Books

  • Books:
  • Carnivorous
  • Blood Horses,
  • Beneath The Ice,
  • Snakeskin Stilettos,
  • The Horse's Nest,
  • Miracle Fruit,
  • Selected Poems,
  • The Goose Tree

About Me

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Poet, creative writing facilitator, editor. Experienced mentor for those working towards a first collection. My publishers are Lagan Press, Belfast and Liberties Press, Dublin, who published my Selected Poems in 2012, The Goose Tree in June 2014. Blood Horses was published in 2018 from Caesura Press www.caesurapress.co.uk and a new collection, Carnivorous was published from Doire Press Spring 2019 www.doirepress.com Awarded an Arts Council of NI Major Artist Award in 2019

Tuesday 29 March 2011

Reading this weekend in Sheffield

http://www.sheffieldpoetryfestival.org.uk/second/lagan_press_showcase_2_4.html      
I'm really looking forward to reading at the first ever Sheffield Poetry Festival along with Martin Mooney and his new book at a Lagan Showcase event.
Lots of other good stuff on too 
 http://http//www.sheffieldpoetryfestival.org.uk/home.html

Sunday 20 March 2011

New North Belfast Launch, Thursday 24th March

Reading a couple of poems in No Alibis, along with some of the other poets who are featured in NEW NORTH - Contemporary Poetry from Northern Ireland. Edited by Chris Agee and published by Salt Publishing

Monday 7 March 2011

PublishingNI Readings

·        PublishingNI is launching its inaugural regional tour featuring a selection of Northern Irish writers.
Featured writers include fiction and memoir writers Terri Hooley, Carlo Gébler, Sean Mackel and Ivan McKeown, poet Moyra Donaldson and non-fiction writer Des O’Reilly.
            Thurday 10th March at 7pm Denvir’s Hotel, Downpatrick in association with the Down  Arts Centre   (4461 0747). Friday 11th March 7pm at Verbal Arts Centre, Derry/Londonderry   (7126 6946). Sunday 13th March 8pm at Crescent Arts Centre (9024 2338)
                Spaces are very limited so to guarantee your place contact the venues above to book