Plays & Poetry

The much-anticipated first collection from Eric Gregory Award winner and a contributor to Carcanet's New Poetries VIII anthology.

In Ger Reidy's debut short story collection, he offers a series of powerful, chiseled tales by turns funny, bleak, and compassionate. The recipient of several national literary competitions, Reidy has also been awarded residencies sponsored by the Irish Arts Council and Mayo County Council.

"Ger Reidy writes with an insider's knowledge of nature - his careful observations of landscape and flora and fauna bring the fields and salty air of Connacht alive, along with its football games, marts, and the sound of cattle being called home...

Poetry Ireland Review 139, edited by Maurice Riordan, features new poems from Nick Laird, Thomas McCarthy, Emily Berry, Mary Noonan, and John W. Sexton, among many others, while Irish-language editor Aifric Mac Aodha’s selection includes new poetry from Gabriel Rosenstock, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, and Doireann Ní Ghríofa.

Jack Underwood's selection from Maurice Riordan's work over the last forty years allows us to rediscover a poet whose musicality, wit and emotional acuity rank him as a leading poet of this and any generation.

"Broad in scope, generous in spirit and wittily accompanied by Risbridger's commentary"Sarah Perry, author of The Essex SerpentSet Me On Fire is an anthology for a new moment in poetry: a collection of fresh, vibrant voices from poets all over the globe, both living and dead.

This new Collected Poems updates Carcanet's 2005 edition and adds major work from the archive.

A captivating and wide ranging anthology of Irish Poetry.