What I'm reading at the moment - The Caiplie Caves by Karen Solie (Picador)   In her fifth collection, Canadian poet Karen Solie u...

At the Edge is a regular reading series organised by Kate Ennals with assistance from Cavan Arts Office. It is held in Cavan Library on Tue...

My first visit to Belfast City Hall last Friday was eyeopening. I was very impressed by the stained glass windows, a wide range of themes an...

The Ballymote Heritage Weekend saw the launch of issue 52 the annual journal, The Corran Herald" published by the group. This, in over ...

I was delighted to be asked to give a talk at Ballymote Heritage weekend on the August Bank Holiday Monday. My talk on Sligo, especially Sou...

Colin Dardis' latest publication, the chapbook The Dogs of Humanity has just been published by Fly on the Wall Press. The Belfast launc...

Bailieborough Poetry Prize 2019 is open. This year’s judge is Cavan Writer-in-Residence, Anthony J. Quinn.  Closing date for entries is...

Group photograph taken at the presentation of awards and readings for the Walter Swan Trust Poetry Competition, Ilkley Literature Fes...

Another very successful and well-attended poetry festival in Bailieborough , the sixth consecutive celebration of poetry here which opened o...

In her valuable and concise preface the author, Carolyne Van Der Meer, advises us that “The word ‘journeyman’ refers to an individual wh...

Canadian poet, Carolyne Van Der Meer, has just had her poetry collection, Journeywoman , published  by Inanna Publications, Toronto. Ca...

I'm delighted with this very careful, complimentary and insightful review of my latest collection, The Age of Glass , by Colin Dard...

I'm delighted to have an article on the War of Independence in County Sligo in the Atlas of the Irish Revolution , just published by Cor...

Bailieborough Poetry Festival details online now. A great line-up of poets from Ireland, the UK and the USA, including Noel Monahan, Patr...

My second poetry collection, The Age of Glass , was published by Revival Press, Limerick , Ireland in  June 2017. The design and cover ima...

The launch takes place in the Castle Arch Hotel, Trim at 8pm on Thursday 8 June. Everyone is welcome. I'm delighted that well-known...

For this Mothers Day. This poem will appear in my second poetry collection, due out in May. Knocknashee is the mountain in south Sligo whic...

I'm delighted to end 2017 by having a poem included in "The 12 Poems of Christmas" on the Lagan Online website. Thanks to L...

On Friday 11 November Rath Chairn Library Art Group launched their "From Tara to Beyond" exhibition in the OPW building, Jonathan ...

I've had poems accepted in some journals and anthologies recently. Two poems, Cicades at Nages and Secret were published in the Voice...