Category Archives: Poetry

Letters With Wings project for Poetry Day Ireland  (30th April, 2020)

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Lia Mills

With people all over the world confined to home because of the Covid-19 pandemic, a cosmopolitan group of poets based in Northern Ireland have set up Letters With Wings, “to bond with artists and activists who are kept in prisons … Continue reading →

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Eavan Boland

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Lia Mills

It’s a real shock to learn that Eavan Boland has died. Hers was the kind of presence that seemed outside of time, even though definitely not Outside History. She has had a profound effect on so many of us in … Continue reading →

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POETRY MEMORIAL FOR DAPHNE CARUANA GALIZIA – Call for poems

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Lia Mills

It’s hard to believe that almost two years have passed since the Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered, but 16th October will mark the second anniversary of her death.  A fierce critic of the political establishment in Malta, … Continue reading →

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Eavan Boland’s Dublin – visit the exhibition online

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Lia Mills

This week sees the official launch of a new website: A Poet’s Dublin – Eavan Boland (https://apoetsdublin.wordpress.com/). The website has been designed to complement and extend two earlier initiatives that celebrate the poet’s seventieth birthday: a book Eavan Boland – A Poet’s Dublin, edited … Continue reading →

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Hidden Irelands (an interview with Celia de Fréine in the Dublin Review of Books)

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Lia Mills

This is the text of a recent essay based on an interview with the poet and playwright Celia de Fréine, published by the Dublin Review of Books at http://www.drb.ie/essays/hidden-irelands HIDDEN IRELANDS (by Lia Mills) Blood Debts, by Celia de Fréine, Scotus … Continue reading →

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Nessa O’Mahony on Historical Material & Irish Writing (An Interview)

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Lia Mills

LM: Can you describe your experience of working with historical material?   NOM: I first began exploring history through the lens of family history. I’d studied history at university – my degree was English and History – and absolutely loved … Continue reading →

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Two poetry competitions from The Moth

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Lia Mills

This just came in from Claire Mulligan @ The Moth Magazine (http://www.themothmagazine.com/) Details of this year’s Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize: * One overall prize of €10,000 for a single poem * Three runner-up prizes of €1,000. The prize is open … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction or Prose Poem?

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Lia Mills

This is what’s exercising my sluggish, rain-soaked brain at the minute: what is the difference between flash fiction and a prose poem? Narrative, you might suggest – as Nessa O’Mahony did, very helpfully, when I posted the question on Twitter … Continue reading →

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Eavan Boland: A Poet’s Dublin (Launch)

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Lia Mills

On Bloomsday weekend in Dublin a lot of  shop-window mannequins – and some people – sported straw hats; some were even in costume, despite the sunshine. The Rosie Hackett bridge is still a novelty.  Tourists are oblivious to the fact that … Continue reading →

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Paula Meehan Lecture: “Imaginary bonnets with real bees in them”

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Lia Mills

(Annual lecture of the Ireland Professor of Poetry, Paula Meehan: 26th February 2014) The luck of this, to have been in Theatre M (UCD) on a rainy Wednesday night to hear Paula Meehan speak, one of an intimate crowd of … Continue reading →

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