The poet Maurice Devitt will launch the above magazine in the Castle Arch Hotel in Trim Co. Meath on Thursday the 3rd of October at 8 pm and all are welcome. A special feature of this issue will be the inclusion of the poems shortlisted for the Trim Poetry Competition in 2018 and information as to the names included is available on the Boyne Berries Blogsite: Link to the right. Maurice Devitt holds an MA in Poetry Studies from the Mater Dei and was a winner of the Trocaire/Poetry Ireland and placed and shortlisted in many others. He was selected for Poetry Ireland Introductions in 2016 and was a featured poet at the Transylvania festival in 2015 and a guest speaker at the John Berryman Centenary Conference in both Dublin and Minneapolis. Also nominated for the Pushcart, Forward and Best of the Net Prizes. He is the curator of the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies site and has recently published his debut collection: Growing Up in Colour - Doire Press. A number of his videos available on youtube and worth a visit. The above information from the Boyne Berries site. So if you happen to find yourself in the south Meath area on the night why not drop in for a visit.
* The Launch of Boyne Berries 26 has been cancelled due to weather conditions forecast for tomorrow night, Thursday the 3rd of October ! It will be launched on a date yet to be decided.
* The Launch of Boyne Berries 26 has been cancelled due to weather conditions forecast for tomorrow night, Thursday the 3rd of October ! It will be launched on a date yet to be decided.
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