“The most striking thing is the integrity of the poet’s voice.
It is a gentle though full voice.
It is true to itself, to children and to poetry.”
I write poems and stories for children and facilitate creative writing workshops. I have written for children’s TV and radio and I review children’s books.
My latest book, I Am the Wind: Irish Poems for Children Everywhere, which I edited with award-winning writer Sarah Webb and illustrated by Ashwin Chacko won the Irish Children’s Book Award (Senior) 2023!
Published by Little Island it is available here
My book Hopscotch in the Sky, published jointly by Little Island and Poetry Ireland, is a collection of seasonal poems for children featuring everything from ice creams and Christmas trees to mermaids and libraries and flying grannies.
School and Library Visits
In person or online and lots of fun!
I love working with children on school visits and in libraries. We often have absolutely amazing, inspiring discussions about reading and writing poetry. We read and write together using all sorts of ‘ways in’ to writing, including drawing and paper folding, and I tell the stories of how my poems come to be written.
How to book a visit here