The Irish poet, fiction-writer and screenwriter

Readings in November

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I’ll be taking part in some readings in November and December. First up, the schedule for November. November 15th at Damer Hall, Dublin, 6.30 pm. This is to introduce the new anthology, Salmon: A Journey in Poetry, which features the work of over a hundred poets who have been published by Salmon since 1981. Buy [...]

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Book launch report

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The writer PJ Nolan has blogged my recent book launch at Waterstone’s, Dublin — you can read a full report at http://www.pjnolan.blogspot.com/

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Reading at the Irish Writers’ Centre

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Following the publication of Breaking Hearts and Traffic Lights, I’ll be doing a number of readings in the coming months. Next up is a Salmon Poetry event on Saturday, October 20th at 6.30 pm at the Irish Writers’ Centre, Dublin. I’m delighted to be reading with Mélanie Frances and Gordon Walmsley, who have fine new [...]

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Breaking Hearts and Traffic Lights — out now

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[Click on image for larger version] My third poetry collection, Breaking Hearts and Traffic Lights, is out now from Salmon Poetry. The book was launched at a reading in Waterstone’s, Dublin on October 18th. You can buy it at Waterstone’s, Hodges Figgis, Books Upstairs and from the Salmon website. “Intimate and daring, the poems in [...]

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