Events

BOGLAND - BETWEEN THE SIGHTS OF THE SUN, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND: Jane will participate in a panel discussion inspired by Seamus Heaney's bog poetry and activism - Tóchar Community Stories for International Bog Day, 12 noon, 26 July 2025 at the Listen Now Again Exhibition, Bank of Ireland Cultural & Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2. 

THE RIVER ALIVE: Jane will take part in the Cineál Research afternoon of talks & workshops on the banks of the Avonbeg in Glenmalure - Sunday 27th July 2025. Details to follow. 

ROSCOMMON PRIDE: Jane will be the Grand Marshall at Roscommon Pride, 23 August 2025. She will give a Pride reading in Roscommon town on Friday 22 August 2025. Details to follow. 

DE PROFUNDIS FILM INSTALLATION, MoLI: Jane is among the LGBTQ+ writers, artists and activists presenting key passages of Oscar Wilde's profoundly moving love letter written while in prison, De Profundis. The film installation opens 7 March 2025 and runs until 1 October 2025. Details here.

WRITING RETREAT - Jane will be the guest tutor at Marjorie Lotfi's Writing Retreat in Galloway, south-west Scotland, 10-16th November. Details & booking here.

Recent Readings

CORK INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL, May 2025

PHIZZFEST ARTS FESTIVAL, DUBLIN, May 2025

FESTIVAL DU PRINTEMPS DES POÈTES, LUXEMBOURG, April 2025

HAPPY DAYS FESTIVAL, ENNISKILLEN, April 2025

BALLINCOLLIG WINTER MUSIC FESTIVAL, January 2025

JOHN HEWITT BIRTHDAY READING, BELFAST, October 2024

WINTERAGE FESTIVAL, BURRENBEO TRUST, CO. CLARE, October 2024

DROMINEER NENAGH LITERARY FESTIVAL, October 2024 

REFLESSIDIVERSI FESTIVAL, UMBRIA, September 2024

CULTURE NIGHT READINGS, BRAY & GREYSTONES, September 2024

AVONBEG RIVER ECOLOGY & POETRY WALK, September 2024

STONE TO SEA KINVARA COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA & BURRENBEO CONCERT, June 2024

LISTOWEL WRITERS WEEK FESTIVAL, June 2024

ST. BRIGID'S CHURCH, KILDARE, May 2024

MULDOON'S PICNIC IN ARMAGH, May 2024

NEWCASTLE POETRY FESTIVAL, May 2024 

MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY ARTS & MINDS FESTIVAL, May 2024 

STROKESTOWN INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL, May 2024

LIVING LANEWAYS PUBLIC ART PROGRAMME LAUNCH, POETRY DAY IRELAND 2024

ARVON Online Poetry Course, May 2024

CLIMATE JUSTICE ACROSS GENERATIONS CONFERENCE, Dublin City University, April 2024

SPEAKEASY POETRY & OPEN MIC,  Waterford, March 2024

LIMERICK LITERARY FESTIVAL IN HONOUR OF KATE O'BRIEN, February 2024

T S ELIOT PRIZE READINGS, Royal Festival Hall, London January 2024