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NurePoets Corner Award 2025

I’m delighted to announce that I’ve won the NurePoets Corner Award 2025 with my poem ‘Unmoored’. The judge was the esteemed John F. Deane, which makes it a huge honour for me. The award was presented during an afternoon-long celebration of poetry and music that formed part of the weekend-long Eigse Terenure Festival. We were … Continue reading

Five New Poems Published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal

I’m absolutely delighted to announce that five of my poems have just been published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal. Many thanks to Strider Marcus Jones for choosing them. You can read them here.

Book Review: A Mind Turned in Upon Itself by Jim Rockhill

For many years, Jim Rockhill has been a staunch advocate for the work of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, most probably Ireland’s premier writer of supernatural tales and the uncanny. Between 2002 and 2005, Rockhill edited a major three-volume collection of Le Fanu’s supernatural fiction for Ash-Tree Press, writing a highly informative introduction for each volume. … Continue reading

Dreaming of Shadows and Smoke: John Kenny talks to Jim Rockhill

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jim Rockhill about his new book, A Mind Turned in Upon Itself, published by Swan River Press. Comprising a three-part biography of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and a number of essays examining specific aspects of his work, it’s a wonderful celebration of the life and work of Ireland’s … Continue reading