I’m delighted to announce that I’ve won the NurePoets Corner Award 2025 with my poem ‘Unmoored’. The judge was the esteemed John F. Deane, which makes it a huge honour for me. The award was presented during an afternoon-long celebration of poetry and music that formed part of the weekend-long Eigse Terenure Festival. We were … Continue reading →| John Kenny
I’m absolutely delighted to announce that five of my poems have just been published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal. Many thanks to Strider Marcus Jones for choosing them. You can read them here…| John Kenny
For many years, Jim Rockhill has been a staunch advocate for the work of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, most probably Ireland’s premier writer of supernatural tales and the uncanny. Between 2002 and 2005, Rockhill edited a major three-volume collection of Le Fanu’s supernatural fiction for Ash-Tree Press, writing a highly informative introduction for each volume. … Continue reading →| John Kenny
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jim Rockhill about his new book, A Mind Turned in Upon Itself, published by Swan River Press. Comprising a three-part biography of Joseph Sheridan Le Fan…| 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
