Spring/Summer 2026

Amanda has a seven sonnet sequence, ‘A Matriarchal Crown’ in Poetry Ireland Review, edited by Sinead Morrissey. Along with Liam Carson, she guest-edited the new issue of Seashores journal, and has an essay included in it. She hosted an evening of poetry and music in Harold's Cross Festival on 21 May 2021, featuring Alvy Carragher, Catherine Ann Cullen, Gilles Fabre, Michael O'Loughlin, Roisin Sheerin, and Gerry Smyth, with music by Pearse McGloughlin and Nocturnes. Amanda is launching Maeve O'Sullivan's new haiku collection on 11 June. She will be a speaker at the Seashores Haiku Festival on 11 July.

derelict cottage / the realtor’s hands / release a swallow

On 1 July this haiku of Amanda’s was featured as Haiku of the Day on The Haiku Foundation’s website, in a selected curated by Maeve O’Sullivan.