Libraries in County Clare
Last week I spent a couple of days in Clare – visited Scarriff, Killaloe, Ennis and Shannon. This time of year always reminds me of the work being done in the libraries in Ireland – and always...
View ArticleArt and other things
Over the past couple of months a friend of ours, Tommy Cuddihy, was laid up after a foot operation. While this must have been extremely frustrating for him, the result of it (in non medical terms) was...
View ArticleSmall and Free
I’m working with three very different secondary schools at the moment (just started!) and really enjoying it. One in Rathkeale, one in Limerick and one in Bridgetown, Wexford. As I said to one of the...
View Article‘I’ll keep this to show my children’
During the past months I have been working with a variety of schools – some of them as part of the Development Education Programme which is a joint initiative of Poetry Ireland and World Wise Global...
View ArticleOnce Upon a Place
In June this year Eoin Colfer, our brilliant Children’s Laureate, visited the St Catherine’s (aka Wetlands) halting site homework club in Kilkenny. He had put out a call at the start of his...
View ArticleWriting and more writing
It has been so long since I blogged. No excuses available. But in the meantime I was delighted to be part of two short story collections – Magic! which was edited by Siobhan Parkinson, beautifully...
View ArticleGrattan and Me
Just over a week ago Grattan and Me by Tom O’Neill was published and launched by Dalkey Archive Press. OK, so Tom O’Neill, besides being an author and a million other things, seemingly all at the same...
View ArticleNew Book! Keepsake
I must try and speed up my writing output – but that is for another day! In the meantime I have a new book coming out with Little Island. It is called Keepsake. The cover (which cannot be revealed just...
View ArticlePrejudice and Selective Outrage
Lots of definitions of prejudice around, but a look at the origin of the word provides the simplest explanation: praeiudicium (Latin) meaning prior judgement. Not one of us is without prejudice: we...
View ArticleLaunching Keepsake
This week sees the launch of my new book Keepsake, published by the lovely Little Island crew!. It will be launched in Stonehouse Books, courtesy of bookseller extraordinaire Liz Walsh, on Thursday...
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