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Tif Eccles
Tif (Christopher) Eccles was born in East Africa and educated in Scotland and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he studied English Literature and Russian Language. In 1985, he travelled to Moscow to study at the Pushkin Institute. In 1992, he and his young family moved back to Scotland, where hestudied f or M. Litt. in Russian Studies at the University of St. Andrews. They returned to Ireland 6 years later. In 2018 he completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Limerick. In August 2018 he was diagnosed with a brain tumour and underwent 6 months of treatment at University Hospital Limerick and St. James Hospital Dublin.He wrote a one act play A Fishpond All on Fire, performed at the Bewley’s Café Theatre in Dublin in June 2000. He has two sons, Vanya and Turlough, from his first marriage. He lives with his wife Colette and her family in East Clare. This is his first collection of poetry. -
Deborah Ballard
Deborah Ballard’s career spans law, journalism, newspaper editor, film festival programmer, garden writer and poet. Her poems have been published in The Shop. A Small Candle is her first book. Proceeds benefit Médecins Sans FrontieresPoetry Reading by Deborah Ballard
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Terry Hannaway
A Space for Echoes is Terry Hannaway’s first published poetry collection and includes a selection of poems written by him over many years. His poetry asserts the importance of family and the joy that emanates from being with loved-ones. The poems echo a connection to nature that is both physical and spiritual in a body of work that ranges from tender observations on life to questions about faith, philosophy and politics in a changing world. -
Margaret O’Driscoll I’m a very busy mother of seven, grandmother of eleven and live in Bandon Co. Cork. This is my first collection of poetry and it reflects the things in life that are most meaningful and memorable for me. The poems in this collection recount time spent by myself and time spent with family and friends enjoying the simple but most important things in life and the beauty and wonder of nature all around. My childhood interest in poetry writing was reignited a few years ago by a desire to tap into creativity and also to encourage another generation to enjoy being creative.
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Jackie Lynam
A collection of poems and essays on themes including the body, illness, motherhood, music, family and friendship. Jackie Lynam is a librarian from Dublin. Her work has been published in several anthologies and journals, and has been shortlisted for the Anthony Cronin International Short Poem Award, The Bangor Poetry Competition and Write by the Sea Poetry Competition. Her non-fiction essays have been published in the Irish Independent and broadcast on Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1. TRACES is her first collection. -
Padraig McLoughlin Westport – A Blessing on the Soul! is a new collection of poems from Westport and Achill by Padraig McLoughlin, author of Only The Stones Never Die; When the Heavens Deny; and Westport: 100 Years of Golf: 1908 – 2008. Central to the collection is his epic poem ‘Westport’:
“For this is MacBride’s town too. Maud Gonne’s MacBride. A leader in the Easter Rebellion, a Boer War campaigner. He made a poem out of war, speaking the language of Maud. Poor Yeats! He lost her. His diction was softer.” - from “Westport”
Padraig McLoughlin lives in Carrowholly, Westport, Co. Mayo. He is a retired teacher of English and History. He has taught in Great Denmark Street Vocational School, Dublin; Scoil Damhnait, Achill Island and Balla Secondary School, Balla, Co. Mayo. His poetry has been published in the “New Writing Page” in the former “Irish Press”, in the “Irish Book Review’’, in the “Achill Link Magazine”, in “The Connaught Telegraph” and in “The Mayo News”. Cover Artwork by Aggie McLoughlin. -
Catriona McDonald
Wise Words is a book of 366 carefully curated wisdoms, each one individually illustrated by hand by Artist Catriona McDonald of RosslynArt. The list includes quotes, song lyrics, bits of beloved poems and proverbs from all over the world. Some are funny, some melancholy, and some have deep meaning….but with one for every day of the year, there’s one for every emotion and season, so dip in and find your wisdom!