About Me
I'm a writer and editor from Sligo, northwest Ireland, and based in Galway, a rain-drenched
town of creativity and students on the rocky west coast. I mainly write poetry, fiction and
songs, though I also dabble in plays, non-fiction and articles. My interest in writing began over 20 years ago, studying the Leaving Cert English course in Summerhill College, Sligo, reading
Shakespeare's plays, studying poets such as Yeats, Kavanagh, TS Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Emily
Dickinson and others. The subjects I find myself returning to most often are nature, sport,
creativity, mortality/death, growing older, people/characters and society in general.
My first book of poetry, Evidence of Freewheeling, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2015 (see below), while my second collection is due in 2018.
In 2009, I completed the MA in Writing at NUI Galway. My poems and short stories have been published in magazines and anthologies in Ireland, England, Scotland, Austria, India, the US and Mexico. Five of my poems were translated into Spanish for the Mexican journals Cuadrivio and Periodico de Poesia. I also contributed to the Artistic Atlas of Galway project, which mapped the city and county of Galway using poems, stories and art.
If you're interested in getting feedback on your poem, story, novel, memoir or other work, please email me here with details.
Breeding Monsters
In 2018, I decided to self-publish my second poetry collection, Breeding Monsters. I've set up this GoFundMe page to get the funds required to produce, distribute and launch the collection: https://www.gofundme.com/help-to-publish-poetry-collection. The aim is to launch the book by 1 December and send out copies pre-ordered (by donating to the GoFundMe page) before Christmas 2018. Any support in reaching my goal would be very much appreciated.
Evidence of Freewheeling
In November 2015, my first collection of poems was published by Salmon Poetry, called Evidence of Freewheeling. It's a collection of poems on various subjects (including sport, nature, language, creativity/writing, death and more). I really believe in the value of variety in writing, rather than relentlessly pursuing one style or subject, so I tried to make each poem very different from all the others. If you're interested in checking it out, the book is available here.
(Cover image taken in Berlin by my brother, Steven Pearse Conway)
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Some Publications Featuring My Work
Poetry
Over the Edge - The First Ten Years: An Anthology of Fiction & Poetry (Ireland)
Poetry Salzburg Review (Austria)
Ink, Sweat and Tears (UK)
Cuadrivio (Mexico)
Periodico de Poesia (Mexico)
FUSION (USA)
The Artistic Atlas of Galway (Ireland)
HeadStuff (Ireland)
Inclement (England)
A New Ulster (Ireland)
The Galway Review (Ireland)
Decanto (England)
Read This (Scotland)
Sixteen Magazine (Ireland)
Poetry NI (Ireland)
HCE Review (Ireland)
Skylight 47 (Ireland)
The Pedestal Magazine (USA)
Boyne Berries (Ireland)
Measured Words (Ireland)
The Sharp Review (Ireland)
Poetic Expressions (England)
Live Encounters (Ireland)
The Gown (Ireland)
Fiction
Flash (England)
The Literary Yard (India)
Wilderness House Literary Review (USA)
Squawk Back (USA)
Weber: The Contemporary West (USA)
Crannog (Ireland)
Poetry & Fiction
ROPES 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 (Ireland)
Bicycles With Umbrellas (Ireland)
