All Superquinns turned to Supervalus on Thursday. I got invited to the unveiling of the one in Carlow. It was the day I realised that I finally had made it. [Image source: http://www.wearebrandsocial.com/]
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Voice Box at VISUAL – The George Bernard Shaw Theatre Carlow
Voice Box at VISUAL – The George Bernard Shaw Theatre Carlow Something I’ll be speaking at in May that has nothing to do with technology or writing but I’ll probably mention both.
A Short Review of 12 Years a Slave. Almost everything you need to know about this film is in the title. There was a rich man who got tricked into slavery, was a slave for 12 years and then was free again. Apart from that, there are some scenes where he and other characters get […]
These things come up from time to time on my Facebook page and tens of thousands of people respond to them. I haven’t found out what the point of them is. For example, if I see a particular word first, does it say something about me or does it merely point out that I read […]
The Burning Bush 2, issue #6
The Burning Bush 2, issue #6 Congratulations to Derek Coyle on getting published in this magazine. Issue #6 of the Burning Bush 2 – an online journal of poetry, fiction, interviews & reviews. Edited from Dublin & Chicago.
This is the Carlow Writers’ Cooperative’s open mic this week where we had a special guest, Mel Perry, from Wales. I read 3 of my poems. I tried to find a poem that was something to do with Wales but the closest I could get was a harbour in Wexford.
My fifteen minutes of fame. I got to sit almost in front of someone who won a Facebook competition that was genuine.
My cat is not very good at hide and seek
I like writing about journeys on trains or going somewhere on a train in my poetry. I’m not into trains or train-spotting in real life though but find the idea of these journeys interesting in creative writing as there’s so much going on in them. They aren’t big things but I often find myself looking […]
The Trans-generation in the Irish Arts | DAVE LORDAN
The Trans-generation in the Irish Arts | DAVE LORDAN