Books
Poems (Wordsworth Trust, 2006)
Scéalta:
Short Stories by Irish Women (ed.;
Telegram, 2006)
Mai
Ghoussoub: Selected Writings (ed.;
Saqi, 2008)
We'll
Sing Blackbird (Moth Editions, 2012)
He
Is Mine and I Have No Other (Hb,
Canongate, 2018, pb 2019)
Publications
Poems featured
in Eire-Ireland, The Forward Book of Poetry 2014, the Guardian,
The Honest Ulsterman, the Irish Times, Jelly Bucket,
Lebanon, Lebanon, Magma, PEN International,
Poetry Ireland, Poetry Review, Reactions, Rising, The
Spectator, Stand and The Stinging Fly
Poems
also translated into Icelandic, Swedish, Slovakian, Slovenian and Turkish
Awards
Virago/Marie
Claire Short Story Prize, 2003 award winner
Tyrone
Guthrie Residency Award, 2003
Geoffrey
Dearmer Prize (‘Best new poet of the year’, Poetry Review), 2003
Wordsworth
Trust Residency Award, 2005–2006
New
Writing Ventures Poetry Award, 2005
Tyrone
Guthrie Residency Award, 2011
Irish
Times Strong Shine Award shortlist,
2012
The
Bridport Poetry Prize shortlist, 2014
Troubadour
International Poetry Prize shortlist, 2015
The Bridport Short Story Prize shortlist, 2017
Dermot Healy International Poetry Prize shortlist, 2017
Kate
O’Brien Award shortlist, 2019
National
Poetry Competition longlist, 2020
Montreal International Poetry Prize shortlist, 2020
National
Poetry Competition longlist, 2021
National
Poetry Competition longlist, 2024
Readings etc
Ars Poetica Festival,
Bratislava, Slovakia
Caomhnu Festival, Cavan, Ireland
International Poetry Days in Malmo, Sweden
Medana Festival, Slovenia
Poetry Cafe, London, UK
Shakespeare & Company, Paris, France
Time Out Cafe, Beirut, Lebanon
Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, UK
Dublin Writers Festival, 2012
The Moth (
We'll Sing Blackbird launch), 22 November 2012
Pete's Candy Store, New York, 7 June 2013
Dialogues through Literature, 28 June 2013
Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival, 8 September 2013
Bailieborough Poetry Festival, 5 October 2013
Bodmin Moor Poetry Festival, 1 June 2014
At the Edge, with Richard Halperin and Angela Carr, 23 June 2015
Poetry Ireland Review:
The Rising Generation, 21 May 2016
Electric Picnic (singing), 3 September 2016
Cafe Sessions (singing), 8 December 2016
Variety Show from Outer Space at Whelans in Dublin 17 April 2018
International Literature Festival of Dublin: Caoilinn Hughes & Rebecca
O'Connor reading from their debut novels 26 May 2018
Launch of
He Is Mine and I Have No Other at The Walmer Castle
in London 7 June 2018
Launch of
He Is Mine and I Have No Other at Johnston Library,
Cavan 12 June 2018
Launch of
He Is Mine and I Have No Other at Dubray Books,
Dublin 14 June 2018
Cavan Arts Festival 21
September 2018
Bray
Literary Festival, 29 September 2019
Masterclass at the International Writers' Collective, Boekhandel
van Rossum, Amsterdam, 13 October 2019
Carmine St Metrics, New York (online), 14 January 2024