Plays & Poetry

Arno Kramer is an established artist based in The Netherlands. He often gives master classes and exhibits his work in Ireland; his work is much inspired by Irish poetry.

An anthology of new haiku from Ireland, comprising work from over 60 poets, many of whom have won awards in the USA, Canada and Japan.

Zaffar Kunial is a proven master of taking things apart, polishing the fugitive parts of single words, of a sound, a colour, the name of a flower, and putting them back together so that we see them in an entirely different light.

A powerful new collection from one of our leading contemporary poets, reflecting the strange and chaotic times we live in.

New collection of poems from Nick Laird.

This beautiful gift book takes a snapshot of the whole course of Irish poetry from early days to the present accompanied by appropriate paintings and other illustrations.

Pulsing with the energy of urban life, these poems traverse the gritty, playful and tender moments that shape our lives.

Everything Gathers Light is a delicate and profound collection of poetry, beautifully crafted, from a poet at the height of her powers. In this exquisite new collection, the poet deepens her immersion in the themes of history, place and the natural world, as well as confronting the personal challenges of dealing with and accepting losses common to all human experience.

You're young, free and single and haven't had sex for the last eleven and a half months, then one morning you wake up pregnant, and here is the Angel Gabriel on your doorstep claiming parentage. Things quickly spiral into farcical confusion with no fewer than three more potential fathers claiming parentage.

Thomas Kilroy, Ireland's leading intellectual playwright, has, over the span of a fifty-year career, consistently resisted fixed categories and boundaries in both his stagecraft and the themes of his plays.

This edition of Larkin's poems presents his four published books "The North Ship", "The Less Deceived", "The Whitsun Weddings" and "High Windows" in their original sequence. The text also includes an appendix of poems that Larkin published in other places, from his juvenilia to his final years.