‘Season of Brigid’ by Anne Casey, Performed by Davog Rynne – Brigid the Bard 2026 Supplement

by Admin on January 26, 2026January 26, 2026

‘Season of Brigid’ is a poem from Anne Casey’s new collection, The Light we Cannot See, and was also a cornerstone piece in the series of Irish cultural shows Anne performed in last year with the Prankqueans arts collective, which were funded by the Consulate General of Ireland. Irish actor/performance artist, Davog Rynne recorded a reading of ‘Season of Brigid’ which will appear on his forthcoming album.

Celtic Christian Brigid the Bard – The Prankqueans celebrate Brigid

by Admin on January 24, 2026January 24, 2026

Imbolg the time of the year associated with Brigid marks the end of winter in Ireland occurring as it does, midway between the winter Solstice and Spring equinox. As an Irish Australian feminist artistic Collective, the Prankqueans enjoy marking significant events in the Celtic calendar such as Imbolg that are strongly associated with the feminine.

Brigid the Bard Festival 2026 Program

by Admin on January 24, 2026January 24, 2026

Find out about the events making up the 2026 Brigid the Bard Festival

Looking Out From Chris Wallace-Crabbe. A poem by T.A.R. Wallace

by Admin on January 20, 2026January 20, 2026

T.A.R. Wallace (he/his) is a yoga therapist and table tennis coach living on Dja Dja Wurrung country, Australia. His poems have been published in The Brussels Review, Conduit, Big Score Lit, The Poetry Lighthouse, Meanjin, Heat, Australian Poetry Journal, and others. He won the Lane Cove Literary Awards Poetry Prize 2023.

Susan Hawthorne: Three Poems in Epic Style

by Admin on January 18, 2026January 18, 2026

Susan Hawthorne is a poet, novelist and publisher who lives and works on Djiru Country in Far North Queensland. Her most recent books are the novel Dark Matters and the poetry collection The Sacking of the Muses. Her book Cow was shortlisted for the Audre Lorde Poetry Prize and the Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize.

The crunch, the rhyme, the echo: Kate Ennals launches ‘Tidal’ by Karen J McDonnell

by Admin on January 14, 2026January 14, 2026

I can feel Karen’s notions swirl about in all her poems. Each stanza is like a stork landing a bag of words to shape and make a coherent form from a dream or a thought. I like how each poem makes sense of a thought and brings it to life.

Compulsive readability: Bron Bateman Launches ‘Gold Digger’ by Lisa Collyer.

by Admin on December 22, 2025December 22, 2025

In reading Lisa Collyer’s poetry collection, Gold Digger, I was struck by how she writes poems that are battle-line hardy, staunchly feminist, with a working-class sensibility and a gendered understanding of both out-of-home work and the domestic sphere

Vale Susan Adams

by Admin on December 20, 2025December 20, 2025

The editors of Rochford Street Review were sadden to learn of the death of poet Susan Adams on Monday 7 December. The day before her partner, Les Wicks, had read some of her poems at the launch of Te Purere/The Exodus: The Anthology of Expatriate New Zealand Poets.

Susan Austin: 6 Poems from ‘Incandescence’

by Admin on December 16, 2025December 16, 2025

Susan Austin is a poet, eco-socialist activist and mental health occupational therapist living in Nipaluna, Hobart. Her poetry collections Undertow and Incandescence and verse novel Dancing with Empty Prams were published by Walleah Press. Dancing with Empty Prams was longlisted in the 2025 Tasmanian Literary Awards. Susan won the FAW Tasmania Poetry Prize in 2023 and 2021 and was Commended in the national Woorilla Poetry Prize.