Poet
Annette is currently writing a lot of poems about the sea, which she can see from her house on the coast in the West of Ireland. The threat from machine harvesting of kelp is a very real one, and she wrote this poem in response to it. The word “holdfast” is a noun and an […]
“A gem of an idea.” ( Irish Times) from Marc O’Sullivan and the Committee of the Beara Arts Festival. Compartments, a poetry and music collaboration between Annette and Cormac Mac An Fhalla, is sited for 2 weeks on Ireland’s only Cable Car, as part of the Sonic Boxes installations around Beara. It is exciting a lot […]
Annette is pleased to be invited to read at the Imbolc / St Brigid’s Festival of poetry and music on Friday 31st January in Working Artist Studios, 71 North St, Skibbereen, Co. Cork. More info here
A great night was had by all when Annette Skade read at Cork’s popular weekly poetry event Ó Bhéal on January 27th 2014. Ó Bhéal (Irish for by word of mouth) creates an original platform for established and non-established poets alike, allowing the public access to contemporary poetry, and it draws an audience who appreciate […]
Annette Skade, winner of the 2012 Cork Literary Review Poetry Manuscript Competition, will launch her award-winning poetry collection Thimblerig at the Bradshaw Literary Festival, a two-day Gathering event in Cork this November. St Luke’s Church Cork will be the setting for the event which will celebrate and showcase some of the finest literary talent from […]
Cork’s thriving poetry scene is acknowledged in this blog post about the Cork Literary Review Poetry Manuscript Competition 2012 which was won by Annette Skade. Skade’s career as a poet was boosted by publication in ShOp the West Cork literary magazine, and after winning the literary manuscript prize, she secured publication by Cork-based publisher Bradshaw […]
Annette Skade’s first poetry collection Thimblerig will be launched as part of the West Cork Literary Festival 2013 in Bantry. The collection recently won the Cork Literary Review Manuscript Competition, and – as part of the prize – has since been published by Cork’s Bradshaw Books. Acclaimed poet Ruth Padel will introduce the collection before […]
Later this month, Annette Skade will be taking part in the Cork World Book Fest 2013 to talk about the issues involved in getting published in the current climate. Skade will be joined by Kathy D’Arcy and Jennifer Matthews who are also published by Bradshaw Books, and by writer and editor Mark Jarman (Canada), for […]