Rita Ann Higgins talks about - and reads from - her latest collection “Tongulish” (published by Bloodaxe)  

Mayo photographer Mark Duffy reviews the major art fair Photo London, where nearly 500 artists are exhibiting at the annual photography fair

Further details:  http://photolondon.org

Mark Duffy website:   www.markduffyphotographer.com 

Experimental musician/visual artist Stano and poet Theo Dorgan who are collaborating on “In Between Silence, Where We Really Exist”, a series of sound installations by Stano featuring storytelling from Irish writers and artists screening in various venues as part of the International Literature Festival Dublin

Further details:   http://ilfdublin.com

Irish poet Caitriona O’Reilly chats about - and reads from - her latest collection “Geis” (published by Bloodaxe Books)

Palestinian performance poet Rafeef Ziadah talks about her family roots as refugees and addressing politically contentious Israel-Palestine issues in her work

Official website/Irish tour details:  www.rafeefziadah.net   

Declan Long reviews the art exhibition “Merlin James: To The Present” at the Kerlin Gallery

Further details:  www.kerlingallery.com   

Declan Long assesses the shortlist for this year’s Turner Prize

Full details:  www.tate.org.uk

Kathy D’Arcy reviews the latest collection “New Selected Poems” by Derek Mahon (published by Gallery Press)

Vona Groarke reads “An Teach Tui” from her current collection “Selected Poems” (published by Gallery Press)

Martin Clayton of the Royal Collection and Anne Hodge of the National Gallery of London give a guided tour around the ten original drawings by Leonardo da Vinci from the Royal Collection in Britain which go on show from tomorrow at the National Gallery of Ireland

Full details:  www.nationalgallery.ie