Moloch showcase update

An Evening of Poetry and Music

We are pleased to announce that Noel Harrington will also be joining us tomorrow night, July 31st, to read at the Moloch showcase.    

The showcase will start at 7pm, in The Winding Stair, Ormond Quay, Dublin 1.  We will have music and poetry from a few of our lovely talented crew, namely Kevin Higgins, Alan Jude Moore, Noel Harrington, Stephen Kelly, and The Perfect Consonants. 

Drinks, cake, poetry, and music are all free but we do encourage you to leave a small contribution (if you can) so we can afford to bring you more nights like this, and more editions of the journal.

A recap of the line up

Kevin Higgins will be joining us from Galway. Kevin’s first collection of poems, The Boy With No Face, was published in February 2005. The collection was shortlisted for the 2006 Strong Award for Best First Collection by an Irish Poet. The Boy With No Face was Salmon Poetry’s bestselling book of that year and has recently been reprinted. Kevin’s second collection of poems, Time Gentlemen, Please, was published this year.

“His is a committed, engaged poetry, shot through with both humour and melancholy.”

– Juliet Wilson, in New Hope International Review.

http://www.myspace.com/poetkevinhiggins

Alan Jude Moore is a Dubliner whose poetry has been published in a wide range of journals here and abroad, including Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, Kestrel (USA), Jacobs Ladder (USA), Pelagos (Italy) – and, of course, Moloch. He took part in the Poetry Ireland Introductions readings in 2001.

Alan’s collection, Black State Cars, was published by Salmon Poetry, and was the recipient of a Salmon Poetry Publication Prize for a first collection.

 "What is necessary is to seek new forms and new language to express new ideas and experience. Moore is doing so, and that is what makes Black State Cars an important and essential collection."

- Michael S. Begnal, in Poetry Ireland Review.

http://www.myspace.com/alanjudemoore

Noel Harrington lives in Tulla, Co Clare. The White House Poets published a chapbook of his poems 'Trio' in 2007. He has also been published in The Stinging Fly, Revival, Moloch.ie, The Stony Thursday Book, Crannóg and the joint Limerick/Newcastle publication, Two Rivers Meet. A prose piece was short-listed for the Flosca Short Story Prize, appearing in the 2008 Anthology, and another was published by Mike Scott on the Waterboys website. He has been writing a novel for five years now and will let you know when it's finished.

http://www.myspace.com/noelharrington

Stephen Kelly is a talented poet and songwriter from Drimnagh, Dublin. He has been published in Watermarks and entertained the masses with wonderful readings in a variety of Dublin venues. His poem 'Ladybird' featured in the first issue of Moloch. One of his songs 'David' is currently featured on the Moloch myspace pages

http://www.myspace.com/molochjournal

The Perfect Consonants consist of Mark Noonan, Darran Kelly and Aoife McGrane. The band have been writing and playing songs together for the past two years. The Moloch night will be their last blast for the summer season. You can download a couple of their songs at

http://www.myspace.com/theperfectconsonants

Mark's series of City poems makes an appearance in the current issue of Moloch, while Darran's plays have been hailed by Irish play-writing legend Frank McGuinness

 "that rarest of theatrical joys - the real thing!"

New Issue

The latest issue of Moloch has just been launched.  

With writing by Noel Harrington, John Holten, Alex Hughes, Andrew David King, Gavan Lennon, Chris Major, Alan Jude Moore, Christopher Mulrooney, Jim Murray, Aongus Murtagh, Mark Noonan, Joseph Robert, and Sean Ryan.

Artists include Conor Callan, Nessa Darcy, Eva Kelly, Will St Ledger, Sarah Quigley, Daire Lynch, Jeanne Merer, Mark O'Keeffe, and Damien O'Reilly.

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despite some delay...

Moloch who entered my soul early! Moloch in whom
I am a consciousness without a body! Moloch
who frightened me out of my natural ecstasy!
Moloch whom I abandon!

Last summer, sitting in the sun with my useless degree and dwindling funds, I had a mini-crisis. I really did not know what to do with myself - besides write and publish unprofitable things(sorry guys). So I decided to get a little bit of direction and put in a late application for a publishing MA. A few weeks later I packed my bags preparing to bury myself in a sea of books in oxford. Unfortunately they were mainly books of the soul draining kind: business, editorial, marketing...all the things designed to make you forget why you want to get into the business. And oxford publishing types it turned out are very punctual with perfect attendance, most of whom it appeared saw publishing as a business.

And then there was me, always running in fifteen minutes late with unbrushed hair and colourful skirts freshly torn from bike chains. I never thought I would fit in, for the first six weeks i lived in a hostel going back and forth between the career hungry world and a world where australians played bongos, drank beer and danced on a rooftop terrace each night as we huddled around the heater and under large impractical umbrellas that threatened to take us up in a gust of wind. But I had to make a decision and soon relocated close to my college where I now live in a little split level attic room with no carpet, unpainted walls and fairy lights to compensate for the poor lighting. I soon found business types often hide creative goblins under their hats, got stuck into the course but never quite managed to trade my coloured skirts for sombre colours or master the art of punctuality.

As I was battling business demons, my creative partner missy darcy was battling some of her own. Sadly she has never been able to stay still for too long, dreaming of postcodes to exploit and twist to her desires. So she took the plunge and joined me on the relocation trail. But we are now well underway brainstorming, designing, having unsuccessful barbeques and drinking cocktails on foreign waters.

In two weeks time we should see a new design for the Moloch homepage, which thanks to my evil publishing course will be compatible with all web browsers. By July we hope to have the summer issue up and running!

Life has been hectic. Despite our hopes and unrealistic plans Moloch turned Bi-annual, we may produce more of them if we get more submissions and life throws us a few bones. But for now you must submit to moloch, stick your babies in that giant bull god and let us help you to light the flames.