Poetry
Tom MacIntyre
External Affairs
“In some senses Bolger is to contemporary Dublin what Dickens was to Victorian London: archivist, reporter, sometimes infuriated lover. Certainly no understanding of Ireland’s capital is complete without an acquaintance with his magnificent writing.”
– Joseph O’Connor, Books Quarterly, USA.
Drinking the Colour Blue
In Drinking the Colour Blue, Eileen Casey exhibits her skill as one of the finest poets working today.
Anthony Cronin's Personal Anthology
Anthony Cronin's Personal Anthology is a favourite of countless Sunday Independent readers, who have come to look forward to the remarkable range and diversity of the weekly poem, which appears along with Cronin's readable, frequently witty and often surprising commentary. Now upon popular request come a single volume with over seventy of these poems, chosen, as Cronin says, 'on the simple basis of personal liking.'
Looking In At Eden
Aidan Murphy's raw and unique poetic voice has always, in the words of The Irish Times, 'provided an escorted tour through the world of intense unease.' It has never been truer than in this searing examination of those left behind in the brash world of contemporary Ireland.
Stark Naked Blues
Aidan Murphy has always written (in the words of The London Magazine) "with a clipped passionate intensity...cleanly, articulately and powerfully, and if we are willing to accept a polarized society, we need to hear the voices from the sump, where complacency is not an option."
Facts About Water
Sara Berkeley is one of Ireland's most acclaimed young poets. Her first collection was published when she was just 19, and was shortlisted for both the Irish Books Awards and the Sunday Tribune Arts Awards. Facts About Water includes some of the work from Penn (1986) and Home Movie Nights (1989) as well as a whole collection of new poems.
