Reviews
Bloomsday Feature. ‘The Citizen’s Wife’ a Poetry Film by Molly Twomey, for Ulysses 2.2
Molly Twomey, one of Ireland’s most vibrant contemporary voices. marked the centenary of Ulysses by James Joyce in 2022 with The Citizen’s Wife, a poetry film by SoFFt Productions which was commissioned by ANU, Landmark and MoLI in partnership with Poetry Ireland and premiered on-line on 16 June 2022.
Penelope: A poem by Nathanael O’Reilly
Nathanael O’Reilly is an Irish-Australian poet residing in Texas. His books include Boulevard (Beir Bua Press, 2021); (Un)belonging (Recent Work Press, 2020); BLUE (above/ground press, 2020); Preparations for Departure (UWAP, 2017); Distance (Ginninderra Press, 2015); Suburban Exile (Picaro Press, 2011); and Symptoms of Homesickness (Picaro Press, 2010). His poetry, published in fourteen countries, appears in journals and anthologies including Anthropocene, Cordite Poetry Review, The Elevation Review, Ink, Sweat & Tears, New World Writing, Mascara Literary Review, Ponder Review, Westerly and Wisconsin Review. He is the poetry editor for Antipodes: A Global Journal of Australian/New Zealand Literature.
Bloomsday Feature. ‘Dublin You Are’ by Stephen James Smith
Dublin, Bloomsday, 2016. After a morning spent following Leopold Bloom’s steps around Dublin we came across one of the many readings of Ulysses that were taking place around the city that day.
Bloomsday at the Gaelic Club, Sydney.
Joyce Jam – Bloomsday Celebration, Sunday, June 16, 2024, 5:30 PM 8:00 PM at The Gaelic Club 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, NSW.
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Jeanna Ní Ríordáin: 5 Poems
Jeanna Ní Ríordáin is a translator and writer from West Cork, Ireland. Her poetry has appeared in Quarryman, Cork Words 3, Drawn to the Light Press, Swerve, New Isles Press, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Burrow, Reverie Magazine, Alien Buddha Press and Otherwise Engaged Literature and Arts Journal among others.
Noel Purdon: 7 Poems
Noel Purdon, a multifaceted scholar and artist, was raised on the picturesque coast of New South Wales, Australia. His love for sailing and archaeology led him to explore the world, fostering a lifelong passion for travel and discovery. Purdon’s academic pursuits took him to Sydney, Florence, Bristol and Cambridge, where he became a Fellow in English at Trinity Hall in 1967. While at Cambridge, he worked with Raymond Williams to introduce the first cinema lectures within the English Tripos.
Presence & absence: Matt Hetherington reviews ‘Seams of Repair’ by Stephanie Green
Given the nature of events here and overseas in the last half-decade, it’s not too surprising that so much recent literature has been centered around themes of loss, grieving, and healing. Seams of Repair would seem to be part of this tendency, and its title (as well as its cover) points to the power of restoration, where the mending of breakage is reliant on the strength of its craft.
Rochford Street Review 