The Works
The Darwin Vampires. Fifth poetry collection. Forthcoming from Salmon.
Garth & Bev: five episodes, RTE, 2009; Cbeebies, 2010.
A Shopping Mall on Mars. Fourth poetry collection. BlazeVOX, 2008.
Breaking Hearts And Traffic Lights. Third poetry collection. Salmon, 2007.
The Wow Signal. Story collection. Bluechrome, 2007.
Doctor Who: Fear of the Daleks. Audio play on CD. Big Finish, 2007.
Burning The Bed. Short film (Dir. Denis McArdle). Songway/Fantastic Films, 2003.
The New Pornography. Second poetry collection. Salmon, 1996.
Jazztown. First poetry collection. Raven Arts Press, Dublin, 1991.
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Other publications. The work that appeared in these volumes has now been collected, along with many other poems, in ‘Breaking Hearts and Traffic Lights’ and ‘A Shopping Mall on Mars’.
American Singularity. Poetry e-book (BlazeVOX, 2006)
Cicatrice. Chapbook (Lapwing, 2006)
Touchpaper Star. Chapbook (Lapwing, 2004)
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Anthology appearances
2010. Census: The Second Seven Towers Anthology.
2010. The Workshop.
2009. The Watchful Heart.
2008. Literary Ways 2: Greece-Ireland.
2007. Salmon: A Journey In Poetry. (Salmon Poetry)
2007. Here Comes Everybody (interview). (eds. Geoffrey Gatza and Lance Philips, BlazeVOX books)
2006. Sunday Miscellany Selection 2004–2006. (New Island Books)
2006. Babylon Burning: 9/11 Five Years On. (nthposition)
2006. Sex and Chocolate (Paycock Press, Washington DC, ed. Richard Peabody and Lucinda Ebersole).
2005. The Moosehead Anthology X: Future Welcome (DC Books, Montreal, ed. Todd Swift).
2004. Something Beginning With P (O’Brien Press, Dublin, ed. Seamus Cashman).
2003. Poems for Lord Hutton (nthposition.com, ed. Todd Swift).
2003. Times New Roman: Poets Oppose 21st Century Empire (nthposition.com, ed. Todd Swift).
2003. 100 Poets Against The War (Salt Publishing, Cambridge, ed. Todd Swift).
2002. Short Fuse (Rattapallax, New York, eds. Todd Swift and Phil Norton).
1999. 100 Irish Poems of the Nineties (Millennium 3 Press, Romania).
1999. Poesia Irlandesa Contemporanea (Libros de Tierra Firma, Buenos Aires, ed. Jorge Fondebridar).
1998. Human Rights Have No Borders: Voices of Irish Poets (Marino, Dublin).
1998. Argus: the best of WP Monthly (Millennium 3 Press).
1997. Lifelines 3 (interview) (Town House, Dublin).
1995. Real Cool: Poems To Grow Up With (Marino, Dublin, ed. Niall McMonagle).
1990. 12 Bar Blues: Raven Introductions 6 (Raven Arts Press, eds Dermot Bolger and Aidan Murphy).
1990. Trinity Workshop Poets 1 (Poetry Ireland/Trinity College, introduction by Eavan Boland).
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Awards & Nominations
2010. Pushcart Prize. Nominated for the title poem in The Darwin Vampires.
2004. Dead Center Film Festival, Oklahoma City. Burning The Bed winner of Narrative Short category.
2004. Moondance International Film Festival, Boulder, CO. Semi-finalist as screenwriter for Burning The Bed.
2004. Minneapolis-St Paul International Film Festival. Burning The Bed selected for Best of the Competition showcase.
2004. Worldfest Film Festival Houston, Texas. Bronze for Burning The Bed.
2004. Malescorto Film Festival Italy. Special Mention for Burning The Bed.
2003. Cinescape Magazine Genre Literary Awards, Los Angeles. Winner, first prize, story category, for A Ghost.
1999. Hennessy Literary Awards. Finalist in Emerging Fiction category for story, Happy Hour.
1999. Ian St James Awards for Fiction. Commended for story, The Wow Signal.
1995. Hennessy Literary Awards. Finalist in Emerging Poetry category.
1990. Ian St James Awards. Shortlisted for a story.
