Dedalus Press: Poetry from Ireland

21/07/2025

Athlone Community Radio is to host a two-day celebration of Roscommon’s artistic and cultural heritage in Monksland next week.

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.

16/06/2025

DELIGHTED TO SHARE Victoria Melkovska’s ‘This Year Her Present’, Poem of the Week at The Guardian, with analysis by Carol Rumens. The poem is reprinted from the recent Arlen House anthology, Washing Windows V. Victoria’s debut collection from Dedalus, For The Birds, is in stock and highly recommended.

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Gifts sent from a loved one abroad at first bring warmth and joy, then grave alarm

28/05/2025

Helping to spread the word about this innovative event happening on Friday.

“Dear Friends Everywhere!

'A GOLDEN STRING: WILLIAM BLAKE IN WORDS AND SONG' is a fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestine and will be livestreamed this week from London.

It's an amazing line-up: words are spoken by actors Julie Christie, Khalid Abdalla, Will Keen and best-selling writer and historian William Dalrymple. Songs/music by Susheela Raman and Sam Mills. Contributions by poets Mosab Abu Toha and Saleh Khalidi, and amazing visuals by Stephen Ellcock and Sam Sharples.

There will be a brilliant team LIVE BROADCASTING this event from James's Church Piccadilly on Friday May 30th, 2025 at 7.30 pm (UK summertime GMT+1.) The livestream will remain online afterwards for those in different time-zones.

Here is the link to watch the livestream. Please share:

https://www.youtube.com/live/4Ft0NGJ-hro

If you click now you will get a notification when it's about to start.

Please watch and most importantly DONATE to Medical Aid For Palestinians (MAP) for their brave and necessary work if you can. This is the link for a GoFundMe (all donations go directly to MAP) on the livestream page.

We are performing at St James Church, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom on Friday 30th May 2025 at 19:30 (GMT +1). You can still join us and watch us perfor...

28/05/2025

“Thompson is a poet of maturity and nuance; his poems are well crafted and full of light and shade. He draws us in with his direct style, word choices and poetic skill.”

A review of Ross Thompson’s The Slipping Forecast in the latest issue of The High Window.

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11/05/2025

A reminder for friends in Cork, and early arrivals for what promises to be a fantastic Cork International Poetry Festival this week, tomorrow (Monday 12 May 2025) sees the launch of Patrick Cotter's new collection QUALITY CONTROL AT THE MIRACLE FACTORY, at Waterstones at 6 pm.

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08/05/2025

With thanks to our friends in poetry at The High Window, and reviewer Colin Carberry, there's an in-depth and considered review of our most recent anthology, Beginnings Over at Over, edited by Leeanne Quinn, in the current issue (sharing a page with Tim Miller's review of The Letters of Seamus Heaney).

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29/04/2025

BEGINNINGS OVER AND OVER

International Literature Festival Dublin, in association with Poetry Ireland, presents readings and conversation to launch Beginnings Over and Over: Four New Poets from Ireland, with poets Mai Ishikawa, Róisín Leggett Bohan, Emer Lyons and Cal O'Reilly, and editor Leeanne Quinn, on Monday 19 May at 6 pm at Merrion Square Park.

For tickets and further details, please see the link in the first comment below. (Please note this is a paid event.)

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28/04/2025

Dedalus Press in association with Waterstones, Cork, presents a reading to launch his new collection of poems

QUALITY CONTROL AT THE MIRACLE FACTORY
by Patrick Cotter

Waterstones
69 Patrick Street, Cork
Monday 12 May 2025 @ 6pm

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15/04/2025

ONE FOR YOUR DIARIES

Ross Thompson reads from his new books of poems, The Slipping Forecast, at Bangor Carnegie Library on Sat May 10th at 2pm, introduced by Mel McMahon.

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04/04/2025

The latest BOOKS FOR BREAKFAST podcast features Pat Boran reading from and talking about HEDGE SCHOOL

Finding inspiration in the local and near at had, attentive to climate concern and global unrest, to home and homeless, belonging and welcome, concern and global and welcome – on today’s episode we talk to poet and publisher Pat Boran about his ei...