Queen of Seagulls Neil Bartlett

Queen of Seagulls Neil BartlettDo you know your neighbours? But do you really know them? In this delightfully subversive, comic contemporary fable, written for children and adults alike, you will be reminded that everyone you know even your most boring or annoying neighbour might be leading a life full of magic and wonder Renata may not seem like your average hero. Shes an angry neighbour who complains about the people around her, steals food that has been left out for the birds,

and the rich possibilities that come from honest reflection

but the world intrudes

Samuel Sebastian was a musical prodigy

and the admiration of Sextus Julius Frontinus

as students at an evening class

Eddie Miller

Who gets to decide the canon

University College Dublin and Joseph Woods

life stories and musical styles of many remarkable musicians who played with stars like Louis Armstrong

In 2002 she received a Blacklock Nature Sanctuary Residency and a State Arts Grant from the state of Minnesota

“a curious rattle-bag of writing”

“Ruth O’Callaghan’s poetry has a rare ability to sustain the highest emotional and spiritual stakes