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Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Prize 2025

We Fall We Carry by Róisín Leggett Bohan Cork, Ireland. I’m buoyed with joy to be the joint first-place winner for my manuscript, ‘We Fall We Carry‘. My chapbook will be launched at the Cork International Poetry Festival on May 16th, 2026. Huge gratitude to the adjudicators for selecting my collection and to the Munster Literature CentreContinue reading “Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Prize 2025”

Just To Say

Delighted to be invited to share poetry and chat with stellar poets Molly Twomey and Audrey Molly in association with Jacar Press. Come join us on Wednesday, December 3rd, at 7pm. Email jacarpress@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

Winter Warmer Festival 2025

Looking forward to reading at Ó’Bhéal go Béal’s Winter Warmer Festival alongside a cast of luminaries. Tickets are free and all are welcome!

The Echo

Huge thanks to Jennifer Horgan for hosting this interview. We chatted about Patrick Kavanagh, the shape of words, and the supportive writing community of Cork.

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award

It’s very lovely to be shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award again. Sweetest thanks to the judges.

Waterford Poetry Prize 2025

Thrilled to have been placed third by adjudicator Jessica Traynor for the Waterford Poetry Prize. Thank you to Margaret Organ, Arts Officer of Waterford City and County Council.

Books Ireland 2025

Thank you to Ruth McKee from Books Ireland for this discussion on all things bookish.

The Patrick Kavanagh Award 2025

What an honour to be the recipient of The Patrick Kavanagh Award 2025. This year’s adjudicator was acclaimed poet Victoria Kennefick who described Róisín’s winning collection ‘We Fall, We Carry ‘ as “poems of sometimes devastating vulnerability, humour and considerable skill with an intelligent point-of-view that is all Leggett Bohan’s own “. A very worthyContinue reading “The Patrick Kavanagh Award 2025”

Dublin Book Festival 2025

Looking forward to sharing this event with three exquisite poets whom I admire: Jennifer Horgan, Lianne O’Hara and Martin Dyar. Equally grateful to the fine humans of Dublin Book Festival for inviting us. Tickets are free, but booking is essential. See you there!

RTE Radio 1

So lovely to have my poem featured on RTE Radio 1 in conjunction with a Culture Night commemorative compilation heralding the late and brilliant Seán Rocks. Huge gratitude to Belinda McKeon for curating this thoughtful programme and for selecting ’13 Ways of Looking at Ghosts’.