Virtual Crossways
Virtual Crossways
Virtual Crossways 2021 followed on from the Crossways Festivals of 2018 and 2019, which were staged in Glasgow and which featured writers and performers in Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Scots and English. The particular aim of Crossways is to foster and expand literary links across the North Channel. In 2021, it brought together Irish writers from across the island of Ireland, together with their Scottish peers, underscoring the longstanding contribution of Irish people, history, language, culture and writing to both Glasgow and the Scottish nation. Virtual Crossways 2021 was sponsored and organised by Irish Pages/Duillí Éireann. It received financial support from the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme, Foras na Gaeilge, Colmcille, and Bòrd na Gàidhlig. For more, visit www.crosswaysfestival.org.
Alan Titley & David Kinloch
Virtual Crossways
Alan Titley and David Kinloch both give powerful readings, from socially-engaged issues to painting.
Biddy Jenkinson & Maoilis Caimbeul
Virtual Crossways
Biddy Jenkinson’s reading shows her at her best, and Maoilios Campbell makes bold juxtapositions between the nostalgic, the scientific and the faithful.
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh & Catrìona Lexy Chaimbeul
Virtual Crossways
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh considers the impact of motherhood, and Catrìona Lexy Campbell reads from Samhraidhean Dìomhair' (Secret Summers) and Cluicheadairean (Players).
Nuala Ní Dhomnaill & Aongus Dubh MacNeacail
Virtual Crossways
Nuala Ní Dhómhnaill takes us on a whistle-stop tour of her poetic career, and Aonghas Dubh MacNeacail's poetry reflects on the Skye of his childhood and a life in the arts.
Jessica Traynor & Andrew O’Hagan
Virtual Crossways
Jessica Traynor moves seamlessly through a series of poems registering both the local and global, and Andrew O’Hagan gives a dramatic reading full of Glaswegian humour.
Peter Sirr & Robert Alan Jamieson
Virtual Crossways
Peter Sirr’s reading offers rare and multifarious insights, and Robert Alan Jamieson reads from his latest book, Plague Clothes.
Paula Meehan & Kathleen Jamie
Virtual Crossways
Paula Meehan explores the poetic life, and Kathleen Jamie gives us a selection of poems full of optimism and hope.
Aifric Mac Aodha & Eòghan Stiùbhart
Virtual Crossways
Aifric Mac Aodha celebrates romantic love, and we hear sonorous poetry from Eòghan Stiùbhart.
Chris Agee & Kapka Kassabova
Virtual Crossways
Chris Agee reads from his fourth collection, Blue Sandbar Moon, and Kapka Kassabova reads the final chapter of her most recent non-fiction book, To the Lake.