I’m delighted to be one of the selected poets to read at the Cork Spring Poetry Festival during the O’Donoghue Prizewinner ceremony in the Cork Arts Theatre. It’s all happening on Saturday, 13th February from 2:45pm. I’ll be reading a few poems from Jewtown, including my shortlisted poem, Mary Daly.
Category: Readings
Video of me reading at Poetry Introductions
This is a video of me reading at the Poetry Introductions evening in Dublin earlier this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNPtPH_mB6k I’m the first reader after the introductions and am joined by Eamon Mag Uidhir, Julie Morrissey, Jennifer Matthews and Michael Naghton Shanks.
Reading in Visual: A response to Yeats
Visual is such a nice venue to do a reading. I read as part of a response to Yeats last night along with members of the Carlow Writers’ Cooperative.
Red Line Poetry Prizegiving
Tonight was the prizegiving at the Red Line Book Festival’s poetry competition. I read my entry, Birthmark. Although I wasn’t one of the winners, it was great to meet lots of familiar faces. The winner Jean Robertson was also a runner-up in the Patrick Kavanagh award.
Double Shot Poetry Reading
It was brilliant to be asked to read at the Double Shot poetry evening supporting Mary Madec and Kevin Higgins. Sadly Kevin couldn’t make it due to illness so Dave Lorden and Karl Parkinson read a few of his poems. There was a big crowd of over 50 people and it was really nice to […]
Reading in the Patrick Kavanagh Centre
As part of the Patrick Kavanagh Weekend, I was lucky to read with the winner and other prize-winners at the Patrick Kavanagh Centre. I read a few poems from Jewtown.
Poetry Reading: Irish Jewish Museum
This is a short clip of my reading in the Irish Jewish Museum in Dublin where I had the privilege of reading some of my poems from my collection, Jewtown. In this video, I introduce the collection and give some context to the poems. I read two poems: “Meeting Isaac Marcus” and “Landsmannschaft” The video […]
Reading in Irish Jewish Museum
I had a wonderful time reading some of my poems in the Irish Jewish Museum over the weekend. I read 9 of my poems from Jewtown. The poems were preceded by the showing of an RTE interview on Gerald Goldberg. After my reading David Goldberg, (Gerald’s son), and two other Jewish men from Cork reminisced […]
Poetry Ireland Introductions Series
Last night I took part in the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series. I read six poems from my collection, Jewtown. A fantastic evening with four other excellent poets: Eamon McGhoira, Jennifer Matthews, Julie Morrissey and Michael Naghtan Shanks.
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”