Tag: Nuala O'Connor

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Strokestown International Poetry Festival: Launch and Reading

Cover of Washing Windows IV featuring artwork showing a woman by a lake reaching up to a tree surrounded by wild flowers, daffodils, and reeds

Washing Windows IV: Irish Women Write Poetry will be launched with readings by contributors on Saturday May 4th at the brilliant Strokestown International Poetry Festival.

Thanks to editors Alan Hayes and Nuala O’Connor for including my poem “I Left My Womb In Napoli” in Washing Windows IV: Irish Women Write Poetry.

The festival has a wonderful programme of events including readings by Rita Ann Higgins, Celia de Fréine and a poetry workshop with Jane Clarke. See the Strokestown International Poetry Festival Programme of Events for booking details.

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Washing Windows III Ed: Alan Hayes and Nuala O’Connor (Arlen House: Dublin, 2023)

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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New Anthology – “Washing Windows Too: Irish Women Write Poetry” (Arlen House: Dublin, 2022)

Cover of Washing Windows Too (artwork showing female figures in shades of blue, greens, yellows)

I’m delighted to have a poem “1922” included in Washing Windows Too: Irish Women Write Poetry (Eds: Nuala O’ Connor and Alan Hayes), a new anthology featuring 100 Irish women poets who have not published a full poetry collection.

Congratulations to all the contributors! And thank you to Nuala and Alan for including my poem.

Pre-order your advance copy from the wonderful Books Upstairs until 14 March after which the book will be available to bookshops island-wide.