2026 Events
Upcoming events
Sun 28 June, 5pm |
Wilde as a Queer Icon
A post-show discussion for The Ideal Husband with Neil Bartlett, Mary McAuliffe, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan, and Mark O'Halloran The Gate Theatre, Dublin |
Tues 30 June, 6.30pm
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Poetry Pride - An Evening with Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan
Join poet Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan for an evening of poetry to celebrate Pride. Ballyroan Library, South Dublin |
Fri 3 July, 7pm |
CTRL – readings by Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan and Brenda Romero
In the recently published collection, CTRL, writers turn their focus to one of the most influential – and persistently misunderstood – art forms of the modern era. Through memoir, criticism, and narrative exploration, these essays chart the ways video games intersect with memory, identity, imagination, and the complicated business of being human Gamestop, Clonmel Junction Arts Festival, Clonmel |
Sat 4 July, 4pm
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CJAF Youth Council Performance Trail
A live music, dance and spoken word experience awaits. Meet at Abbey Street before winding your way through the streets of Clonmel between three distinct performance spaces – each with its own atmosphere – before converging at the outdoor finale on Abbey Street. Following mentoring from curators Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan and Eamon O’Malley, the Youth Council present their Performance Trail – a reflection of a young creative’s journey. Various venues, Clonmel Junction Arts Festival, Clonmel |
Thurs 9 July, 6.30pm |
IN CONVERSATION | Rosaleen McDonagh and Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan on Contentious Spaces
Join us for a celebration and thematic exploration of Contentious Spaces, the debut novel by acclaimed Irish writer, playwright, and performer Rosaleen McDonagh. Books Upstairs, Dublin |
Past Events 2026
Fri 5 June
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'Written in the Stars: A migrant's journey in science communication and poetry' at Science Museum Lates
Join us for a special Lates bringing together music, making and ideas inspired by innovation from India, in collaboration with Serendipity Arts. In this lecture meets poetry performance, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan shares her story of being bad at physics but loving it anyways, becoming a writer, and how her journey as a migrant led her to explore the space where science and poetry collide. Science Museum, London, UK |
Wed 13 May, 4pm
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Tim MacGabhann & Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan
in conversation with Afric McGlinchey at Cork International Poetry Festival. Cork City Library, Cork |
Fri 1 May, 7pm
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Poetry Reading & Festival Launch
Reading by Moya Cannon, Louise G Cole & Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan to launch Strokestown Poetry Festival Strokestown, Roscommon |
Thurs 30 April, 6.30pm |
CTRL book launch
We’re excited to press start on the launch of CTRL: Essays on Video Games. Editor Dean Fee will be joined by contributing writers John Patrick McHugh, Róisín Kiberd, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan and Paul Whyte, reading from the anthology, exploring all things video games as an art form. Books Upstairs, Dublin |
Wed 29 April, 7pm |
Salt of Something New Book launch!!
Launching my debut collection with Dedalus press alongside poet Philip McDonagh Hen's Teeth, Dublin |
Until 28 March 2026 |
Quantum Untangled - Exhibition
Through interactive artworks, immersive sculptural installations and the words of physicists, philosophers and poets, Science Gallery London’s new exhibition Quantum Untangled fuses art, science and extraordinary interdisciplinary research together to consider big quantum questions and reveal the power quantum possesses to transform our futures. Science Gallery London, UK |
Fri 30 Jan |
No Blank Pages – a Found Poetry workshop at Science Gallery Lates
Some poems are written on a blank canvas, but in this workshop with poet Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan you’ll be making poems based on existing texts. Choose to expand a poem out using words from quantum quotes or boil a poem down by choosing words and phrases from quantum news articles. Science Gallery, London |
Sat 17 Jan |
Wired Our Own Way - First Fortnight Festival
The beautiful Smock Alley will be the backdrop for this powerful conversation about autism, identity and belonging in contemporary Ireland. This panel talk will centre around Niamh Garvey’s bestselling book ‘Wired our Own Way - An Anthology of Irish Autistic Voices’, an anthology of personal essays by Irish autistic adults, exploring the impact of diagnosis and diverse experiences. Jen Poyntz will moderate the panel discussion and panellists include the author Niamh Garvey, Irish Indian writer and performer Chandrika Narayanan Mohan and Adam Harris, Founder and CEO of AsIAm Ireland’s Autism Charity. Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin |
