Plays & Poetry

An essential anthology of beloved classics, hidden treasures and standout contemporary examples of this ever-vital and enthralling verse form.

An anthology of poems about creatures of many kinds, including some perhaps more fanciful than real. The poets range from Homer to the present.

'To describe Paul Muldoon's influence on contemporary poetry is like trying to assess the influence of The Beatles on post-war music: it's to be seen and heard in the work of almost every British and Irish poet since the 1970's.' Irish Post

New Soil is a wonderful collection by long-standing poet Pamela Muller who writes skillfully in a wide range of forms, from the villanelle, to free verse, and the Japanese haibun.

In this volume of documentary photography by William Mundow, more than 50 black-and-white images of the West of Ireland from the 1960s are mirrored by the works of Irish poets chronicling the lost generations of Ireland. Themes of insularity, isolation and old age emerge from this haunting collection.

This is David Murphy’s debut collection of poetry. These poems are balanced by a strong sense of people and place, lit up by connections between them, emotional and political.