Spring 2018

April

22 April 2018 - Reading under the cherry tree in Farmleigh on Japan Day with fellow Haiku Ireland members David J.Kelly, Maeve O'Sullivan and Glenda Cimino

An exciting month ahead, with the launch of Autonomy edited by Kathy D'Arcy, in Books Upstairs on 13 April, reading with Haiku Ireland members in Farmleigh for Japan Day on 22 April, and appearing in Cork World Book Fest at 'Here, There and In-between' on 28th April, reading with Robyn Rowland and Cedric Bikond Nkoma

March

30 March - Haiku Wales, a very interesting new journal edited by Paul Chambers, went live today, and includes my essay 'Imaginative Linkage: Haibun in Ireland' 

26 March. Phonica: Eight - a mind-blowing evening of cross-pollinated sound and word. I was delighted to participate in a polyphonic stage reading of Joanna Walsh's novella 'Seed', with a great cast of twelve amateur readers including Susan Tomaselli, June Caldwell, Dimitra Xidous and Dominique Cleary.

My poem 'Moving Statues' is in Autonomy, edited by Kathy D'Arcy, which will be launched in Books Upstairs in Dublin on 13 April

My poem 'Hume Street' is in the new issue of The Interpreters House, edited by Martin Malone.

Sunday 25 March – It was a privilege to be shortlisted for the The DLR Shine Strong Award with fine poets Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Erin Fornoff, Elaine Cosgrove, and Rachael Hegarty, author of the winning collection Flightpaths over Finglas.

Sunday 18 March – my new haibun 'Hoppers and Daddies' in Contemporary Haibun Online

Saturday 10 March – reading in the Irish Writers Centre with WomenXBorders

February

Some highlights of the wonderful Kerala Literature Festival: 'No Democracy Without Dissent', 8-11 February 2018, in Kozhikode Beach. Ireland was the guest country, and I attended with Conor Kostick, Alan Titley, Gabriel Rosenstock, Paddy Bushe, and Liam Carson, with the generous support of Culture Ireland.

Heading to Kerala Literary Festival for readings and panel discussions (8-12 February). This announcement is a great send-off.

January

Here's my interview with Sophie Grenham in The Gloss

I will be reading in Books Upstairs on Sunday 28th January 2018 at 3pm with fellow Hibernian Writers Maeve O'Sullivanand Brian Kirk.