Sunday Miscellany from Donegal Bay and Bluestacks Festival
October 13, 2019
Sunday Miscellany, RTE Radio first program from the Donegal Bay & Blue Stacks Festival Sunday Miscellany New Writing: Auntie Gretta, by Olive Travers; Planning Permission for a Bee Hotel, by Monica Corish; Bog and The Bees Leave Swanns, two poems by Winifred McNulty; Punk Pension Plan by Little John Nee; And My Séamus Heaney Story
Miscellany50- RTE Radio 1
July 3, 2019
Rte Radio 1 – Real Player link . Miscellany50 – Live at the Project Broadcast on 3/7/19 I loved being part of this show that was recorded in the Project Arts Centre. My piece : ‘Always Remember, Never Forget’ is for the year 1972 – with thanks to producers: Cliodhna Ni Anluain, Sarah Binchy and
And They All Lived Happily – poem on Soundcloud
May 3, 2019
I recorded my poem for Sound cloud – #PoetryDayIrlhttps://soundcloud.com/denise-blake-4/and-they-all-lived-poem?in=denise-blake-4/sets/sunday-miscellany
#PoetryDayIrl – Truth & Dare Poems
April 24, 2019
I was so pleased to have my poem, And They All Lived Happily, chosen as one of the Truth poems for Poetry Ireland. Poems on the Dart & poetry cards sent out to Libraries and Art Centres. A huge thank you to Elaine Feeney, Poetry Ireland and Revival Press, Limerick Writers Centre. Truth poems: Denise
Poems on Poethead
February 8, 2019
I am grateful to Chris Murray for publishing five of my poems on her wonderful poetry site – Poethead Five poems from Invocation : The Beaching, Crockery, Becoming Shepherds, Against Words, Mother Goddess Link :
Miscellany 50 – RTE Radio 1
December 7, 2018
Miscellany 50 Radio Festival Weekend – Project Arts Centre I was so pleased to read on Friday night as a participant in this wonderful festival. With thanks to producers: Cliodhna Ni Anluain, Sarah Binchey and Aoife Nic Cormaic and to everyone involved in organising this event. The shows were recorded and will be broadcast in
The Allingham Festival 2018
November 10, 2018
I am very grateful to the committee of this years Allingham Festival for inviting me to take part in the Literary Lunch in Nirvana, Ballyshannon on Nov. 10th. Niall MacMonagle launched my collection, Invocation. Niall introduced the launch with a beautiful and thoughtful talk covering poems from all three of my collections. He then had
Uniform Days – my poem on Sunday Miscellany
September 9, 2018
Sunday Miscellany Podcast – 9th September 2018 Na Scéirdí: A Great City Far Off by Conall Hamill; Maud Gonne Mad and Mrs Desperate by Lourdes Mackey; Uniform Days, a poem by Denise Blake; The House of Galileo Galilei by Justin MacCarthy; and Breaching the Barricades by Olive Travers https://www.rte.ie/radio1/sunday-miscellany/#102922312
Sunset at Malin Head – Sunday Miscellany
September 2, 2018
Sunset at Malin Head Sunday Miscellany 2/9/18 https://www.rte.ie/radio1/sunday-miscellany/#102916143 New Writing: Reegsy by John O’Donnell; The Passing of Time by Sharon Hogan; The Final Frontier by Joe Ó Muircheartaigh; Sunset at Malin Head by Denise Blake; A Question of Sport by Mary O’Donnell; And The All-Ireland Football Final, a poem by Paddy Moran Music: Thank You
Sound Off – Irish Times Magazine
August 24, 2018
I have a Sound Off piece in the Irish Times magazine : Sound Off: Why are we still glorifying princesses? I thought we’d moved on from Snow White and unicorns and all things pink. I thought we were trying to empower children https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/sound-off-why-are-we-still-glorifying-princesses-1.3597074#.W4EGcOgt2Fc.facebook
INVOCATION- Revival Press, Limerick Writers Centre
May 28, 2018
Invocation – Denise Blake For sale online at: http://www.limerickwriterscentre.com/books/innovation/ or at Easons Letterkenny Shopping Centre , Courtyard Centre Letterkenny Thyme Out Tearooms & Gift shop, Glenveagh National Park Dunlewey Centre’s gift shop or through my Books page : https://www.deniseblake.com/books/ At a time when life can often seem harsh and cynical, this book is an intelligent