I was delighted to find these lively, direct, faithful poems; they are full of colour and adventure, coming out of a tradition of language, music and dance to express the passions of the world we live in.
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
About A Pinch of Snow in a Black Velvet Glove
Infused with powerful lyricism, honesty and attentiveness, Mary Branley’s A Pinch of Snow in a Black Velvet Glove journeys through wide-ranging terrain without ever losing sight of that most central of precincts: the human heart.
About Mary Branley
Mary Branley is a poet, writer, librettist and musician based in northwest Sligo. She is the author of three collections of poetry: A Pinch of Snow in a Black Velvet Glove; Martin, Let Me Go and A Foot on the Tide.
Her poetry has appeared in anthologies such as Windharp: Poems of Ireland Since 1916, The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, and The Watchful Heart: A New Generation of Irish Poets: Poems and Essays and has been translated into Catalan and Spanish. Her commissioned libretto on the life of Countess Markievicz featured in Freedom Letters, a poetic-musical composition directed by Olesya Zdorovetska for the Cairde Sligo Arts Festival.
Mary Branley is the recipient of the Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship and numerous residencies and bursaries from The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Closely associated with Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership, Ireland’s only dedicated publisher of books by children, Mary has facilitated children’s writing for over twenty years and over 50 titles.
I was delighted to find these lively, direct, faithful poems; they are full of colour and adventure, coming out of a tradition of language, music and dance to express the passions of the world we live in.
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
About A Pinch of Snow in a Black Velvet Glove
Infused with powerful lyricism, honesty and attentiveness, Mary Branley’s A Pinch of Snow in a Black Velvet Glove journeys through wide-ranging terrain without ever losing sight of that most central of precincts: the human heart.
About Mary Branley
Mary Branley is a poet, writer, librettist and musician based in northwest Sligo. She is the author of three collections of poetry: A Pinch of Snow in a Black Velvet Glove; Martin, Let Me Go and A Foot on the Tide.
Her poetry has appeared in anthologies such as Windharp: Poems of Ireland Since 1916, The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, and The Watchful Heart: A New Generation of Irish Poets: Poems and Essays and has been translated into Catalan and Spanish. Her commissioned libretto on the life of Countess Markievicz featured in Freedom Letters, a poetic-musical composition directed by Olesya Zdorovetska for the Cairde Sligo Arts Festival.
Mary Branley is the recipient of the Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship and numerous residencies and bursaries from The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Closely associated with Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership, Ireland’s only dedicated publisher of books by children, Mary has facilitated children’s writing for over twenty years and over 50 titles.
