kerrie O’brien

In Illuminate, Kerrie O’Brien has created a collection of poems that deals with a range of themes, yet is coherent in its style and beauty. Here, on WriteStuff, she talks about Illuminate and the work that went into creating it as well as…

Looking at the Stars is a limited-edition anthology of Irish writing including poetry, prose and non-fiction. Costing €15 per copy with a limited print run of one thousand copies the anthology is hoped to raise €15,000 for the Rough…

Diane Arbus Black and white drag queens Meet your gaze Staring from their Metro posters The last day of her retrospective Waiting outside At Place de la Concorde Gold neon of the ferris wheel Rippling out in circles The…

Kerrie O' Brien has been published in various Irish and UK literary journals. In February 2012 she was the first poet to read as part of the New Writers Series in Shakespeare & Co. Paris. Her poem Blossoms was chosen as the winning…

This month is going to be mad. Poets don't do summer holidays, they do poetry and this July is no exception. So get yourself to a poetry event, read a poem, write a poem, get jiggy with a damn poem. Here's July's poetrybeat round up to show…