ABOUT
Dani Gill is an independent curator, project manager and creative writing tutor, based in the west of Ireland. From 2010-2016 she was the Director of Cúirt International Festival of Literature, Galway. During her time with Cúirt she has successfully won three major European Project Awards: Read Me Live (2011), The Crossroads of European Literature (2013), and Sharing the World (2015-2016).
Dani was a member of the Advisory Panel for Galway European Capital of Culture 2020. She has also worked for the Volvo Ocean Race (2009), Decadent Theatre Company, and Galway events company: Fold/Unfold.
Dani is a creative writing tutor and hosts a Writing Club for students aged between 11& 18 years. She is interested in youth arts and education, and will be publishing a new online journal for young people from February 2017, called (un) titled: a journal without labels.
Dani is also a writer and has just completed a first collection of poems. She also writes fiction and is currently working on a novel.
DANI PRESS PIECES
A TRIBAL VISION
Dani Gill: Director, Cúirt International Festival of Literature
THE IRISH TIMES
Dani Gill: a day in the life of Cúirt International Festival of Literature
THE IRISH INDEPENDENT
Literary luminaries and fresh talent to shine at Cúirt festival Galway
THE GALWAY ADVERTISER
‘A truly intimate, international festival’ –Cúirt programme launched