€700 was raised for LauraLynn - Ireland's only hospice for children.
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Second series of A to Z starts on January 22nd, 2019 as usual, from 6-7 pm every second Tuesday. Tune in on 90.3 or livestream on nearfm.ie
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Me in freefall on Northside Today about Junior Cert History
Podcasts of first series of A to Z of Historical Blunders are here:
Series 1
Agincourt to Passchendaele
Bourgeoise; don't mess with them
Ciphers; there are no certainties in them
Dueling; not a good idea if you are a genius
Egotism is egregious if you use it get elected
A police force that scores an F
Gallileo, green eggs and ‘German’ science
World peace yet again threatened by hubris
Restless Vikings and Normans; ignore them at your peril
Jumping the Gun
Applying the Karenina principle to Ireland’s fight for freedom
Series 2
Language and literature make history, for better or for worse
Medieval mindset is the mother of all misogyny
Neo-liberalism, non-interference and laissez-faire in the Great Irish Famine
The O's have it
Plantations and Penal Laws leave a shadowy legacy
The Questionable Majesty of Queenship
Frankly Blank Verse - latest news
Crannóg 50 was launched in the Crane Bar, Galway, recently. They kindly included my poem Private Drinker. You can see it here. I start at 12:00.
Check out Swing Chair on Galway Review
Frankly, Baby can be ordered directly from Lapwing Publications
Thanks to Niamh Kelly for her generous review of Frankly, Baby in Crossways Literary Magazine
Check out IKEA Bride in Issue #13 of Formercactus
Check out Sex Education on Bishop Street on Issue #5 of The Rose Magazine
Check out Fat Man on a Bicycle in Crossways Literary Magazine
Check out three new poems: Dogged fish, Fat man on a Bicycle, and Magnetic Pole on Dodging the Rain
I have a new poem in the latest edition of StepAway Magazine Issue 27 on:
www.stepawaymagazine.com
I have a new poem on the Galway Review website:
https://thegalwayreview.com/2018/03/18/berni-dwan-socratic-death/
Check out the wonderful new Crossways Literary Magazine on https://crosswayslit.com/issues/59-2/ - I have two poems there - Old Hand and Feeding Station.
Check out three recent poems on Galway Review:
https://thegalwayreview.com/2018/02/24/berni-dwan-three-poems/
Johnathan Swift Creative Writing Award - Poetry - October 28th 2017
Department Store Restaurant - 2nd prize
November Afternoon 1970 - Highly commended
New Irish Writing in The Irish Times
I Could Have Been a Contender was published in May. You can read it on this Irish Times New Irish Writing link:
www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/hennessy-new-irish-writing-may-2017-poetry-1.3087997
Stepaway Magazine
Show Houses was published in Issue 24 of Stepaway Magazine this June. You can read it and find out more about the magazine by clicking on: stepawaymagazine.com/
A New Ulster - Issue 57
Four of my poems:
Considering Deans Grange Cemetery to Ziggy Stardust
Disco Flare Up
Hairdressing Salon – Weekday Afternoon
Typing School Dropouts
were published in Issue 57 of A New Ulster this June. You can buy a copy on anuanewulster.wixsite.com/anewulster/recently-in-anu or, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the workings of online technology, just read it here by clicking on A New Ulster: issue 57 below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm9bCFR0o4E#action=share
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