Internationally award-winning poet and writer
Articles & Features
(Sample of articles written by Anne Casey)
'Scáth (Shadow)' was published in Rabbit: a journal of nonfiction poetry (RMIT University), Issue 37:Collaborations in May 2023. This essay was written as part of doctoral work in history and archival poetics at the University of Technology Sydney funded by an Australian Government Research Training Scholarship and a bursary.
'"A Miserably Constructed Shelter": Daughters of the Great Irish Famine in Australia' was published in Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women's Liberation (University of Queensland), Issue 47,1 & 2, 2021 (published in May 2023). This essay derives from doctoral research conducted at the University of Technology Sydney funded by an Australian Government Research Training Scholarship and a bursary.
'Some Days The Bird - A poetry lifeline across hemispheres through crises' by Anne Casey and Heather Bourbeau was published in Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women's Liberation Issue 47,1 & 2, 2021 (published in May 2023). This essay was first published in The Irish Times on 16 November 2022.
'Archives as Thin Places: Resurrecting ghosts of Australia’s earliest refugees through poetics of resistance' was published in Axon Journal (The Centre for Creative & Cultural Research at University of Canberra) Vol 12 No 2 in March 2023. This essay was written as part of doctoral work in history and archival poetics at the University of Technology Sydney funded by an Australian Government Research Training Scholarship and a bursary.
'Some Days The Bird - A poetry lifeline across hemispheres through crises" by Anne Casey and Heather Bourbeau was published in The Irish Times on 16 November 2022.
'The Power of Poetry to Transcend Time and Place', an address by Anne Casey was published in Mingled Voices 6: International Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology 2021 and a video of the address was published as part of the Proverse Spring Reception on 28 April 2022.
An essay and poem by Anne Casey responding to the work of leading Australian contemporary artist, Janet Laurence and commissioned by Mosman Art Gallery were published in Destination Sydney: The Natural World commemorative book for the Destination Sydney art exhibition at Mosman Art Gallery, Manly Art Gallery & Museum and the National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery as part of Sydney Festival 2022.
‘Rags and Boughs’ – Daughters of the Irish Great Hunger by Anne Casey was published in History Ireland, Issue 1 January/February 2022, Volume 30. This essay is based on PhD research into 'The Second-Wave Impact in Australia of the Great Irish Famine' at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), funded by an Australian Government Research Training Scholarship.
On our watch - 'the light we cannot see' - a personal essay and one poem - was published in The Irish Times on 9 August 2021.
When coronavirus strikes and you are half a world from home was published in the March 2021 issue of The Journal, the official publication of the Australian-Irish Heritage Association. This piece was first published in print in The Irish Times Magazine and online in The Irish Times.
Returning from Australia - a personal essay and two poems - was published in The Journal (Australian-Irish Heritage Association of Western Australia) in December 2020. This piece was first published in The Irish Times.
An iridescent debut: Anne Casey launches ‘The Unintended Consequences of the Shattering’ by Linda Adair - published in Rochford Street Review on 21 December 2020.
Gliding between worlds: Anne Casey virtually launches ‘(Un)belonging’ by Nathanael O’Reilly - published in Rochford Street Review on 14 May 2020.
Confronting the Dark Side of the Irish Down Under was published in The Journal (The Australian-Irish Heritage Association of Western Australia) in March 2020. This article was first published in The Irish Times under the title The Lock Up - see below.
When coronavirus strikes and you are half a world from home - an article by Anne Casey was published in print and online in the The Irish Times Magazine, the weekend supplement in leading national daily newspaper, The Irish Times on 21 March 2020, featuring in the paper's Most Read items. This article was republished in FemAsia magazine on 25 April 2020.
Baby Eliza escaped Famine Ireland to a life of beatings, prostitution and prison - an article by Anne Casey was published in print and online in leading national daily newspaper, The Irish Times on 2 March 2020, featuring in the paper's Most Read items.
Australian bushfires: ‘The biggest cloud hanging over us is that there is no end in sight’ - a personal essay and one poem by Anne Casey - was published in print and online in the Weekend Review section of leading national daily newspaper, The Irish Times on 11 January 2020, featuring in the paper's Most Read items.
'Home is where the heart is' - an article by Anne Casey was published in print in the Christmas Edition of The Irish Times Magazine on 21 December 2019. This article also appeared in The Irish Times newspaper online under the title 'The last Christmas I spent in Ireland was 12 years ago'. This article featured in the Top 10 Most Read items in the newspaper, reaching No 1 over the weekend of its first publication.
'Anne Casey: My Writing Day' was published in my (small press) writing day on 10 July 2019.
'Always from there' - an article by Anne Casey was published in print in The Irish Times Magazine on 6 July 2019. This article was also published in The Irish Times online under the title "In Australia I’m regarded as Irish, but in Ireland I’m ‘not from here’" on 6 July 2019, when it featured in the Top 5 Most Read items in the newspaper. It was also published on the Wild Geese Irish cultural network in August 2019, featuring on the front page, under the title An uneasy haflway - where am I really from? and in the Wild Geese international newsletter.
It's easier to write a hard truth than to speak it - US poet and writer Maggie Smith in conversation with Anne Casey on what makes their writing tick - published in The Irish Times newspaper on 24 June 2019.
Valentine’s Day: Impress them with these love poems - published in The Irish Times newspaper on 14 February 2019, this article features contributions from leading Irish poets such as Michael Longley and Pat Boran. It includes a piece written by Anne Casey.
Secrets, lies and home truths (includes one poem) was published in Verity La Magazine in May 2018 and subsequently published under the title Marked women, unmarked graves and my typical Irish childhood in leading Irish national daily newspaper, The Irish Times, also in May 2018. The story reached No 5 Most-Read across all categories in the newspaper. This article was also published in the Diamond Jubilee (60th Anniversary) Edition of the Clare AssociationYearbook in 2019.
I barely recognise my hometown (includes two poems) No 1 most-read article overall in The Irish Times, over the weekend it was published in August 2017. Resulted in significant social media commentary. Republished under the title "When distance becomes your enemy" in The Irish Echo, Australia's Irish newspaper, in September 2017. Republished in The Clare Association Yearbook 2018.
The Lock Up (includes one poem) No 1 most-read feature and No 3 most-read piece overall in The Irish Times newspaper over the weekend it was published in May 2017. Subsequently published on the Wild Geese diaspora network under the title Confronting the Dark Side of the Irish Down Under, where it also reached No 1 most-read and featured under Top Content. This article was also published in FemAsia Magazine in August 2019 under the title Confronting the Dark Side of the Irish Down Under. This article was also published in the Diamond Jubilee (60th Anniversary) Edition of the Clare Association Yearbook in 2019.
My Mum would ask "Would you ever think of coming home?" (includes one poem) Fifth most-read piece overall in The Irish Times newspaper on the day of its publication in January 2016. Resulted in a furore of social media commentary.
Would you ever think of coming home?
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