Events in Early 2025


Menagerie (poetry) out Mar. 2025, Arlen House

My upcoming events for the year (so far) – updates as time goes on:

19th January: Online book club event with Irish Cultural Centre, Massachusetts. 5pm GMT.

29th January: The Word on Wednesday, Sligo Central Library, 6.30pm. Moderator: Niamh McCabe. In-person and livestream. More here.

19th February: Online interview about writing, at Canadian writer Rob McLennan’s site.

6th March: Remarkable Women Summit, Ringsend Community Centre, Dublin – all day. I’ll be talking remarkable women in Historical fiction with Alice Look. More details to follow.

Mid-March: publication of Menagerie, my fifth poetry collection. Launch and event details to follow 🙂

21st March: Nora Barnacle Birthday event at Galway Grá Festival in Galway’s Latin Quarter. Details tbc.

25th March: Launch of short story anthology Take Six: Six Irish Women Writers (Dedalus Books), 6pm, Hodges Figgis, Dublin

28th March: Launch of short story anthology Take Six: Six Irish Women Writers (Dedalus Books), 6pm, Charlie Byrne’s, Galway

13th April: Wired Our Own Way essays anthology (by Irish autistic adults) event at Cúirt Festival, Galway. Mick Lally Theatre, 2.30pm

2nd to 4th May: Reading at Strokestown Poetry Festival. TBC.

25th to 31st May: Teaching flash narratives at Dingle Writers’ Workshop.

15th to 17th June: Bloomsday event in Pula, Croatia.

18th to 22nd June: International Conference on the Short Story in English, Killarney, Ireland.

20th June: Reading at ICSSE with Kevin Barry and William Wall. 5pm, The Gleneagle Hotel.

September: I will be teaching a 4 week poetry workshop in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, with Group 8. Details TBC.