Colm Scully is having the Dublin launch of is poetry collection “What News, Centurions?” from Newbinarypress.com on Monday May 4th in The Workman’s Club, Wellington Quay. It’s at 7pm and we have loads of guest readers. Erin Fornoff, Angela Carr, Fióna Bolger and Anne Tannam (In Tandem), Sue Cosgrave (Short story writer from Cork), Rab […]
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Jewtown Reading
On Tuesday 19th May at 7pm in the Irish Writers Centre, I’ll be reading some of my poems from “Jewtown” as part of the Poetry Introductions series from Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann. It will be part of the International Literature Festival Dublin and I’ll be on with Éamon Mag Uidhir, Jennifer Matthews, Julie Morrissy […]
Reading in Visual
Rozz reading at our recent event in Visual accompanied by Martin Sipos on piano. I read 4 poems from Jewtown including one newer one, “Foot”
Liz Berry Workshop
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 […]
John McKenna Launch
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.
Upcoming Reading
I’ll be reading 4 poems from Jewtown at this event with my writing group in Visual on Wednesday, 25th March from 7:30pm.
Interview with KCLR
Me reading two of my poems on KCLR (after 42 minutes and after an Ed Sheerin song that I had never listened to before but still knew it was Ed Sheerin and somehow knew the song) Interview with KCLR
I.N.T.O. send message of congratulations
Very nice of the INTO (the National Teacher’s Union) to send me a message of congratulations. Latest News – I.N.T.O
Hennessy Emerging Poetry (Irish Times)
Here’s the link to my poems in the Irish Times today Hennessy Emerging Poetry winner: Simon Lewis for Creosote; The Zoo, Cork, 1881; Two Sisters
Sara Baume named Hennessy New Irish Writer 2015
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