For November’s episode of Ripples in the Sand, Sangita and Sean O’Connor, editor of The Haibun Journal, a print-only haibun journal based in Ireland, sit for a reading of Sean’s works and a discussion of the haibun form.
Sean O’Connor
Tipperary, Ireland
Sean O’Connor is a poet, author and editor based in rural Tipperary, Ireland. He is the founder and editor of The Haibun Journal, a biannual print journal dedicated to the haibun form, and was editor of the Irish print journal Haiku Spirit 1998-2000. He was a member of the judging panel of the Japan-based Genjuan International Haibun Contest for two years (2020 and 2021).
O’Connor’s work has been widely published and translated, and anthologised worldwide. He co-wrote Pilgrim Foxes with Ken Jones and Jim Norton, published by Pilgrim Press (2000). His first solo collection Let Silence Speak (Alba Publishing 2016) was shortlisted for the Touchstone Distinguished Books Award 2016. A year later his title Even the Mountains: Five years in a Japanese Village (Alba Publishing 2017) was well received by reviewers. He won the HSA Merit Book Award: Best Haibun Book 2021 for Fragmentation (Alba Publishing 2021) and his haiku ‘nights drawing in’ won second place in the HSA Haiku Award 2022. In 2021 and 2022 he was awarded Literature Bursaries by the Arts Council of Ireland. See: www.seanwriter.com
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Thank you so much, Vidya! I definitely learned a lot just listening to his reading, and the discussion!
Thank you for this very insightful podcast with Sean. A lot to learn from him especially about the link and shift. I am definitely going to listen to this podcast a few times over.
Sangita, you are an amazing host. Keep them coming.