Final night of my Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy class at the Irish Writers Centre on Tuesday and we ended up in MeMa's on Parnell Street for a couple of pints afterwards. What a terrific group of up-and-coming writers. Seriously talented, and great craic too. #IrishWritersCentre #MeMa's

Another terrific issue of Flare launched recently (#32), with gorgeous poems by Natasha Helen Crudden, Colin Dardis, Patrick Deeley, Gordon Ferris, Diana Frasiloaia, Rachael Stanley and a host of other amazing poets. This one, by Anna Kabel, appealed to my inner rebel: #Flare #Poetry

The National Poetry Comp waiting for my really cool poem and me thinking about it.

Feeling slightly unreal to be shortlisted in the Irish Independent's New Irish Writing Best Poetry category for this year's An Post Irish Book Awards. #poetry #IrishIndependent #NewIrishWriting #AnPostIrishBookAwards

In advance of Swan River Press' publication of Ghosts on the Cam, I interviewed its editor Robert Lloyd Parry. You can read the interview here: swanriverpress.ie/2026/10/ghos... #RobertLloydParry #GhostsontheCam #SwanRiverPress

Ghosts of Cambridge Past | Swan River Press

An Interview with Robert Lloyd Parry Conducted by John Kenny © August 2026 Robert Lloyd Parry is a performance storyteller who specialises in bringing to life weird tales by the likes of M. R. James, ...

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A beautiful tribute to the late Breda Wall Ryan from Nessa O'Mahony's new collection Dodder Daughter: #poetry #BredaWallRyan #NessaOMahony #DodderDaughter #SalmonPoetry

Really like this poem by William Matthews: #poetry #WilliamMatthews

Here's a terrific poem by Joshua Beatty from the current issue of Poetry Ireland Review (#148). And I've just learned he's been selected for this year's Poetry Ireland Introductions Programme. #Poetry #PoetryIrelandReview #JoshuaBeatty

Very happy to see three of my poems featured in The Starbeck Orion today. You can read them here: the880.substack.com/p/welcome-to... And Paul at Starbeck is looking for submissions, so have a look at his guidelines while you're there. #poetry #TheStarbeckOrion

Welcome To The Starbeck Orion Summer Feast Fifty Days Of Poetry And Artwork. Day Forty-Eight featuring the work of John Kenny

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Love this poem by Maurice Devitt in the latest issue of Flare (#31): #poetry #Flare #MauriceDevitt

For those who have lost a pet, this lovely poem by Billy Collins: #poetry #BillyCollins

Many thanks to Eamon Mag Uidhir for selecting this poem for inclusion in the new issue of Flare (#31). It's my second appearance here and I'm delighted to be sharing pages with Maurice Devitt, Ross Hattaway, Una Ni Cheallaigh, Daniel Wade, Insaf Yalcinkaya and a host of other wonderful poets.

Really like this poem from Kae Tempest's collection Divisible by Itself and One: #poetry #KaeTempest #DivisiblebyItselfandOne #PicadorPoetry

Not sure about the aptness of the title, but I'm on board with the sentiment of this wonderful poem from Kerry Hardie's collection Where Now Begins. #poetry #KerryHardie #WhereNowBegins #BloodaxeBooks

Love this little gem from Philip Larkin's collection High Windows: #poetry #PhilipLarkin #HighWindows

I'll be running my Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy course again at the Irish Writers Centre in October for anyone with an interest in honing their skills. Details below: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ... #WritingScienceFictionandFantasy #JohnKenny #IrishWritersCentre

Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy with John Kenny - Irish Writers Centre

An in-person creative writing course focused on science fiction and fantasy led by facilitator John Kenny. Starts Tues 6 October.

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I'm delighted to have two poems featured in today's New Irish Writing page in the Irish Independent: #poetry #NewIrishWriting #IrishIndependent

A lovely poem from Gerard Smyth's collection The Turn for Ithaca: #poetry #GerardSmyth #TheTurnforIthaca #DedalusPress

This has just got real. Stories. Songs. Seasons. collection available to pre-order now. Out December 2026. And if you’re in Leeds, tickets for the live event are available to pre-order now. All info and links here: storiessongsseasons.substack.com/p/stories-so...

Stories. Songs. Seasons. (Live event + collection pre-order).

Stories.

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A powerful poem from Alvy Carragher's brilliant collection What Remains the Same: #poetry #AlvyCarragher #WhatRemainstheSame #GalleryBooks

A remarkable poem by Ben Thompson in the latest issue of Flare (#30): #poetry #Flare #BenThompson

So happy to have three poems published in this new issue of the High Window, but sad to hear it is their final edition: wp.me/p6lsFk-6vc #poetry #TheHighWindow

Poetry: Summer 2026

***** Helen Appleton • Ben Banyard • Kate Behrens • Isabel Bermudez • Faye Boland • Arthur Broomfield • Sue Butler • Harry Cammish • Gary Day • Maurice Devitt • Marian Eastwood • Richard Fleming • …

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Very happy to have a poem published in the new issue of Flare (#30). This is the one that won the NurePoets Corner Award 2025 last September: #poetry #Flare

It's difficult to pick just one poem from Cathy Galvin's beautiful new collection, Ethnology, A Love Song for Connemara, but this one in particular resonated with me. The book really needs to be read as one glorious unified love song. #poetry #CathyGalvin #Ethnology #BloodaxeBooks

Another amazing poem from the Poems for Protest anthology, this one by Christos Constantine: #poetry #PoemsforProtest #ChristosConstantine

A terrific poem by the late, great Charles Bukowski, sadly as relevant today as it was when he wrote it: #poetry #CharlesBukowski

A stunning poem by Sam Aureli in Poems for Protest, a new anthology published by Rough Diamond Poetry and edited by Charlotte Cosgrove: #poetry #PoemsforProtest #SamAureli #RoughDiamondPoetry #CharlotteCosgrove

Delighted to receive my copy of Poems for Protest, which includes two of my poems. Here's one of them. Looking forward to delving into the wide variety of what's on offer in its pages. Link in comments. #poetry #poemsforprotest #charlottecosgrove

I've just reviewed a wonderful collection of supernatural and strange stories by Beatrice Grimshaw, assembled for Swan River Press by the ever excellent Mike Ashley. You can read it here: #StrangeSouthSeas #BeatriceGrimshaw #MikeAshley #SwanRiverPress johnrichardkenny.com/2026/03/12/b...

Book Review: Strange South Seas by Beatrice Grimshaw

I first came across the work of Beatrice Grimshaw in Swan River Press’ excellent anthology Bending to Earth – Strange Stories by Irish Women, edited by Maria Giakaniki and Brian J. Showers and publ…

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A gorgeous poem from John F. Deane's new collection Jonah and Me: #Poetry #JonahandMe #JohnFDeane #CarcanetPoetry