Creative writing faculty are busy spreading the word with readings and events in far-flung places. Associate Director of  Creative Writing Mary Morrissy will be reading at a St Patrick’s Day event at the Irish College in Leuven, Belgium, on March 16, sponsored by the European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies, EFACIS – http://www.efacis.eu/site/index.php

Lecturer in Creative Writing, Leanne O’Sullivan, will give a reading at the Ottawa Versefest Festival on March 25 – http://versefest.ca/year/2017/schedule/?day=Mar25 –  while on April 4,  Dr Eibhear Walshe, Director of Creative Writing, will be delivering a lecture as part of the 2017 Thomas J Flatley Irish Studies Lecture Series at Boston College on Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks, which he jointly edited – http://www.bc.edu/centers/irish/studies/calendar.html.