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Stephen Byrne, Winner of the RL Poetry Award, 2016 International Category

So , 2017 has kicked of much better than this time 2016 with the announcement that my mini manuscript has won the RL Poetry Award, 2016 International category. Shocked and delighted, my head is still spinning from this news as … Continued

Reading at Ó Bhéal in Cork Plus Some New Poems and Recipes

It has been a hectic enjoyable summer with some ups and downs. But after a successful reading at the May Over the Edge Writers’ Gathering, I’m now delighted to say I’ll be reading at Ó Bhéal in the Long Valley … Continued

An Island Festival, New Poems Online and Recipe Writing 2016

(Re-cap) What’s Happening 2016? Just a quick post on this website (as I normally write on my Ranting Beast Site) to fill you in on what’s been happening and what’s to come. Earlier this year I was lucky enough to … Continued

2 New Poems in The Indian Review and a Reading at Over The Edge

Last week was one of the best of the year so far. I was a featured reader at the May Over the Edge Writers’ Gathering, went on a crazy fishing trip and had two new poems published in the Indian … Continued

My Best Cúirt International Festival of Literature So Far

Cúirt International Festival of Literature 2016 Cúirt’s theme of 2016 was Memory, and what memories it provided us with this year. I have been attending the Cúirt International Festival of Literature for nearly twelve years now, and every year it … Continued

New Delicious Salad Recipe Up on the This is Galway Website

New Salad Recipe Up on the This is Galway Website Week two now into creating recipes for This is Galway. The first pancake recipe had a great reaction with friends on Facebook even trying the recipe and sending me photos, … Continued

Writing Recipes for the Website This is Galway

New Writing Venture with This is Galway So, it’s been coming for months now, but last week I finally published my first recipe on the brilliant website This is Galway. Starting with a healthy pancake recipe…no better way to introduce … Continued

Writers Resource: The Water Glossary by Carol Anne Connolly

A Must For All Writers: An Sanasán Uisce/ The Water Glossary As writers, like anyone in a trade, we like to have tools at our disposal and dictionaries, thesauruses and glossaries are some of the main tools we should have. … Continued