LAUNCH: Wake of the Whale
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It is our pleasure to present the launch of Wake of the Whale (Mayo Books) by Alice Kinsella and Daniel Wade.
It is a little-known fact that whaling was carried out off the shore of Co. Mayo in the early twentieth century. Watcher has lived in Mayo most of her life. When she stumbles upon this fact she becomes, like many before her, obsessed with the whales. Through poetry influenced by medieval sagas and sea shanties alike, Mariner tells the story of not just one whaling voyage, but of the history of commercial whaling itself. Together the authors weave a conversation that challenges our deeply ingrained assumptions about human, and animal, nature. Wake of the Whale asks if the attitudes that brought whales to the brink of extinction are now threatening our own?
Please join us for readings, refreshments, and musical accompaniment at 2pm on Sunday 1st December.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Alice Kinsella is a writer from Mayo. She is the author of poetry pamphlet Sexy Fruit (Broken Sleep, 2018), and Milk: on motherhood and madness (Picador, 2023). She co-edited Empty House: poetry and prose on the climate crisis (Doire Press, 2021). Her debut full-length poetry collection, The Ethics of Cats, will be published in 2025. She is an Arts Council of Ireland Next Generation Artist.
Daniel Wade is a writer from Dublin. In January 2017, his play The Collector opened the 20th anniversary season of the New Theatre, Dublin. In January 2020, his radio drama Crossing the Red Line was broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra. He is the author of the poetry collections Iceberg Relief (Underground Voices, 2017), Rapids (Finishing Line Press, 2021), and the novel A Land Without Wolves (Temple Dark Books, 2021).
