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In 2023:
- 'Un Fantasma en la Garganta' translated to Spanish by Patricia Gonzalo De Jesús, published by Sexto Piso. For more, see
EL MUNDO
and
EL PAÍS
- 'Ein Geist in der Kehle' translated to German by Cornelius Reiber & Jens Friebe, published by
btb Verlag
- 'Duh U Grlu' translated to Croatian by Krešimir Sučević Međeral, published by Fraktura
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Dublin Literary Award
- 2023 panel of judges
- Signed, numbered, limited edition poetry broadsheet now available from
Kennys' Bookshop & Gallery
, in aid of The Simon Community
- 'Murach' dán úr in
Poetry Ireland Review 139
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'Crosstown Drift Goes to Garinish'
- a literary event celebrating Garnish Island, by the Office of Public Works and The Good Room
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Franco-Irish Literary Festival
2023
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In 2022:
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N
ational Book Critics Circle Award finalist ~ 'A Ghost in the Throat'
- Markievicz Award, Arts Council of Ireland
- 'Un Fantasma in Gola' translated to Italian by Claudia Durastanti, published by
il Saggiatore
- '
Een Geest in de Keel
' translated to Dutch by Caroline Meijer, published by Uitgeverij Van Oorschot
- 'Přízrak v hrdle' translated to Czech by Alice Hyrmanová McElveen, published by Odeon
- '
Crossing
' includes an essay on the art of Dorothy Cross
- 'Cityscape - for (and after) Alice Neel' in The Stinging Fly, Issue 46
- Premiere of
Clouded Reveries
, "a film about memories, motherhood and the mysterious nature of creativity," directed by Ciara Nic Chormaic.
Review
- Poems translated to Italian by Beatrice Masi &Marta Olivi in
Almanacco
- University College Cork Alumnus Award
- 'My Name Suspended in the Air' - a meditation on the poetry of Leland Bardwell
-
Europese Literatuurprijs
/
European Literature Prize
shortlist - 'A Ghost in the Throat' translated by Caroline Meijer, published by Van Oorschot
- 'Show Your Work: Essays from the Dublin Review' includes the essay 'A Scarf'
- Michel Déon Prize shortlist
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In 2021:
'At Bridget's Well'
- commissioned by Museum of Literature Ireland & The Department of Foreign Affairs
James Tait Black Biography Prize
- 'A Ghost in the Throat'
Arts Council of Ireland Literature Project Award ~
A Ghost in the Throat
'The Heart of the Wood'
- Lady Gregory Project commissioned by Druid Theatre & Brinkerhoff Foundation
Forward Prize - Highly Commended - '
Escape: A Chorus in Capes
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The 2021 D'Arcy Magee Lecture, St Mary's University, Canada
TV Profile - 'The Works' (RTÉ 1)
clip
'Ériu's Threshold
' - poems commissioned for film by Body&Soul.
'
Some Good Will Come'
(Fallow) includes 'Mandible'
'To Star the Dark'
(Dedalus Press, April)
'
A Ghost in the Throat'
US & Canadian edition (Biblioasis), A
Publishers' Weekly Best Book of 2021
'A Scarf'
- Solas Nua - read by Vicky Langan
Ómós
- A TG4 celebration of President Higgins
UNESCO
City of Literature in Ulyanovsk - poem translated to Russian
European Network of Cultural Institutions Poems in the City Project - poem translated to Polish by Jerzy Jarniewicz
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In 2020:
'
A Ghost in the Throat
' published by Tramp Press, and awarded Irish Book of the Year 2020 at Irish Book Awards
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Ildána
' award from TG4 & the Arts Council.
National Opera libretto - '
Glaoch
'. Composer: Linda Buckley
'A Scarf' - new essay
in
The Dublin Review
4 poems
in Bloodaxe's 'Staying Human' anthology.
'
Time, Folks, Please
' - essay commissioned by Dennis Dinneen Archive
'Don't Fuck with the Fairies' - essay in
Winter Papers
'Women and the Irish Revolution: Feminism, Activism, Violence' edited by Linda Connolly includes the poem 'Brightening'
'Famine Pots: The Choctaw-Irish Gift Exchange' includes
a sequence of trilingual poems
composed in collaboration with LeAnne Howe
'In Éineacht' - dán nua, Poetry Ireland Review 132
'An Imagined City' - essay commissioned by
European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies
'The Body Electric' - text commissioned by
The Model Gallery
in response to art by Louis leBrocquy
'
The woman who fell in love with a poem
' - essay
commissioned
by The Irish Times
Poems translated to Japanese and to Romanian
‘Split/End’ poetry commission with visual artists Aideen Barry and Alice Maher