The poetry journal Almatroz

The poetry journal Almatroz, whose objective is to promote and discuss contemporary poetry written or translated from/ into English invites critics, poets and intellectuals to contribute with articles, reviews and poems for its first issue. The first issue will be dedicated to its title. Almatroz is a Portuguese neologism that …

View from the sofa

September 2012

Earlier in the month, I travelled with Ronan Sheehan, at the invitation of Mannix Flynn and Maedhbh McMahon to speak at their …

List of Brandon Books to be pulped

Copied from THINGS OF INTEREST DUBLIN If you have published work with Brandon Press, Kerry you need to contact the liquidator Sean …

Brandon Books to be pulped

Emer Martin quite accidentally discovered that the books published by the late and lamented Steve McDononagh’s Brandon Books are to be pulped …

The Oul’ Triangle

It costs €90,000 a year to keep a prisoner in jail. The Old Triangle is a fund-raising event for the Irish Penal …

Ich am of Irlonde

Ich am of Irlonde, And of the holy londe Of Irlonde. Goode sire, praye ich thee, For of sainte charitee, Com and …

Save Irish Forests

Here we go again. First our fossil fuel resources, now our forests. Have these people no shame or sense of history? Taken …

Open Source Film

Elephants Dream is a computer-generated movie made using open source applications that premiered on March 24, 2006. Beginning production in September, 2005, …

Bella Akhmadulina

The Russian poet Bella Akh­madulina has died. I saw her read once, in the old Project Theatre in Dublin, and was so …