Dedalus Press: Poetry from Ireland

06/10/2025

DEDALUS PRESS NEWS, Oct 2025

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WELCOME to the Dedalus Press Newsletter for October 2025. Thank you, as ever, for your interest and support. Poetry Matters: Spread the Word!

01/10/2025

Keith Payne, introduced by Grace Wells, reads from Savage Acres, at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Galway, Thurs 09 October.

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23/09/2025

Following yesterday’s poem by Cevat Çapan (the most senior contributor) today a second poem (by the youngest contributor) from our major new (dual language) anthology of Turkish poetry, FOG BELLS, ed. Neil P Doherty, due 20 October. Cover by Salma Caller.

Available now to pre-order on the Dedalus site (link in the comments)

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22/09/2025

Delighted to announce our major new (dual language) anthology of Turkish poetry, FOG BELLS, ed. Neil P Doherty, due 20 October. Cover by Salma Caller.

Available now to pre-order on the Dedalus site (link in the comments)

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17/09/2025

An enthusiastic review of Quality Control at the Miracle Factory by Patrick Cotter in The Examiner. With thanks to the editor, and reviewer, Seán Kelly.

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https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41701523.html?fbclid=IwZnRzaAM3fjVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHt85RWmpWBSWqqz7jD3QCZ-00eggi05uBbwNZBTEZDY2HN_Xj8zq1KLvsVDL_aem_cTSFhz_DljvQyD4fN3JzKw

One of this collection’s great charms is Patrick Cotter’s trademark use of the absurd to tackle serious, or mock-serious, subjects

16/09/2025

A fine review of Keith Payne’s Savage Acres by Richard Hayes in the latest issue of Poetry Ireland Review, with thanks to editor and reviewer.

“As a record of and reflection on modern life in suburban Ireland, Savage Acres seems to me to equal Eavan Boland's poems in a similar vein [...] It's a very fine book and an engrossing read and comes, it must be said, in an excellent, elegant edition, by Dedalus Press.”

15/09/2025

Enda Wyley on the Brendan O’Connor talking about poems that bring light in dark times

With the evenings drawing in, poet Enda Wyley chose uplifting poems to read. Nourishing poems of Soul and Light and The Poetry Pharmacy Returns, ‘The Washing’ by Jaan Kaplinski; ‘Rain’ by Raymond Carver; ‘Romanesque Arches’ by Tomas Tranströmer; ‘Although the Wind,’ by Izumi Shikibu...

07/09/2025

ON THE WAY IN NOVEMBER, Brink, the debut full-length collection of poems by Cian Ferriter

31/08/2025

ONE FOR YOUR DIARIES

Though it's quite a way off yet, you might like to add 13 October 2025 to your diaries when we'll present a reading by Catherine Ann Cullen and Enda Wyley from their respective new books Storm Damage and Sudden Light, to be published on the night, alongside Patrick Cotter whose Quality Control at the Miracle Factory was published earlier in the year.

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16/08/2025

ON THE WAY IN OCTOBER, Sudden Light by Enda Wyley

15/08/2025

ON THE WAY IN OCTOBER, Storm Damage by Catherine Ann Cullen

26/06/2025

The path to poetry?

In this careers series, Martina Mulhall, Gold Star Careers, speaks with high-profile figures across a range of industries to explore the stories behind their success.