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Strokestown International Poetry Festival – Reading “1922”

Cover of Washing Windows Too Edited by Alan Hayes and Nuala O’Connor

I’m delighted to be taking part in this year’s Strokestown International Poetry Festival. I will be reading my poem “1922” alongside other women poets published in Washing Windows Too: Irish Women Write Poetry edited by Alan Hayes and Nuala O’Connor (Arlen House).

This event will feature readings from: Sorcha de Brún, Mary Rose Callaghan, Louise G. Cole, Sonya Gildea, Shauna Gilligan, Phyl Herbert, Susan Knight, Jackie Lynam, Noelle Lynskey, Jennifer Matthews, Triona McMorrow, Elizabeth Murtough, Denise Nagle, Úna Ní Cheallaigh, Margaret Nohilly, Margaret O’Brien, Margaret O’Driscoll, Siofra O’Meara, Ruth O’Shea & Janet Pierce.

Do join us in The Percy French Hotel on Saturday 30th April at 3.30pm!

With thanks to Alan Hayes and Strokestown International Poetry Festival for the invitation.

Contemplation

Yellow Light

Yellow flowers in sunlight

I don’t think there is anything quite uplifting as sunlight on yellow flowers on a day that is dry and near you are trees on which birds sit, chirping.

Close up of wild primroses with a yellow centre
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Exciting Book Post: Future Writers/Artists Chats

Photograph of stacked books. From bottom to top the titles are: Dubliners; Murder in the Monto/ The Geometer Lobachevsky; This Train is For: Keepsakes; Seven Steeples; Dolly Considine’s Hotel.

As followers of this blog will know, much of what I love doing is chatting to other writers, artists and readers. This week some beautiful book post arrived and I hope to chat to some of the creators on this blog soon…..Here is a little taste of what is to come as over the next few weeks there are exciting launches by Arlen House. Watch this space!

The second photograph above: Margo McNulty, Keepsakes; Mia Gallagher and Mario Sughi, Dubliners; Sara Baume, Seven Steeples

The third photograph below: Tony O’Reilly, Murder in the Monto; Bernie McGill, This Train is For; Adrian Duncan, The Geometer Lobachevsky.

LEFT TO RIGHT: Tony O’Reilly, Murder in the Monto; Bernie McGill, This Train is For; Adrian Duncan, The Geometer Lobachevsky.