Trevor Conway on Lazy Verbs: Time for the Treadmill
Trevor Conway, a Sligoman living in Galway since 2005, writes mainly poetry, fiction and songs.
Poets
Will You Be My Friend? Gabriel Fitzmaurice
I qualified as a national teacher in 1972 at the tender age of 19. (Yes!
Explain Yourself: Daragh Bradish
“Explain yourself”. How often did you hear that command from grown-ups when you were young,
To Skin a Cat: The Daunting Second Collection by Afric McGlinchey
A first poetry collection is, effectively, an autobiography, no matter how you try to disguise
Poetry and Its Packaging by Trevor Conway
It’s been nine months since A Poem for Ireland catapulted poetry to the attention of
The Poet And The Twittering Machine by Mark Granier
When Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy wrote in 2011 that ‘the poem is a form of
The Space Between: New Poetry from Kate Dempsey
Fifteen years ago, I went on an evening course in creative writing Lucan run by
The Lures of Narrative by Frank Golden
Poetry defined me or helped me to define myself– the very basic desire to encode
Liam Ryan: The Reluctant Writer
I am the reluctant writer. I do not have a writing desk; I do not
Writing through Windows by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
So often, we speak of Woolf’s assertion that writers require a room of one’s own.
Photons, a Collection of Poetry by Peter Donnelly
When I began writing Photons, I did not conceive of it as a collection at all,
Five Brave New Voices for Atlanta 2015 Need Your Help!
Former Cúirt Grand Slam Champion, poet Stephen Murray had an inspired idea early last year
John MacKenna on Poet John Clare
“What was it that drew you to John Clare as a subject for a book?”
Brendan Kennelly: Behind the Smile
At a truly remarkable launch in the Shelbourne Hotel last week, Dr. Sandrine Brisset’s literary
A Labour of Love: Poetry Bus 4
Putting together a magazine of poetry and illustration with an audio CD is a labour
Mícheál Ó hAodha, Farewell to Ireland
Mícheál Ó hAodha this year published a collection of poetry,Slán le hÉireann (Farewell to Ireland), a
Interview with John Hartley Williams
Listowel Writers’ Week is a unique literary festival, hosting stellar authors yet retaining an utterly
Flying High: Kate Dempsey meets Pat Boran
Pat Boran is a poet, fiction writer, publisher and radio broadcaster, as well as the editor
Beautiful Words: Nuala Ni Chonchuir
Nuala Ní Chonchúir is a full-time fiction writer and poet. She has published three collections of
The Best of the Spoken Word
Poet and writer Kate Dempsey speaks to the legend that is Stephen James Smith about
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