Arena

 A daily magazine programme which looks at what's on in the world of arts and entertainment

IMPAC Dublin Award

• Colum McCann has just been announced as the winner of the International Dublin IMPAC Literary Award for his book 'Let the Great World Spin'. The Publishers are Bloomsbury.

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  Colum McCann joins Sean Rocks.

Liberties Festival 2011

• Nighthawks will put on a very special show at The Gravity Bar of The Guinness Storehouse on Friday June 17th.

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  Colm Keegan, who will perform his poetry at the Nighthawks evening on June 17th, reads his poem 'The Wind of the Spin'.

Mel Gibson

• Mel Gibson makes a return to the screen this week in the film 'The Beaver'.

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  Joe Griffin profiles the work of Mel Gibson.

Poetry - Padraig O'Morain

• 'The Blue Guitar' is a collection of poetry by Padraig O'Morain. The Publishers are Salmon Press. Padraig's blog is at www.padraigomorain.blogspot.com.

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  Padraig O'Morain joins Sean Rocks and reads from his collection.

Glasthule Opera Festival

• The Magic Flute will be performed as part of the DLR Glasthule Opera festival at The Pavillion in Dun Laoghaire on Thursday 16th and Saturday 18th June. For more information go to www.glasthuleopera.ie.

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  Robert Duff and Andrew Sinnot performs 'The Bird Catcher's Aria' from Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' while Katy Kelly performs 'The Queen of the Night' Aria accompanied by Andrew Sinnott.