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Poet Mary Branley was born in Sligo and has lived in Boston, New York, London and other places before returning to north Sligo in 1997. Having worked as a teacher for almost 25 years, Mary has also been a writer and facilitator with Kids’Own Publishing Partnership since 2001, a non-profit arts organisation that promotes children as writers and artists. Kid’s Own work with children all over Ireland and have created 16 books by for a wide audience. Mary has also written the play ‘Silk Kimonos’, based on the lives of Constance and Eva Gore-Booth this was performed in The Factory Performance Space, Sligo in 1995
Mary is chiefly known as a writer of poetry, ‘A Foot on the Tide’ was published by Summer Palace Press 2002, she featured in ‘Europe is a Woman’ an anthology of 9 European women poets in English, Finnish and Catalan translation published in 2007, and The Watchful Heart an anthology of 24 writers published by Salmon Publishing in 2009. Mary’s most recent collection of poetry ‘Martin Let Me Go’ is published by Summer Palace Press.
Mary won an Arts Council Bursary in 2009 to work on A Thousand Days a series of stories based on her ten years of experience working with Travellers in Ireland, this work is currently in production. The first sound file featured on podcast.ie is an interview with Mary about her work and there is a surprising twist, as Mary shows us she is also a talented musician. Newly added this week Mary reads a selection from her collection of poetry ‘A Foot on the Tide’.
If you would like to find out more visit Mary Branley’s website
Also you can find out mary’s work at Kids Own Publishing .
#1 by Jean Webster on March 23, 2010 - 2:13 pm
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Wonderful ! Top Class interviewing brought out the very best from this very talented woman.
#2 by Jackson Melnick on October 29, 2010 - 1:18 am
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Heart-tugging. Mary’s fanbase is worldwide; her work revolutionary, her voice powerful, her words simply beautiful.
#3 by Sue Walker on November 1, 2010 - 4:23 pm
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What a cool Orb. Archangels Raphael, Jophiel, Chamuel and your Gaurdian Angel all in one Orb together. Lucky you with all that beautiful Energy.
#4 by Christina Oss LaBang on January 24, 2012 - 5:29 am
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I am delighted to find this podcast with Mary this evening. I first met Mary while traveling in Lake Titicaca, Peru and a few years later, she invited me to come to Sligo and stay with her in 2009. I was given the gift of photographing Ireland as seen through her eyes, meeting Spirit in caves and cairns, listening to Mary as she performed her poetry while walking in the Glen, singing with her and her friends in a local Sligo pub, and participating in her teaching children the stories and lives of Travelers. I was also welcomed into Mary’s everyday life and family of joy, Light, laughter, and compassion. We had so much fun together. I am so happy to call Mary my friend. Congrats on this wonderful podcast.