€700 was raised for LauraLynn - Ireland's only hospice for children.
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Third series of A to Z starts on September 3rd, 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
Revolting Media
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 is now on sale in:
- Books Upstairs, D'Olier St
- The Winding Stair Bookshop, Lower Ormond Quay
- Alan Hannah Books, Rathmines
- Hampton Books, Morehampton Rd, Donnybrook
- The Company of Books, Ranelagh
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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