Giles Foden's Introduction in The Ogham Stone 2017

Giles Foden

 

 

The The Ogham Stone is the gift that keeps on giving this year. The excellent introduction to the journal by Giles Foden appeared in The Irish Times recently.  I was honoured to have a poem appear in the journal, Lau Tzu at the Door which I also recorded for Lagan Online's Poetry Day Ireland Mix Tape. Poet Glen Wilson also appears in The Ogham Stone and on the mix tape.

 

In relation to my poem Foden writes about how a channel for memory is created when things are given names. This is one of the powers of words and of writing, the power to sweep away the old and create the new in the naming.  This is the symbolic if you like.

 

In other news I was recently delighted to make the Longlist of 20 for The Anthony Cronin International Poetry Award 2017.

 



Launch of The Ogham Stone Doolin Writers' Weekend

The Ogham Stone literary journal are pleased to invite you to the launch of our 2017 publication. The launch is scheduled to take place on Saturday 4 February at 8pm at the Doolin Writers’ Weekend. Full programme details of the Writers’ Weekend can be found at http://www.doolinfestivals.ie/writers-programme.html.

The journal will be launched by the University of Limerick Writer in Residence Julian Gough, and attended by many other writers, contributors, representatives from the university and members of The Ogham Stone editorial team.

The magazine will have a second launch, later in February at the University of Limerick. I'm delighted to have a poem included in this issue.