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A Pushcart nominee, her first collection is forthcoming with Salmon Poetry (2016). She writes and illustrates the Award-Winning blog With All the Finesse of a Badger.

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Moyra Donaldson Speaks about The Goose Tree

Alvy Carragher Oct 19, 2015 0
Moyra Donaldson is the author of six collections of poetry. Her collection Snakeskin Stilettos was shortlisted for a Foreword Book of the Year Award. Her poems have been published internationally and she has read in many corners of the…
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Elaine Feeney Should Come With A Trigger Warning

Alvy Carragher Oct 15, 2015 0
Elaine Feeney is the kind of poet I want to be when I grow up. I remember the first time I saw her read, and the second, and the third. She has that remarkable ability to blow you away each time, even if it's work you've already heard. She…
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Liam Ryan Speaks About What’s Happening in the Shade

Alvy Carragher Oct 13, 2015 0
Liam Ryan is an architect, a thing which is clear from the beautiful structure and attention to detail in his collection. A Tipperary man, he now resides in Laois with his family. His first collection Touching Stones was published with…
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Poetry Chef Inja Cooks Up Some Words

Alvy Carragher Oct 10, 2015 0
Inja is one of the UK’s most energetic, crowd-pleasing and versatile performers. An exceptional artist, MC and host whose work spans a huge variety of genres including dubstep, hip-hop, grime, drum ‘n’ bass, and freestyle poetry. He has…
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Come get your Poetry-on with Poetryhunt

Alvy Carragher Oct 8, 2015 0
Lingo is fast approaching. Which means that we're busy, busy, busy at Headstuff HQ, because we have a big bad shiny family event to run. We've been pulling together a poetryhunt like no other. This is a scavenger hunt that will take you on…
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Hollie McNish Thought Poetry Was Arty Farty Wank

Alvy Carragher Oct 8, 2015 0
Hollie McNish is an unstoppable poetic force. Her videos have gone viral and her words have touched people in every corner of the world. Hailing from the UK, she has performed on stages just about everywhere. Her poetry has been noticed by…
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Stephen Murphy and the Curse of Getting Things Done

Alvy Carragher Oct 6, 2015 0
Stephen Murphy is one of the nicest guys in Irish Poetry. Humble to a fault, and a little shy of his own success there is no arguing that he is indeed a poet of the people. His work is scathing, controversial, warm and full of insight into…
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Meet A.M. Juster: Poet, Translator and Academic Extraordinaire

Alvy Carragher Sep 29, 2015 0
 A.M. Juster is an impressive poet by any measure. He has enough awards to bury you in, enough published books to build an exotic poetry tower and is a graduate of both Yale and Harvard, with two honorary doctorates. He has translated and…
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Accidental Poet Mary Kennelly Talks About Finding Writing and the Silence of the Blank Page

Alvy Carragher Sep 21, 2015 0
Mary Kennelly is a familiar name on the poetry scene. She's been involved in arts events in Ireland for many years, including Listowel Writers’ Week, taking to the spoken word tent at Electric Picnic's Mindfield and the Brendan Kennelly…
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Be part of a Paul Timoney Poetic Tour of Madness

Alvy Carragher Sep 14, 2015 0
The first time I saw Paul Timoney he was standing on a chair in the middle of at least a hundred teenagers pretending to be a talking shoe. I watched as he leant down and a young woman giggled helplessly as he spoke the rhyming words at…
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