# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Fifty Years Speaking - A Celebration of 50 years of The Stony Thursday Book
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Limerick Writers’ Centre in partnership with Limerick Arts Office announce
a celebratory literary event

FIFTY YEARS SPEAKING: A STONY THURSDAY GATHERING
Thursday 9th April 2026
6.30pm to 8.00pm
Belltable Arts Centre, 69 0’Connell St., Limerick
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Join us for a historic evening celebrating 50 years of The Stony Thursday Book, one of Ireland's longest-running and most cherished poetry journals.

This special celebratory reading brings together poets from across five decades; every voice that has graced the pages of this beloved Limerick publication is invited to share their work once more.
From the journal's founding to the present day, The Stony Thursday Book has been a testament to Limerick's enduring commitment to poetry and creative expression. Now, as part of April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2026, we gather to reconnect generations of poets and celebrate a legacy that has shaped Irish literary culture.
Whether you were published in the 1970s or last year, your voice is part of this story.
Experience fifty years of poetic voices in one room. Witness Limerick's vital contribution to Irish poetry. Be part of literary history.
All poets ever published in The Stony Thursday Book are warmly invited to participate.
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Presented by Limerick Writers' Centre & Limerick Arts Office
Part of April is Poetry Month in Limerick 2026

Admission: FREE

For reading slots and event information, please contact:
Dominic Taylor, Limerick Writers' Centre
Tel 087 2996409 E-mail: limerickwriterscentre@gmail.com
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/limerick/fifty-years-speaking-a-celebration-of-50-years-of-the-stony-thursday-book/200029534988600
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 36

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Limerick
- **state**: LK
- **country**: Ireland
- **location**: The Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick
- **lat**: 52.65967
- **long**: -8.63083
- **full address**: The Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Fifty Years Speaking - A Celebration of 50 years of The Stony Thursday Book being held?
  - **A:** Fifty Years Speaking - A Celebration of 50 years of The Stony Thursday Book takes place on Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm at The Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Fifty Years Speaking - A Celebration of 50 years of The Stony Thursday Book?
  - **A:** Fifty Years Speaking - A Celebration of 50 years of The Stony Thursday Book is organized by April Poetry Festival, Limerick.

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