January/February 2019

February 2019

Amanda has some translations in The Bloomsbury Anthology of 110 More Great Indian Poems, edited by Abhay K: 

A Romanian translation (by Dr Olimpia Iacob, Associate Professor of Modern Languages at Vasile Goldis West University in Arad, Romania), of an extract from The loneliness of the sasquatch is to be published in Convorbiri Literare.

An extract and the interview from The loneliness of the sasquatch is available on the beautiful Italian-based Margutte website.

A little review of First the Feathers and The loneliness of the sasquatch in the New Books section of the Dublin Review of Books.

Here's my review of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's Northern Lights (The Gallery Press, 2018) in the Dublin Review of Books.

Submissions are now open for The Haibun Journal 1.1, under the editorship of Sean O'Connor. I am delighted to be an assistant editor, along with Kim Richardson, publisher with Alba Publishing. 

On 7th February I spent an afternoon with a group of students from Lycée Faidherbe in Lille, Northern France. They have been studying Undercurrents with their head of English, and have produced this beautiful book of their own poetry - Grass petals.

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January 2019

This month I travelled to Oslo at the invitation of the Prix de Norvège Society to participate in 'The New Scream'. This project brought together a group of writers and artists to learn about Edvard Munch's art and life, and collaborate on a creative project. I am honoured that the Arts Council of Ireland granted me a Training and Travel Award, and look forward to producing new work for a book based on our experiences. 

Also this month, I have new poems appearing in The North and in Skylight 47, both of which are to launched on 24th January.