Home from Poetry Now at Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival in Dun Laoghaire. So many wonderful events to attend: coffee and an inspiring workshop with Tess Gallagher this morning, then the Irish Times/Poetry Now Awards ceremony. And the very popular... Read More | Share it now!
Radio Interview – a first!
I was interviewed by Helen Dwyer today at the Dublin South fm radio studio at Dundrum Shopping Centre. The studio is high above the tree tops and the madding crowd. Spring sunshine had just burned away the sea-mist, so I caught a glimpse of... Read More | Share it now!
Cork Spring Poetry Festival
I’ve been recovering from flu (and reading all the wonderful books I picked up in Cork) so haven’t got round to posting this update until now. Huge thanks to Patrick Cotter for organising Cork Spring Poetry Festival and to Jennifer Matthews... Read More | Share it now!
Reading at Cork Spring Poetry Festival
I’m thrilled that Matthew Sweeney chose my poem Self Portrait in the Convex Bulge of a Hare’s Eye as the winner of the Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition. The winner – that’s me! – receives a cheque,... Read More | Share it now!