Author Archives: Mary Montague

Today would have been Elizabeth Bishop’s 110th birthday. The City of Key West (where EB was inspired to write the beginnings of Sandpiper) honours her today, and I can do no better than follow their example and “participate fittingly” (by … Continue reading →

My latest Country Diary (based on a visit I made to Tyrella on 7 January)

Janice Dempsey, of Dempsey and Windle, who published Paul Jeffcutt’s The Skylark’s Call, kindly made a cutting of the recording of my contribution to the launch of Paul’s collection last Wednesday. So here’s me reading ‘Stain’ from my second collection, … Continue reading →

My Country Diary for  Saturday’s Guardian.

What does it say in an era when awareness of the seriousness of environmental crisis that we have created has been transformed by the actions and sacrifice of a (very) young woman, the UK can’t bring even one female to … Continue reading →

Mooching around the internet, I was delighted to find this link. I enjoyed the launch of Cyphers 88 (wherein the poem features) in Dublin, long-ago in a pre-pandemic life, but I didn’t realise the poem was on the website till I … Continue reading →

My Country Diary piece in today’s Guardian.

The story of my erstwhile lockdown companion. Today’s Country Diary.

Well, we pulled it off! The first online Living Room Folk session went out yesterday. If you didn’t get to chance to watch us live, you can catch up here. Thanks to Mairéad O’Donnell for her able hosting of the … Continue reading →