Honoured to have my creative non-fiction piece, ‘searching for something that looks like home’ within the pages of a journal I wholeheartedly admire. Grá & gratitude to editors Eimear and Laura and all at Banshee. My essay examines displacement, sensitivity, and crows!
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Dedalus Press Mentorship Programme 2024
Beyond thrilled to be chosen for the Dedalus Press Mentorship Programme. So fortunate to be shape-shifting poetry with the ever-giving poet Leeanne Quinn.
Poetry Ireland Review
Honoured to have read at this issue’s launch at the Irish Writers Centre. Palpable love in the room. Gratitude to editor Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, Poetry Ireland, and all at the Irish Writers Centre.
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award
Grateful to have been shortlisted for this international award. My poem, 13 ways of looking at ghosts was selected by a jury comprising of the UK’s most renowned editors and publishers, including representatives from the Guardian, Hodder & Stoughton, The Rialto, and The Poetry Exchange. Huge thanks to Zoë Brigley, Chair of the Poetry Jury.Continue reading “Aesthetica Creative Writing Award”
Poetry Ireland Review
Thrilling to have my poem The Somnambulist of Sceilig Mhór selected by the extraordinary poet/editor Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe. Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 141. Published December 2023.
Irish Writers Centre
Thrilled to read my work and showcase our journal HOWL New Irish Writing at the Irish Writers Centre as part of the Nollaig na mBan celebrations 2024. Lovely to be in the company of stellar editors and creatives.
The Edward Thomas Poetry Competition 2024
Honoured to be highly commended by poet Jane Draycott in this competition with my poem, ‘Morning’. Gratitude to Jeremy Mitchell and all at the Edward Thomas Fellowship.
Cork International Short Story Festival 2023
Wonderful to moderate this event at Cork International Short Story Festival 2023. Nourished by our discussions and the stories of Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (Selected Stories, Blackstaff Press, 2023) & Leon Craig (Parallel Hells, Sceptre, 2022).
Poetry as Commemoration
Lovely to have my poem selected for this fine curation. The woman I wish to have met is a poem dedicated to a woman of great courage — my grandmother. Huge thanks to Maria McManus, Catherine Wilsdon, and all at University College Dublin.
The Guthrie Gazette
So lovely to have my poem published in Issue 3. The Cryptographer is dedicated to The Tyrone Guthrie Centre resident cat Ariel, who would follow me down to the lake on my night walks. Huge gratitude to the previous director of The Tyrone Guthrie Centre — Dr Eimear O’Connor. Published July 2023.
ink-stained wings 