Ireland's Call: Dedalus Press
New to the Inpress ranks this month are Dedalus Press, one of Ireland's longest-running and most respected literary presses, publishing some of the best-known names in contemporary Irish poetry, along with poetry in translation from across the globe.
Now run by the poet and broadcaster Pat Boran, Dedalus have been hailed by UNESCO as "one of the most outward-looking poetry presses in Ireland and the UK". Check out their titles for works from the likes of Seamus Heaney, Mary O'Donoghue, Fergus Allen, Paddy Bushe, Eva Bourke, Leland Bardwell, Paul Perry and Macdara Woods.
Dedalus's latest offering, Greek by Theo Dorgan, sees the Greek Gods of old walk once again in the islands of modern-day Greece. In the words of Carol Ann Duffy, this is "a vivid, sensual, technically brilliant new collection which transports the reader through time and space, history and myth, love and death".
Buy it here.
And over the next few days you'll be able to access a whole host of related Dedalus audio content: including poetry readings, interviews and even the odd song too. You can hear Dedalus editor-in-chief Pat Boran reading from his own New and Selected Poems here.
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