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Irish Poem of the Month | Top of the Tent
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Irish Poem of the Month. Writing Quote for Every Day. Top of the Tent. Writer, teacher, mother, chicken-keeper. Irish Poem of the Month. This used to be Poem of the Week Page, but I couldn’t keep up with it, so now it’s Poem of the Month! The Scholar’s Life. Nonce Words by Seamus Heaney. Another Heaney poem – his last, written in August 2013, just 10 days before his death. Banks of a Canal. Here’s the poem I’ve chosen to mark the first anniversary of his passing:. The Blackbird of Glanmore. Ah, blackbird...
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Books | Top of the Tent
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Irish Poem of the Month. Writing Quote for Every Day. Top of the Tent. Writer, teacher, mother, chicken-keeper. A Book A Week in My Read Diverse Year. July 8, 2016. Following my pledge to ‘Read Diverse’ in a more conscious way, I’ve assessed the 26 books I’ve read in the first …. Continue reading →. Baileys Prize Shortlist Mini Reviews. June 7, 2016. This year I’ve managed to read five out of the six shortlisted books for the Baileys Prize, the winner of …. Continue reading →. February 29, 2016. 8216;Sug...
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The Mystery and Ambivalence of Attachment: Seamus Heaney’s Clearances | Top of the Tent
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Irish Poem of the Month. Writing Quote for Every Day. Top of the Tent. Writer, teacher, mother, chicken-keeper. The Mystery and Ambivalence of Attachment: Seamus Heaney’s Clearances. Asymp; 8 Comments. Seamus Heaney Poem About His Mother. The Mystery of Motherhood. When All The Others Were Away At Mass. Following on from my rant in February, I decided to partly redress the balance and in homage to ‘Clearances’ produced an essay, or more accurately, a critique on the poem as a complete entity&...And again...
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Prize-Winning Short Stories | Top of the Tent
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Irish Poem of the Month. Writing Quote for Every Day. Top of the Tent. Writer, teacher, mother, chicken-keeper. I came 2nd in the Allingham Arts Festival flash fiction competition with my piece ‘Viennese Whirls and Pineapple Creams’. And this is what judge, Manchán Magan. Had to say about it:. My finest fiction writing achievement to date is winning the 2015 Bath Short Story Award. You can read my story, ‘That Summer’, in the recently published Bath Short Story Award Anthology 2015. Safia Moore has writt...
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Bath Short Story Award: History of a Story | Top of the Tent
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Irish Poem of the Month. Writing Quote for Every Day. Top of the Tent. Writer, teacher, mother, chicken-keeper. Bath Short Story Award: History of a Story. In Short Story Writing. Asymp; 15 Comments. Bath Short Story Award 2015. How to Win Writing Competitions. Attention to Detail – lovely to receive this card. Danielle, Colin, and Lionel said these things first. I’m just passing them on to anyone aiming for short lists or hoping to win a competition someday soon. 8216;I love Thesauruses.’. Let me end by...
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Review of Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God in Ruins’ | Top of the Tent
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Irish Poem of the Month. Writing Quote for Every Day. Top of the Tent. Writer, teacher, mother, chicken-keeper. Review of Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God in Ruins’. Asymp; 6 Comments. A God in Ruins. Kate Atkinson's latest book. Review of A God in Ruins. A God in Ruins. Kate Atkinson and Canadian Cover. The Last September,. Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Atkinson also makes clever use of small objects passed from character to character in. A God in Ruins. Perhaps the most affecting aspects of. A God in Ruins.
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Attachment Theory | Top of the Tent
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Irish Poem of the Month. Writing Quote for Every Day. Top of the Tent. Writer, teacher, mother, chicken-keeper. Guest Blog by Anne Goodwin, Author of ‘Sugar and Snails’. August 5, 2015. Welcome to Anne Goodwin who has kindly agreed to camp out at Top of The Tent and share some of the …. Continue reading →. The Mystery and Ambivalence of Attachment: Seamus Heaney’s Clearances. May 29, 2015. Continue reading →. Readers’ Top Posts:. Death of an Irishwoman by Michael Hartnett. Seamus Heaney's Last Poem.
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Secure Attachments | Top of the Tent
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Irish Poem of the Month. Writing Quote for Every Day. Top of the Tent. Writer, teacher, mother, chicken-keeper. Guest Blog by Anne Goodwin, Author of ‘Sugar and Snails’. August 5, 2015. Welcome to Anne Goodwin who has kindly agreed to camp out at Top of The Tent and share some of the …. Continue reading →. Readers’ Top Posts:. Death of an Irishwoman by Michael Hartnett. Why Didn't James Joyce Win the Nobel Prize for Literature? Ireland: Top Country in the World for Islamic Values? Irish Poem of the Week.
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Bath Short Story Award 2015 – I’ve Won! | Top of the Tent
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Irish Poem of the Month. Writing Quote for Every Day. Top of the Tent. Writer, teacher, mother, chicken-keeper. Bath Short Story Award 2015 – I’ve Won! Asymp; 28 Comments. Bath Short Story Award. I’d like to formally thank the organisers of BSSA – Jude Higgins, Jane Riekemann and Anna Schlesinger and also the many readers involved in the early stages (1003 entries), plus the judge of the short list, literary agent, Carrie Kania. Jane, Anna and Jude. Jude about to call me! Along with the other prize winne...
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Debut Novel | Top of the Tent
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Irish Poem of the Month. Writing Quote for Every Day. Top of the Tent. Writer, teacher, mother, chicken-keeper. Guest Blog by Anne Goodwin, Author of ‘Sugar and Snails’. August 5, 2015. Welcome to Anne Goodwin who has kindly agreed to camp out at Top of The Tent and share some of the …. Continue reading →. Readers’ Top Posts:. Death of an Irishwoman by Michael Hartnett. Why Didn't James Joyce Win the Nobel Prize for Literature? Ireland: Top Country in the World for Islamic Values? Irish Poem of the Week.