I was delighted to see my poem, Mary Daly, which also features in my collection Jewtown, was published in the latest issue of Southword, one of Ireland’s most prominent literary journals. I’m delighted to be in the company of some very fine poets including the winner of the Gregory O’Donoghue prize this year. Here it […]
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My mother-in-law’s calendar
My mother-in-law has marked her calendar for a roadtrip.
Upcoming Readings
It’s been a busy few weeks in terms of the final edits of the book and I’m delighted that Jewtown is with the printers now. I’ve also been very lucky to have been approached by some festivals and booked in for readings. After the launch on May 27th, I’ll be reading at the Hay Festival in Kells, the […]
America is not the World
America is not the World is a journal from Pankhearst in which I have a poem. The blurb reads: From Pakistan to Israel, Macau to India, Australia to Vietnam, Texas to Peru, we are not the borders that divide us. Rachel Nix is the editor and it contains poems and short fiction. It looks lovely and […]
It’s…the book cover
I think I’m just going to let this speak for itself.
A Bantry Story
I am more than a bit excited writing this post. Five years ago, I attended my first ever advanced poetry workshop in Bantry despite chancing my arm applying for it. I remember I had just won a local radio poetry competition and I rang the West Cork Literary Festival Box Office to see if it was […]
Reading in Carlow College
Today as part of Carlow College’s conference on migration, I was at the launch of an excellent art exhibition from Poland, where photographs of remains of the Holocaust are showing. Tomi Reichenthal, a Holocaust survivor, originally from Slovakia launched the exhibition and told his story to the audience. After the launch, there was a poetry […]
America is not the World
I am delighted to have a poem published in Pankhearst in their journal titled “America is not the World.” I was also very pleased to note that it was one of my upcoming poems in Jewtown that was chosen. Thanks to the editor Rachel Nix who selected my poem and I’m looking forward to getting […]
Mention in the Irish Times
It was lovely to get a mention in the Irish Times today from Ciaran Carty in his article about the Hennessy Awards. He also gave a bit of a plug to my book, which was a nice bonus! I can’t believe it’s already a year since I won the poetry section of the Hennessy Awards and it’s […]
To Trouble the Living Stream: Reading
I was delighted to be back in Visual Carlow with the Carlow Writers’ Cooperative for this poetry reading. I read a few newer poems about Irish male identity. I have been very busy with edits to Jewtown as well as work stuff so I haven’t had much of a chance to attend the group. It was […]