Arlen House

Farrelly's collection introduces us to an intriguing range of 21st century Irish characters. A young woman rents a room in the home of an eccentric photographer; a poet attends a party at his girlfriend's family home to find that the invite was made with nefarious intention; and a husband is outraged to discover that his wife is posing at a life drawing class.

Known for tense and often troubling stories in her award-winning debut, When Black Dogs Sing, Farrelly enters darker and murkier places in her second collection. Unsettling, often disturbing, these stories follow the lives of characters who, finding themselves in fearful situations, triumph against the odds.

In this debut collection Orfhlaith Foyle's poetry is adventurous, mysterious, and passionate. Her poems tell of migrant emotions as well as migrant journeys. She was born in Nigeria to Irish parents and is currently based in Galway. She has written Belios, a novel and Revenge, a collection of short fiction and poetry.

This play imagines the time in Brian Merriman's life immediately before he wrote his famous poem The Midnight Court. De Freine introduces readers to characters from his local neighbourhood and explores the ways in which these people and their deeds inspired him to write.