August | 2025 | John Kenny
1 post published by John Kenny during August 2025| John Kenny
Brian Catling was a fascinating artist, working across several disciplines. He was a writer, poet, sculptor, painter, film-maker and performance artist and his work often employed several media at …| John Kenny
I had the good fortune to interview Victor Rees recently about his and Iain Sinclair’s assembling of a tribute to the late great Brian Catling: A Mystery of Remnant. The book gathers a number…| John Kenny
Delighted to learn I’ve had a poem published on Poem Alone. Many thanks to Colin Dardis for selecting it. You can read the poem here.| John Kenny
Fitz-James O’Brien was a mid-19th Century Irish writer who, typically of the time, wrote across multiple genres and in a number of forms, including prose, poetry and playwriting. Over time, however…| John Kenny
Swan River Press has just launched a major three-volume collected works of Fitz-James O’Brien. It’s the most complete presentation of O’Brien’s fantastic literature to date,…| John Kenny
Really happy to see a new poem of mine published in the December issue of StepAway Magazine, an online literary zine that specialises in poetry about cities. The poem focuses on a visit I made to B…| John Kenny
It’s often the case with a long-running original anthology series that the law of diminishing returns kicks in. This is most certainly not the case with the Uncertainties books, published by Swan River Press. And I think a key factor in the continuing vitality of this series is the policy of inviting different editors to … Continue reading →| John Kenny
Swan River Press is about to publish Volume VII of it’s original anthology series Uncertainties and I interviewed its editor, Carly Holmes, about the process of pulling together the book, her…| John Kenny
I got the chance to interview the excellent Helen Grant about her new collection of short stories called Atmospheric Disturbances, due out from Swan River Press shortly. Her stories deal with a wide range of subjects and ideas, from abandoned Scottish manors and remote islands to petrospheres and Hieronymus Bosch, and we chatted about all … Continue reading →| John Kenny
I’m delighted to have a new poem featured in the latest issue of Smashing Times Newsletter (September 2024). Smashing Times is an international organisation that aims at connecting citizens to the arts, human rights, climate justice, and gender equality, and it does this through a wide range of activities, including conferences, talks, art exhibitions, workshops, … Continue reading →| John Kenny
