Readings
Jane gave a reading from her home as part of the Inside Writing digital poetry festival organised by Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts in lieu of the annual Newcastle Poetry Festival. Her readings were shared online during the week of 15-19 June 2020. She read and introduced poems from When the Tree Falls: 'He stood at the top of the stairs', 'I've got you' and 'The trouble'. You can watch her reading here.
She went on to read two new poems, 'April Wake' and 'First Earlies'. The poems are included on Machester Writing School's WRITE where we are NOW website, which gathers together poems written in response to the coronavirus pandemic. You can read the poems here and here.
Jane read a new poem, 'Night Boat, North Wall Quay' for the Bloomsday Festival 2020, 16 June. Commissioned by the James Joyce Centre, the poem celebrates Nora Barnacle.
Jane read two poems and chatted with Siobhan McMahon in Part 1 of a series of programmes from East Leeds FM in conjunction with the Irish Music Foundation: Tuesday 2 June 6.30 - 7.30pm https://www.chapelfm.co.uk/elfm-player/.
Black Tea & Birdsong: Jane chatted to Dani Gill & read poems from When the Tree Falls in an episode from the LIVE Network, aired on 29 May 2020. The reading was sponsored by Roscommon Arts Centre.
Jane introduced & read a new poem, 'First Earlies' for the RTE Poetry Programme, "Poetry in a Pandemic" on Monday 1 June, 1.30-2pm. It's part of her sequence of Poems from the Uplands, funded by the Arts Council Covid-19 Response Award.
Jane read 'Cattle Stick' from When the Tree Falls for Poetry File on Saturday Weekend Drive with Evelyn Grant on RTE Lyric FM, 30 May 2020.
Jane gave a YouTube LIVE reading from her home in Glenmalure on Saturday 25 April. It was organised by the Holding Cell and is now available here on Jane's YouTube channel.
Jane read a new sequence of poems inspired by the natural & cultural heritage of Wicklow in 'The Miners' Way', which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 3rd May, 16.30 & repeated Saturday 9th May, 23.30. She also read 'Birthing the Lamb' from her second collection When the Tree Falls, Bloodaxe Books 2019.
Sadly all other readings in April, May, June & July 2020 have been cancelled or postponed due to the Covid-19 public health crisis. These events included Cork International Poetry Festival; Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival; Ty Newydd Writing Centre, Wales; Strokestown International Poetry Festival; Coolock & Walkinstown Public Libraries, Dublin; Rural Writing Institute, Cumbria; Emma's Dell, Grasmere, Cumbria; Hecho, Spain; Bailieborough, Co. Cavan.
Heinrich Böll Residency: Jane will have a writing residency in the Heinrich Böll Cottage on Achill Island from 22 August - 5 September 2020.
