Author: simon

I attended a workshop in the Mountains to Sea Festival with Liz Berry. My first ever poetry workshop was at a similar event a few years ago with Moya Cannon where I received my first critique outside my writing group. This year, the workshop was focused on how to get a first collection published. There […]

Went to the launch of John McKenna’s new poetry book, By the Light of the Four Moons. Pictured are John, Niamh Boyce (who launched the book) and Lisa Frank (from Doire Press) A great coup for Carlow Library as the venue for the launch.

I’ll be reading 4 poems from Jewtown at this event with my writing group in Visual on Wednesday, 25th March from 7:30pm.

Very nice of the INTO (the National Teacher’s Union) to send me a message of congratulations. Latest News – I.N.T.O  

Very happy to be in the Irish Times today after receiving the Emerging Poet Award at the Hennessy Awards last night. Sara Baume named Hennessy New Irish Writer 2015  

A few photos from my day at the Cork Poetry Festival. Had a one to one workshop with Matthew Sweeney. Later I went to see Liz Berry and Don Share then met almost every poet in Ireland in the bar afterwards!