It was such an honour to be invited to read at the Velestovo Poetry Night in Macedonia – and to be included in the anthology of 11 Irish poets translated by Julijana Velichkovska and Vasilka Pemova.

On Saturday night we read outdoors at beautiful Velestovo; here is me with Katerina Petreska who read the Macedonian translations:

 

Many thanks to Culture Ireland for supporting the trip

 

Our hosts, Julijana and Jovan, looked after us incredibly well, enabling some great discussions over long lunches and late dinners:

 

Many happy memories of my time in Velestovo, looking out over Lake Ohrid…