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80 Books Read in the Goodreads Challenge 2021

I've been doing the Goodreads challenge for the past few years now and love the push to read. This year again, I went with 80 and it's the usual mixed-bag of (little) poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Previous years poetry dominated … Continued

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Interview in Irish Edition and New Poetry

Nothing makes you feel more like an immigrant than appearing in an Irish magazine and paper in the US. I was recently interviewed by the wonderful Sabina Clarke for the Irish Edition paper where I talked about where I grew … Continued

New Interview and New Poem

I had a great interview on the highly popular Chris Rice Cooper Blog where she takes a poets poem and asks questions about it, why you wrote it, where the idea came from and so on. I really enjoyed the … Continued

Somewhere but not Here by Stephen Byrne Reviewed in Vocal

At the beginning of July, my little book was reviewed in the wonderful Vocal Media platform by poetry super-reviewer Laura DiNovis. A review I am delighted with on a platform I love. After getting the news of the book becoming … Continued

Stephen Byrne Award Winning Finalist in the Poetry category 2018 International Book Awards

Award-Winning Finalist in the Poetry category of the 2018 International Book Awards So I’m delighted to find out that my book ‘Somewhere but not Here’ has been honored as a finalist in the International Book Awards from the American Book … Continued

Two New Interviews with Words Without Borders and Poetry and Poets.com

Two New Interviews with Words Without Borders and also the new Poetry and Poets.com It has been a good National Poetry Month (US Edition) thus far and if it were not for the return of the snow, life would be … Continued

Review of Stephen Byrne’s ‘Somewhere but not Here’ in The Blue Nib Magazine

Somewhere but not Here Reviewed by Dave Kavanagh in The Blue Nib Magazine When you produce work, sweat and create a small collection of poetry, you give all of your energy, passion, and voice to a book, send it out … Continued

New Work in the Important Anthology ‘Please Hear What I’m Not Saying’

New Poems To Begin 2018 2018 has already begun with a bang. Plenty of projects on the go and a new column to come soon involving food and writers for the This is Galway website. I also have new work … Continued

A Year Of Excellent Book Reading and 40 Recommendations from 2017

“I rejoice in the knowledge of my biological uniqueness and my biological antiquity and my biological kinship with all other forms of life….I trace back this sense of biological meaning to Darwin’s epiphany on the meaning of flowers, and to … Continued

New Poetry Book Somewhere but not Here by Stephen Byrne Out Now

It has been nearly a year now since I wrote anything on this website. And the last time I wrote here was to announce that my mini manuscript, Somewhere but not Here, had won the RL Poetry Award, 2016 International … Continued