by Orna Ross | Oct 6, 2024 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
After a hiatus we’re returning to the #IndiePoetryPlease competition on Instagram. And September's winner is Mary Walsh @marelwa60, for her poem “Station Lane”. Congratulations to Mary! Her poem wins her a copy of Creative Self-Publishing and of my most...
by Orna Ross | Sep 29, 2024 | 1. MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
I'm working on a book of bereavement poetry and a poetry kit for humanist celebrants and grief counsellors. I'm not sure exactly which poems will go into this, but here's a new one that may fit. Let me know your thoughts. Asking Answer I've heard it said that when we...
by Orna Ross | Sep 27, 2024 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS |
We'll be sending out invitations shortly with full details of the Dublin launch of the Maud Gonne Society, but as an early supporter I want to make sure you get a place if you'd like to come. Save the Date: Maud Gonne Society Launch When? Friday December 6, 2024,...
by Orna Ross | Sep 22, 2024 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS |
My latest poetry project, Night Light: Poems for Bereavement and Other Hard Times, has sparked an accompanying initiative. In addition to the book, I’m creating a special poetry kit for bereavement counsellors and humanist celebrants. This kit is designed to integrate...
by Orna Ross | Sep 20, 2024 | 1. MEMBER POSTS, Fiction |
The image above is of Katherine Tynan, a prolific Irish writer and friend of WB Yeats, from the portrait painted by John Butler Yeats, his father. And here is the artist in an extract from my novel A Life Before, thinking about his sitter, mediated by the narrator,...