Time and Tide launch

Liz McManus and Judy Russell at launch of Time and Tide

Martin Swords and Bernie Kenny at launch of Time and Tide

New Collection - Time and Tide

The Shed Poets have a new collection, Time and Tide (Boland Press). The cover is a fitting mosaic by the children of Ballymoney with Karin Dubsky and Blinda Moller. The mosaic can be seen at Ballymoney Strand.
Mamo McDonald in the Foreword says 'This collection is reflective, as befits the writings of a group of women with such a wide, varied and rich life experience spanning as it does most of the last century.' Of the poems she says, 'I have enjoyed reading every one of them and heartily recommend them to the readers.'

The book  at €10 can be purchased direct from the poets or through Boland Press (bolandpress@hotmail.com).

Launch of the collection is planned in early 2016.

Two New collections

Judy Russell and Rosy Wilson invite you to the launch of their books (Lapwing) Glencree Riverain and Bright Water Over Grey Stones at Signal Arts Centre, Bray at 7pm on Monday 12 Oct '15. Paula Meehan, Ireland Professor of Poetry, will launch these two excellent publications.

These Are My Days by Bernie Kenny - Update 2/5/15

 Bernie Kenny's latest book, These Are My Days, will be launched on Sunday 14 June 2015 at 10.30pm as part of the Dalkey Book Festival. Venue is Magpie Inn, Dalkey, Co. Dublin.      
Here is the first poem from this amazing book:

Because I am old

don’t think my days are non-events

spent fretting and forgetting and, like

a startled deer, don’t leap away in fear

of a soliloquy about the good old days.

These are my days, each a gift new-minted,

mine to spend and they are good.

How quaint you say that I believed

marriage came first, then we lived

together ever after, a joint was Sunday roast,

hardware nuts and bolts, software not a word.

Today where would I be without the Dart

my free travel pass, two replacement hips,

my duck-down duvet, cappuccino, my Ipad

and my mobile phone where alphabetic

brevity keeps loved ones close. R U OK

and a smiley face instantly replace

My dearest daughter, I hope this letter

finds you well and happy, in postal

transit for a week or more.

As for regrets, I have one.

Like Nadine Stair at eighty-five

were I to live my life again

I would pick more daisies.

 Bernie Kenny

Bernie Kenny on RTE1 Radio

Bernie Kenny was interviewed by Sean O'Rourke on RTE1's morning show.
Click here to listen to this inspiring interview on 'Still Too Young to be Old.'

If you wish to purchase the book where her poem appears, contact her publishers Boland Press.

Bright Water Over Grey Stones by Rosy Wilson

Congrats to Rosy Wilson for her recently published poetry book, 'Bright Water Over Grey Stones' (Lapwing).
Anther great collection, Rosy.

Reading at National Rehabilitation Hospital

Bernie and Carol thank all those who came to their reading on wednesday 6th August '14 in the National Rehab Hospital in Dublin.

The event was part of the annual Music Week run by Stuart McKeever.