A Girl's Writing Is Never Done (c) Shauna Gilligan 2026
I am delighted to have facilitated a series of creative writing workshops with an amazing group of writers in Kildare Town Library as part of Kildare County Council Brigid 1500 Celebrations.
We would love for you to join us for a curated selection of poetry, prose, music and movement on Thursday, 5 October from 7pm.
Book your free KRF 2023 ticket here
The Writing Our Way to Brigit/Brigid Project is supported by Kildare County Council, Brigid 1500, Arts in Kildare, Kildare Library Service.
Tearing Stripes off Zebras is an anthology of new literary writing by thirty-three women who, at one time or another, have participated in the WEB writers’ group, which grew out of a series of creative writing workshops facilitated by Eavan Boland in the 1980s. The workshops were the brainchild of Arlen House founder Catherine Rose, who appointed Eavan Boland as Creative Director.
This anthology of new poetry, prose and drama, edited by Nessa O’Mahony, is dedicated to the memory of Eavan Boland.
I am delighted to have writing in the anthology which includes poetry, prose and drama by Ivy Bannister, Sheila Barrett, Louise C. Callaghan, Susan Connolly, Colette Connor, Mary Rose Callaghan, Celia de Fréine, Catherine Dunne, Philomena Feighan, Shauna Gilligan, Antonia Hart, Phyl Herbert, Pat Hickey, Joan Leech, Antoinette McCarthy, Ann McKay, Marilyn McLaughlin, Liz McManus, Lia Mills, Sara Mullen, Patsy J. Murphy, Helena Nolan, Clairr O’Connor, Mary O’Donnell, Beth O’Halloran, Nessa O’Mahony, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Anne Roper, Susan Schreibman, Monica Strina, Dolores Walshe, Breda Wall Ryan, Máiríde Woods
Please consider ordering it from your local bookshop or you can pre-order it from Waterstones here!
9781851323005 paperback
9781851323104 limited edition hardback
The anthology, which will be launched on 16th September 2023 in dlr Lexicon, has been funded and supported by Creative Ireland and by dlr Libraries.
I’m delighted to have my poem “Some Thing” in Washing Windows III: Irish Women Write Poetry. This poem takes a look at an imagined experience of an older Irish woman in the War of Independence and is told from the point of view of her son. Thank you to editors Alan Hayes and Nuala O’Connor for selecting my poem.
Purchase Washing Windows III: Irish Women Write Poetry from Books Upstairs.
You can listen to some readings from the anthology at Strokestown International Poetry Festival 2023
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