Novelist Conal Creedon reading in an historic church in Cork, Ireland, on Oct. 2 for the international launch via Zoom of "Atlantic Currents: Connecting Cork and Lowell," a literary anthology celebrating the partnership of two lifelong learning initiatives: Lowell: City of Learning and Cork Learning City. The official launch had been delayed since last March due to the coronavirus. More than 60 writers associated with Lowell, Mass., and Cork are represented with stories, essays, poems, and parts of novels. Others reading in the broadcast included David Daniel, Joey Banh, Christine P. O'Connor, and Resi Polixa from the Lowell side and Thomas McCarthy, Tina Neylon and Colette Sheridan from Cork. Please order copies of this Loom Press book on this site.
