SWERVE

SWERVE publishes vibrant and fresh writing and visual art from Ireland in both print and digital formats. We also invite international artists and writers to contribute. Also:

SWERVE PROJECT SPACE: a pop-up gallery exhibiting interesting and original visual art that does not have a home in mainstream galleries or large public institutions. It gives us the opportunity to show the work of our artists-in-residence.

SWERVE ARTIST/WRITER COLLABORATION: We arrange writer/artist collaborations for publication in the journal. In 2023 sculptor Charlotte Malik and writer Hannah Hoare worked on a visual art/writing project for publication in SWERVE 2. We exhibited the resulting soft sculpture installation by Charlotte at SWERVE Project Space to coincide with a reading by Hannah. In 2024 we published the work of Cork poet Kemi George Simpson and artist Henny Lees in SWERVE 3. The 2025 collaboration features Cork poet Nate van Sweden and London digital artist Antony Buonomo.

THE SWERVE RESIDENCY PROGRAMME enables artists and writers to spend time in the wonderful landscapes of West Cork, based in a self-contained live-work apartment at our Skibbereen HQ. In 2024 SWERVE hosted Palestinian poet Shahd Karaeen, sculptor Charlotte Malik (UK), writer Hannah Hoare (UK) and Jason Stoneking, an American poet resident in Paris. 

THE LIT LOUNGE is a dedicated performance space for resident and local writers. The headline writers are invited to read in an informal, intimate, and supportive space. The reading is followed by an open mic to encourage exchange between writer and audience. We have hosted the following writers: Shahd Karaeen, Hannah Hoare, Daragh Fleming, Jason Stoneking and many local writers via the Open Mic.

THE LIT LOUNGE ONLINE is our Zoom version of the above.

Publisher address:

Prospect House
8 Cork Road
Skibbereen
County Cork
P81 YX40

Website: https://www.swervemagazine.org/

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