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I’m delighted to be able to announce that I have been shortlisted for the 2026 New Irish Writing Best Poetry Award, in association with the Irish Independent, at this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards. It’s a huge honour to be shortlisted with three other wonderful poets. Many thanks to Ciaran Carty for choosing two … Continue reading
I seem to have fallen down the rabbit hole of poetry in recent months, with several publications in various magazines and webzines and one anthology. I am still hawking a few short stories about the place, plus my novel, but with little (no) success. However, it is doing my heart good to see some of … Continue reading
In advance of Swan River Press‘ publication of Ghosts on the Cam, a collection of supernatural short stories written by associates of M. R. James, I interviewed its editor Robert Lloyd Parry about the process of sourcing and assembling the stories and about the authors themselves and their connection to James and Cambridge. You can … Continue reading
I first came across the work of Beatrice Grimshaw in Swan River Press’ excellent anthology Bending to Earth – Strange Stories by Irish Women, edited by Maria Giakaniki and Brian J. Showers and published in 2019. It featured a piece by Grimshaw called ‘The Blanket Fiend’, which tells the story of an expedition into the … Continue reading
I had the pleasure of interviewing Mike Ashley about his newly assembled collection of short stories by Beatrice Grimshaw, to be published at the end of this month by Swan River Press, in which he offers some fascinating insights into her life and work. You can read it here.
Very happy to see three of my poems published in the latest issue of Live Encounters Poetry & Writing (Volume Seven: November-December 2025). Many thanks to editor Mark Ulyseas for accepting them. You can read them here.
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
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.
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
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
