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.
Category: Jewtown
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 […]
Bryan Cheyette Lecture
I attended an interesting lecture about Jews in Irish Literature, including “metaphorical” Jews, by Bryan Cheyette in Trinity College. I had heard about the talk as he mentioned that he was going to mention Jewtown. Bryan had a theory that my poem “Patched Up” which featured a boy called Sweeney and T.S. Elliot’s Jew-hating character, […]
Mentioned in Time of Israel
There’s a short mention of Jewtown in the Time of Israel this week. I was interviewed a few months ago before speaking at the launch of Representations of Jews in Irish Literature. The full article can be read here.
Jewtown amongst 4,000 books
Jewish Book Week started last night and I took the chance to get a snap of my book among the 4,000 other books featured in the festival. I also picked up a copy of the Jewish Book Week brochure and had a peek inside.
Off to London – Jewish Book Week
I’m off to London today for Jewish Book Week. I’ve packed my suitcase and I’m ready to go!
Launch of Representations of Jews in Irish Literature
I had a fantastic evening in Waterford IT where I launched the exhibition of Representations of Jews in Irish Literature, which is touring Ireland and beyond. This was the first time I’ve done a poetry event without doing a reading, as such. I was asked to give a presentation on how I came to write Jewtown. I […]
Jewtown available in Dubray Books
I didn’t realise that Jewtown was available to buy in the wonderful Dubray Books until I accidentally spotted it there in their Kilkenny branch.
Videos from UCD
I was recently alerted to the fact that there are a number of videos on YouTube from the UCD Poetry Archive Collection and I have 8 videos on their YouTube page. All 8 poems are from Jewtown and you can find them on the Video page of this web site. Below is one example of […]
Review of Jewtown from Israel
Today I received another review of Jewtown, my first from a Jewish reviewer and my first from someone outside of Ireland. Natalie Wood of PerfectlyWritePoetry published her review on the eve of Rosh Hashannah, the Jewish New Year, and I was very pleased with her words. She also published “Tashlich”, one of the poems in the […]