Writing Rights: Fine Gael and Labour form a Coalition, March 1973, by Martina EvansAs part of a series by Irish writers to mark Human Rights Day, the poet and author goes back to her schooldays to explore the right to educationThu Dec 10 2015 - 10:49
Poetry Bus Magazine: bang on the moneyWriting about money is like writing about sex: it has to be about something else as well, writes Martina Evans. The best poems here do that ‘something else’ over and over againThu Dec 03 2015 - 15:34
Good readers are rarer than good writersBefore creative-writing classes existed, writers began by being readers, says Martina Evans. I don’t think things have changed that muchSat Oct 24 2015 - 00:28
The Long Gaze Back review: a feast of female voicesThis anthology of Irish women writers is a fine harvest – a comprehensive, celebratory volume, writes Martina EvansSat Sept 12 2015 - 00:44
Sweating in the paddock – a poet’s mortifying experience of being shortlistedThe last time Martina Evans was shortlisted for an award was no laughing matter, but she looks back now at the comedy of it allThu Mar 19 2015 - 15:00
‘Oh, poetry! I thought it was a book’: how Martina Evans’s mother became her muse‘That poetry is considered to be on or even beyond the margins has never bothered me. In fact, I am sure that is where I belong’Tue Mar 17 2015 - 12:33
In praise of Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, by Martina EvansCelebrating Irish Women Writers: ‘Like Alice Munro, Ní Dhuibhne is a funny, original and brave chronicler of the lives of women’Wed Mar 04 2015 - 21:16
Surprises and giftsFor a long time I didn't have a writing day; my first book of poetry and two novels were written while I was working full-time…Sat Jan 29 2000 - 00:00
