Got my copy of the latest Dublin Review in the post the other day. As usual, an interesting mix of essays, fiction etc. between the covers - including poet Vona Groarke's considerations on links between John McCormack and her family history and (woohoo!) - a new short story by Philip Ó'Ceallaigh! Nice one. Here's an earlier story from Ó'Ceallaigh, online at the Stinging Fly archive. Enjoy!
What Has Happened
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Others will say it better - but, here goes my small part in this - I stayed
up last night, as the horror dawned on me, literally and otherwise, that *VP...
Artist in Residence - Paris
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I'm coming to the end of my time as Writer in Residence at Centre Culturel
Irlandais here in Paris. It's been amazing to have a full month to
concentrat...
Hello, is there anybody there?!
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Bloody hell, I came back hoping to find some old photos that got lost when
my hard drive failed and be da hokey I saw that the very same thing
happened i...
Martin Stannard at 70
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I thought I'd posted this a couple of weeks back, and realise now that I
didn't, but better late than never – this is an excellent tribute to the
poet Ma...
‘Picture This: Pg. 10’, with Nancy Vickers
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Here is a short video I did last month with Nancy Vickers on *Pg*. 10,
which was a lot of fun to do. It’s part of a whole series sponsored by the
Dante S...
The Death of Poets
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*in memoriam* *Mangalesh Dabral* *1948-2020*
The death of poets
is no worse than of others.
All the same I grieve
for those who, like me,
labou...
Mslexia Poetry Competition
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The Magma 2020/21 Poetry Competition is now open for entries in both
categories, the Judge’s Prize for poems of 11 to 50 lines and the Editors’
Prize...
GOODBYE WRW
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I've decided to wind down Women Rule Writer after 11 years of blogging.
It's been lovely but, as blogland has become a bit of a graveyard, I'm done
here, a...
… & Elizabeth Jane Howard
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I am currently reading the novels of Elizabeth Jane Howard, one after
another, on the advice of Hilary Mantel in the Guardian – she has written
the introdu...
Wishing You All A Very Happy Christmas
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It's that time of year again so a nice seasonal image for you.
It's the cover art from my version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Wishing a ver...
A new normality
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Nuala giving it socks at Miss Emily launch.
It's been taking a while to get used to my new normal since surgery. When
you are at home all the time, you ge...
The Art of Superstition
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My piece for The Art of Superstition at the Copper House Gallery. The
importance of saying "bless you" when somebody sneezes.
Publications
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2014 I have three poems in the web supplement to the new issue of Agenda,
here, and two poems in the print version of their next, World War I themed
editio...