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Full Literary C.V.

Poetry Collections:

  • Twelve Beds for the Dreamer (Galway, Arlen House, 2010)
  • When the Air Inhales You (Galway, Arlen House, 2008)
  • Split (in Divas!, Galway, Arlen House, 2003)
  • Tenant (Galway, Salmon Publishing, 1999)
  • The Making of a Pagan (Belfast, Blackstaff Press, 1990)
  • Out of My Skin, CD, produced 2002

Anthologies in which work has been published:

  • Salmon, A Journey in Poetry (Galway: Salmon Poetry, 2007)
  • Something Beginning with P (Dublin: O�Brien Press, 2004)
  • Forgotten Light (Dublin: A. & A. Farmar, 2003)
  • Irish Spirit (essay) (Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 2001)
  • The White Page / An Bhileog Bh�n (Galway: Salmon Publishing, 1999)
  • An Cloigeann is a Luach / What Worth the Head (Limerick County Council, 1998)
  • Nautilus Literarischer Taschenkalender 1996 (Berlin: Nautilus, 1996)
  • Poems in My Earphone (Harlow, Essex: Longman Literature, 1995)
  • Hearsay: Performance Poems Plus (London: Bodley Head Children�s Books, 1994)
  • Ireland�s Women: Writings Past and Present (Dublin: Gill & MacMillan, 1994)
  • The Popular Front of Contemporary Poetry (London: Apples & Snakes, 1992)
  • I Wouldn�t Thank you for a Valentine (London: Viking / Penguin 1992)
  • The Virago Book of Wicked Verse (London: Virago, 1992)
  • Irrlandt, Ireland, Irland (Berlin: Druckhaus Galrev, 1992)

Some Journals in which work has been published (sample only):

  • Poetry Ireland Review Issue 95, Autumn 2008
  • Orbis, Spring 2005
  • Stinging Fly, Autumn 2001
  • Poetry Ireland Review, Summer 2001
  • Southword, Vol. 2 No. 3, Summer 2000
  • Verse � Women Irish Poets, Volume 16 Number 2, 1999
  • Honest Ulsterman � Autumn Journals, September 1998
  • New Series Departures, Volume 3, Winter 1998
  • Poetry Ireland Review, Autumn 1998
  • Feminist Review No. 44, Summer 1993

Other Publications:

  1. �The Rescue�, a serialised story for children, set to music, was broadcast on Ireland�s Lyric FM radio station in December 2007 and December 2008.
  2. Poem commissioned by the Irish Volunteer Association, published on greeting cards produced by the Association in October 2001.
  3. Biography and excerpt from poem in: Unveiling Treasures, The Attic Guide to the Published Works of Irish Women Writers, edited by Ann Owens Weekes (Attic 1993).

Prizes and Awards:

  • Irish Arts Council Bursary, 2008.
  • Fourth prize in Academi Cardiff Poetry Competition, 2002.
  • Second prize in Nora Fahy Literary Awards, Ireland 1998.
  • Winner of the Poetry Slam in the Dublin Literary Festival, 1998.

Performances:
Since 1988, I have been known as a performance poet, giving many performances in Ireland and England, and some in the United States. Venues have included theatres, cabaret settings, libraries, schools, open air, television and radio.

Workshops / Creative Writing Courses etc.:
Workshops and Creative Writing classes with all kinds of groups. Several post-primary school residencies and workshops at literary festivals in Ireland and Great Britain. As part of my current work as a librarian, I run a regular weekly writing workshop for children and a monthly one for adults.

Other Work

  • Three completed novels, as yet unpublished.
  • A four book sequence for teenagers, the first volume of which has been completed.