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 entry in the Emerging Talent category of the 2011 Yeats Poetry Competition and her work was highly commended for the Over the Edge New Writer of The Year Competition 2011. Her flash fiction piece That Night won the RTE Arena Flash Fiction Competition 2012 and Culture Ireland sponsored her to read in Los Angeles in June 2012. She was one of the emerging writers chosen to read at the Cork Spring Poetry Festival 2013 as well as the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series 2013, Listowel Writers' Week 2013, Cuisle International Poetry Festival 2013 and The Bram Stoker Festival 2013. Read an article she wrote for writing.ie about the Paris Literary Scene. For advice on poetry, check out the guest blog piece she wrote for Foyles here. She has been interviewed for the University Observer and Headstuff. Recent interviews and reviews have appeared in Irisi Magazine and The Irish Times. Her short fiction piece Dole features in the New Planet Cabaret Anthology published by New Island in association with RTE Arena and her work has appeared in The Irish Times , The Irish Examiner, Dublin2020 and The Ofi Press. In October 2015 her work appeared in Poethead where she is listed alongside Contemporary Irish Women Poets. Recent poetry has appeared in The Bohemyth, Banshee Lit and Hennessy New Irish Writing. Her poem Morning Sun featured in Sunday Miscellany and she spoke about the influence of Seamus Heaney and read his poem Postscript for Morning Ireland on the third anniversary of his death.
Upcoming Readings
2011
September 4th 3pm: Reading for Ignite Electric Picnic at Mindfield. You can see a youtube clip here
September 12th 8.30pm: The Launch of Issue 2 of The Poetry Bus at Glór Sessions, The International Bar, Wicklow Street. Click here for more information.
September 20th 8pm: Reading with Phil Hall at Wurm Im Apfel in the Loft Bookshop, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street. Click here for further details.
December 28th 7pm: Soundings for Simon, Bad Ass Cafe, Dublin
December 2nd: The Hotspot, Greystones
December 5th 8pm: Launch of Out of the Blueness at The Monday Echo. See here for a video clip
2012
February 6th: Featured poet at Spoken Word, Paris
February 20th 7pm: Shakespeare & Co., Paris
February 21st 7.30pm: Poets Live at Carr's, Paris
March 5th: Bray Arts, The Martello, Bray Seafront
March 9th: Over the Edge, Galway
March 13th 7pm: Launch of the Wordlegs ebook anthology at The International Bar
March 26th: O' Bheal, Cork
May 14th: The Monday Echo, Dublin
June 13th: Los Angeles, sponsored by Culture Ireland
July 13th 7.30pm: Reading at the Twisted Pepper as part of Ten Days In Dublin
July 27th 7pm: Skibbereen Arts Festival. Details here
July 30th: Monthly General Meeting
October 20th: The Ash Sessions, Nick's Cafe, Ranelagh
November 5th: The Monday Echo, Dublin
November 12th: North Beach Poetry Launch of 30 Under 30, Galway
November 15th: Launch of 30 Under 30, The Workman's Club, Dublin
November 17th: The Ash Sessions, Ranelagh
November 17th: Nighthawks, Cobalt Cafe, Dublin
November 27th: Soundings For Simon, The Bad Ass Cafe, Dublin
December 5th: The Ash Sessions, Ranelagh
2013
February 5th: Seven Towers Reading at the Twisted Pepper
February 13th: The Ash Sessions, Ranelagh Arts Centre
February 16th: Cork Spring Poetry Festival - full line up here
March 28th: Roasted Brown Presents
April 1st: The Monday Echo
April 2nd: Loq'd at Sweenys
Aprll 9th: New Binary Press Launch, The Teachers' Club
April 10th: Hodges Figgis
April 24th: Dublin's Underground Beat
May 31st: Listowel Writers' Week
June 11th: Poetry Ireland Introductions Series
July 29th: The Monday Echo
August 3rd: Skibbereen Arts Festival
October 25th: Cuisle International Poetry Festival, Limerick
October 27th: Bram Stoker Festival Dublin
November 21st: London Irish Arts Centre 7pm
September 4th 3pm: Reading for Ignite Electric Picnic at Mindfield. You can see a youtube clip here
September 12th 8.30pm: The Launch of Issue 2 of The Poetry Bus at Glór Sessions, The International Bar, Wicklow Street. Click here for more information.
September 20th 8pm: Reading with Phil Hall at Wurm Im Apfel in the Loft Bookshop, The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street. Click here for further details.
December 28th 7pm: Soundings for Simon, Bad Ass Cafe, Dublin
December 2nd: The Hotspot, Greystones
December 5th 8pm: Launch of Out of the Blueness at The Monday Echo. See here for a video clip
2012
February 6th: Featured poet at Spoken Word, Paris
February 20th 7pm: Shakespeare & Co., Paris
February 21st 7.30pm: Poets Live at Carr's, Paris
March 5th: Bray Arts, The Martello, Bray Seafront
March 9th: Over the Edge, Galway
March 13th 7pm: Launch of the Wordlegs ebook anthology at The International Bar
March 26th: O' Bheal, Cork
May 14th: The Monday Echo, Dublin
June 13th: Los Angeles, sponsored by Culture Ireland
July 13th 7.30pm: Reading at the Twisted Pepper as part of Ten Days In Dublin
July 27th 7pm: Skibbereen Arts Festival. Details here
July 30th: Monthly General Meeting
October 20th: The Ash Sessions, Nick's Cafe, Ranelagh
November 5th: The Monday Echo, Dublin
November 12th: North Beach Poetry Launch of 30 Under 30, Galway
November 15th: Launch of 30 Under 30, The Workman's Club, Dublin
November 17th: The Ash Sessions, Ranelagh
November 17th: Nighthawks, Cobalt Cafe, Dublin
November 27th: Soundings For Simon, The Bad Ass Cafe, Dublin
December 5th: The Ash Sessions, Ranelagh
2013
February 5th: Seven Towers Reading at the Twisted Pepper
February 13th: The Ash Sessions, Ranelagh Arts Centre
February 16th: Cork Spring Poetry Festival - full line up here
March 28th: Roasted Brown Presents
April 1st: The Monday Echo
April 2nd: Loq'd at Sweenys
Aprll 9th: New Binary Press Launch, The Teachers' Club
April 10th: Hodges Figgis
April 24th: Dublin's Underground Beat
May 31st: Listowel Writers' Week
June 11th: Poetry Ireland Introductions Series
July 29th: The Monday Echo
August 3rd: Skibbereen Arts Festival
October 25th: Cuisle International Poetry Festival, Limerick
October 27th: Bram Stoker Festival Dublin
November 21st: London Irish Arts Centre 7pm
