This very fine magazine cane in the post today. Great to see so many familiar faces in it. I have a review in it where I checked out books by John O’Donnell, Geraldine Mitchell and Noel Monahan. It’s the first book review I’ve done since school.
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Allingham Festival Poetry Competition
Happy to have come second place in the annual Allingham Poetry Festival. I’ve entered this a few times and never got anywhere! Delighted also that it was one of my new poems that was successful.
In an Index
I’m delighted to have a tiny piece in this set of essays – Irish Questions and Jewish Questions. Two of my poems from Jewtown are mentioned in the book.
Published: Algebra of Owls
It’s been a very quiet year for me in terms of getting poems published; rejection after rejection after rejection. Therefore I was relieved to finally get something published after almost 6 months in the popular web-based journal Algebra of Owls. The poem, Apple, is not a particularly new one but I never managed to get […]
The Tricky Second Collection
Some exciting news – at least for me – Doire Press will publish my second collection in late 2019! Jewtown will have a new sibling, which has been brewing for the last few years and is nearly ready to unleash. My aim is to make the poems I’ve written a lot better, yank out the […]
Carlow Arts Festival
I had a nice time reading some new work at the Carlow Arts Festival in their big tent. I read with the rest of the Carlow Writers’ Group with Jane Clarke, Grace Wells, Mark Roper and Maurice Davitt.
Poetry Ireland Review
Very pleased to find a new poem of mine accepted for Poetry Ireland Review.
On the telly
I was on RTE 1 this evening as part of a programme called “Back to the Future: An Irish Passover.” I read 2 poems from Jewtown and get to show a little bit of my school, where I work. I also chat a little bit about the history of the Cork Jewish Community. Watch it […]
Flare 6
Really pleased to have a poem featured in this lovely pamphlet.
Jews in Irish Literature
I had a fantastic night in The Bloomsbury hotel for the Irish Literary Society event on the representation of Jews in Irish literature. It was great to join Ruth Gilligan and Barry Montgomery again to talk about our respective works.