' exhibition at the National Library of Ireland

December 5, 2017 Chris Heaney
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We are delighted to announce a major new exhibition from the National Library of Ireland devoted to the life and work of Seamus Heaney, opening in Dublin in summer 2018. 'Listen Now Again' will be the inaugural exhibition at a major new cultural space located in the historic surroundings of Bank of Ireland on College Green.

Drawing on Seamus Heaney's archive of manuscripts, notebooks and literary papers – donated by the poet and his family to the NLI in 2011 – this landmark exhibition will give everyone from schoolchildren to scholars to newcomers to Heaney's work the chance to observe the poet's creative process first hand. The title is drawn from the closing line of Seamus Heaney's poem 'The Rainstick'.

The exhibition is curated by Professor Geraldine Higgins, who knew Heaney personally and has previously put together another exhibition of his work at Emory University in Atlanta. Professor Higgins has written a piece describing the process of working with the poet's manuscripts, combined with her memories of the man - read on our News and Articles page.

For more information on 'Listen Now Again', visit www.nli.ie.

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The Music of What Happens
Jan 29, 2019
The Music of What Happens
Jan 29, 2019

Throughout 2019, the year that would have marked Seamus Heaney’s 80th birthday, poet and translator Marco Sonzogni will celebrate Heaney’s work with a series of pieces based on the sounds in his poetry. Here, he starts at the beginning, with ‘Death of a Naturalist’, the title poem of the first collection, and a memory of his own.

Jan 29, 2019
A Recording Remembered
Dec 6, 2018
A Recording Remembered
Dec 6, 2018

As the Collected Poems CD box set produced by RTE in association with The Lannan Foundation is about to be re-published, Lorelei Harris who was then the Editor of Arts, Features and Drama for RTE Radio 1 and the executive producer of the box set, looks back at how it came to be.

Dec 6, 2018
Poetry Aloud
Dec 4, 2018
Poetry Aloud
Dec 4, 2018

After months of preparation, 21 regional heats, and the speaking of hundreds of poems across the country, the finals of Poetry Aloud will take place in Dublin this Friday, 7 December. Niall MacMonagle charts the history of the prize and Seamus Heaney’s own connection to it

Dec 4, 2018
Dublin City University honours Seamus Heaney
Nov 26, 2018
Dublin City University honours Seamus Heaney
Nov 26, 2018

DCU honours Heaney the teacher with the naming of a new lecture theatre, and accompanying portrait, in its St. Patrick’s campus

Nov 26, 2018
Celebrating Two Years of Seamus Heaney HomePlace
Sep 28, 2018
Celebrating Two Years of Seamus Heaney HomePlace
Sep 28, 2018

As Seamus Heaney HomePlace celebrates its second anniversary this weekend, we asked the team behind HomePlace to share their thoughts on the journey so far…

Sep 28, 2018
Sweeney’s first flight
Sep 20, 2018
Sweeney’s first flight
Sep 20, 2018

In 1992, Seamus Heaney and the American photographer Rachel Giese-Brown collaborated on Sweeney’s Flight, a book of Giese-Brown’s haunting photographs of the Ulster landscape paired with extracts from Heaney’s Sweeney Astray. Here, Rachel explains how the artistic partnership came about and recalls the day the book finally took shape.

Sep 20, 2018
Late Night Notes on David Hammond
Aug 18, 2018
Late Night Notes on David Hammond
Aug 18, 2018

This month marks the tenth anniversary of the death of David Hammond, the renowned Belfast film-maker and singer, and close friend of Seamus Heaney. We asked JOHN KELLY, writer and broadcaster – and friend to both men – to share his memories of this 'natural force masquerading as a human being'

Aug 18, 2018
What a week! Coverage of Listen Now Again and 100 Poems
Jul 18, 2018
What a week! Coverage of Listen Now Again and 100 Poems
Jul 18, 2018

What a week! Read and listen to some of the press coverage of the launch of ‘Listen Now Again’ in Dublin, and the publication of 100 Poems.

Jul 18, 2018
100 Poems reading in London
Jun 21, 2018
100 Poems reading in London
Jun 21, 2018

To celebrate publication of 100 Poems by Seamus Heaney, The Print Room theatre at The Coronet, in London's Notting Hill Gate, will host a very special reading on Tuesday 10 July, at 7pm.

Jun 21, 2018
A Portrait of the Artist
May 29, 2018
A Portrait of the Artist
May 29, 2018

With just weeks before the National Library of Ireland's Listen Now Again exhibition opens in Dublin, Michael Heaney explains why one artefact in particular means so much to him…

May 29, 2018
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Previous Posts

  • November 2017
    • Nov 29, 2017 Seamus Heaney in South Africa Nov 29, 2017
  • December 2017
    • Dec 5, 2017 'Listen Now Again' exhibition at the National Library of Ireland Dec 5, 2017
    • Dec 6, 2017 Curating 'Listen Now Again' by Geraldine Higgins Dec 6, 2017
    • Dec 12, 2017 My Father’s Christmas cards Dec 12, 2017
  • January 2018
    • Jan 8, 2018 Out of the Marvellous Jan 8, 2018
    • Jan 24, 2018 The Heaney Poetry Library at Poetry Ireland Jan 24, 2018
  • February 2018
    • Feb 13, 2018 In Search of Sweeney's Song Feb 13, 2018
  • March 2018
    • Mar 27, 2018 100 Poems Mar 27, 2018
  • April 2018
    • Apr 16, 2018 Seamus Heaney's Ellmann Lectures, 30 Years On Apr 16, 2018
    • Apr 26, 2018 First Steps into Poetry Apr 26, 2018
  • May 2018
    • May 23, 2018 Room to Rhyme May 23, 2018
    • May 29, 2018 A Portrait of the Artist May 29, 2018
  • June 2018
    • Jun 21, 2018 100 Poems reading in London Jun 21, 2018
  • July 2018
    • Jul 18, 2018 What a week! Coverage of Listen Now Again and 100 Poems Jul 18, 2018
  • August 2018
    • Aug 18, 2018 Late Night Notes on David Hammond Aug 18, 2018
  • September 2018
    • Sep 20, 2018 Sweeney’s first flight Sep 20, 2018
    • Sep 28, 2018 Celebrating Two Years of Seamus Heaney HomePlace Sep 28, 2018
  • November 2018
    • Nov 26, 2018 Dublin City University honours Seamus Heaney Nov 26, 2018
  • December 2018
    • Dec 4, 2018 Poetry Aloud Dec 4, 2018
    • Dec 6, 2018 A Recording Remembered Dec 6, 2018
  • January 2019
    • Jan 29, 2019 The Music of What Happens Jan 29, 2019

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