readings

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!

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!

The Poets Library 2025

Looking forward to sharing work at The Poets Library, Cork City Library on the 4th of October, 2025. This is a free ticketed event. Gratitude to Kemi George Simpson for the curation of this project.

International Literature Festival Dublin 2025

Wonderful to return to read at ILFD again with poetry pals of ‘Beginnings Over and Over: Four New Poets from Ireland’ (Dedalus Press, 2025). Mammoth thanks to poet Leeanne Quinn for introducing our work and for her kindness and craft as editor.

The Seamus Heaney Poetry School 2024

An honour to read my poems after an immersive week of poetry. Grá and gratitude to Bebe Ashley, Nick Laird, and all at The Seamus Heaney Centre, Belfast.

Poetry Introductions Reading

Delighted to have been selected to read for Poetry Introductions at Cork International Poetry Festival 2024. Palpable love in the room.

Cork International Poetry Festival 2024

Such a thrill to moderate the outstanding poets Kerry Hardie & Katie Donovan at CIPF 2024. Also honoured to have moderated the ever-giving poets Breda Spaight & Triin Paja for their event. Huge thanks to all at the Munster Literature Centre for an…

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.

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.

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).

Ó’Bhéal’s Winter Warmer Festival

Honoured to be invited to read alongside talented poets from Cork and elsewhere. October 2022.

Au Chat Noir

So thrilled to finally get here and read at the open mic. Many thanks to Sophia Lucia for creating a safe and eclectic space. Paris. October 2022.

Cork International Short Story Festival 2022

Delighted to be invited to read my highly commended short story Boy in conjunction with Munster Literature Centre and From the Well Anthology. Cork City Library. October 2022.

West Cork Literary Festival

Delighted to be invited to read my highly commended short story Boy at WCLF. In conjunction with From the Well Short Story Competition and Cork County Library. July 2022.

Poetry Ireland Introductions

So delighted to be chosen for the Introductions Series this year. To be mentored by Jessica Traynor, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, and Anthony Anaxagorou was a dream realized. Reading at the International Literature Festival Dublin on the 25th of May 2022 was an honour.

Clonakilty Arts Centre

Invited as a featured poet to perform with an eclectic troop of musicians. A bow and a wink go to Lauren O’ Donovan, Michael Ray, Moze Jacobs, Paul McMahon, Sam Lucey, and Thaddeus Ó Buachalla. Hosted by DeBarra’s. Clonakilty. December 2021.

Spoken World

Invited as the featured poet. This platform hosts an international mix of writers and is a subsidiary of Spoken World Paris at Le Chat Noir. Online. December 2021. “This week our special guest poet is Róisín Leggett Bohan, a masterful, mesmerizing wonder of…