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Today's Creator's Conversations is a part of the blog tour organised by Fly on the Wall Press . Today we will interview Steve Denehan . Steve lives in Ireland and he has written two chapbooks and two collections. He won Irish Times' New Irish Writing award for two tims. His poetries are featured in Westerly, Acumen , Into The Void and Poetry Ireland Review . He was nominated for Best of the Net , Best New Poet and was twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize . His latest poetry book Days of Falling Flesh and Rising Moons with Golden Antelope Press was released on October 14th, 2020. I have not done any editing to the conversation we had. Now let's begin the interview. Kangkan: Nowadays, people prefer watching a video rather than reading a book. Looking at the rising demand of the videos, do you think that the video industry is going to obliterate the book industry? Steve : I think both can happily exist alongside each other. To me watching a film or series is mor...

Just before writing these words, I have seen a post on social media that a Climate Clock has been installed in New York's Union Square which shows how much time we are far from another massive crisis. However, I have not checked the facts yet and honestly I don't have the mood to Google it right now. It's raining outside, and I want to invest this time only on writing while listening to the thunderstorms. If you know about the Climate Clock do inform me the details in the comment section. I really appreciate the idea of installing the Climate Clock, and I think all the major cities in the world should have a Climate Clock. It will act as a wake-up call for us, the homo sapiens. I don't know why we keep forgetting that trees play a major role in our survival on this planet, but we hardly care about them. Coincidently I completed reading an anthology themed on trees last night. Let's discuss it.  The name of the anthology is The IRON Book of Tree Poetry , and it is pu...

I have just completed reading the poetry book Awakening- Musings on Planetary Survival written by Sam Love . This book is published by Fly on the Wall Press. The book contains twenty-three poetries, and the poet conveys his concern about environmental issues through them. In order to maintain the theme of the book, the poems are divided into four sections- Awakening, Origins, Impacts and Recovering Hope. From the craziness of shipping bottled water 6,000 miles, to how bacteria evolve for a counterattack, this collection laughs at humanity’s war on nature. The poet says that nature is the best teacher, and he describes how global warming is harming natural beauty. Through his poems, the poet talks about water crises, glaciers calving into the sea, disappearing of the rainforests, endangered species vanishing and all the other lousy things we humans have gifted to nature. The poem Nature’s Bacchanal exhibits how climate change is confusing the biological clock. The poet also ...

Hope you are not affected too much by COVID 19 at the moment. For this global pandemic, I had to experience "country-lockdown" for the first time in my life (hopefully for the last time too). In this arduous situation, reading books is the only way to find an escape. So I picked up Eleny Cay 's The Love Virus . This book belongs to the fiction genre. The story of the book revolves around Katie, who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of nineteen. Because of the illness, she couldn't give physical satisfaction to her fiancé Mark, and she decided to break up the relationship. Katie was a student of psychology at Oxford University, but MS led her to drop herself out of college. She was admitted to Critten Hospital under the supervision of Dr Andrews. While undergoing treatment, it was found that Katie had incurable MS2. Dr Andrews told her that he wanted to apply an experimental drug Andratalia on her and assured her that it would cure MS2. Katie had ...

My Twitter followers know that I had a chat with Michael Maul yesterday. It was not a long conversation, but I liked sharing thoughts with him. So I thought of sharing the conversation with you. When I sought his permission to do this, Michael immediately agreed with me. Before showing you the conversation, let me introduce him with you. Michael Maul resides in Bradenton, Florida, living near Sarasota Bay. His poems have previously appeared in numerous literary publications and anthologies in the U.S. as well as in Ireland, Scotland, and Australia. He is also a past winner of the Mercantile Library Prize for Fiction, for a short story set in Siesta Key and his work was selected for inclusion in Intro 4, an anthology of new voices published by The University of Virginia Press. Maul is a graduate of the Ohio University creative writing program, where he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He later held faculty and administrative positions at Ohio University (Athens, Ohio,) The C...

  In this critical situation of self-isolation, reading poetries is the best way to spend time. My friend Isabelle Kenyon recommended me to read the poetry book How to Carry Fire written by Christina Thatcher and be a part of her blog tour. Her suggestion was quite interesting, and I started reading this book. Book titles play a major role in convincing a reader to pick up that book. I liked the title of this book. It will definitely make the reader curious to have a look at the contents inside it.  The book is divided into two parts. The first part contains thirty poetries, and the second part contains forty-three poetries. So there are a total of seventy-three poetries in this book.  The poems of this book are written in the first person. They expose both the dark and bright side of life. Each of the poems has an internal connection. They reveal some harsh realities of our materialistic world where there is little space for emotions. The poems reflect h...

If you are following me on Twitter, you already know about my recent read. (If you haven't followed me, after reading this review please go and follow me there. I keep updating my followers about the books I read and many more interesting things. My username is gayan_kangkan. ) It's a short story Mangal: The Salesman written by Binita Bora.  The story is plotted in India. As the name says, the central character of the story is Mangal who has an obsession of getting a government job. To fulfill his dream, he moves to the city. What will he get in return from the city? If you want to know more about Mangal, you have to read this interesting short story.  The story reflects the situation of Indian youths of the current generation. It has almost exposed the education and employment system of India. The reader will have an idea of how some social parasites are making money by taking advantage of the system.  I have sensed a lot of potential within the author. ...