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Gallery Press is an independent Irish publishing company, publishing Irish poetry, drama, and prose by contemporary Irish writers. [1] Founded by poet Peter Fallon as the Gallery Books imprint of Tara Telephone Publications, itself an offshoot of a beat poetry performance group, it has released more than 400 books by a wide range of artists.
Lapwing mainly publishes poets from Ireland, both north and south of the border. It has also published poets from other parts of Europe, as well as Canada and the US. According to MEAS report providing statistics for Irish poetry publications, Lapwing Publications in 2018 was the joint-second most prolific poetry press on the Island of Ireland.
Founded in 1985 by poet and fiction writer John F. Deane, since January 2005 it has been run by poet and editor Pat Boran and manager Raffaela Tranchino. At present the press publishes approximately 8 new book-length publications each year, concentrating on contemporary poetry from Ireland but also regularly issuing anthologies and individual volumes by international writers in translation ...
Poetry Ireland (Irish: Éigse Éireann) is an organisation for poets and poetry, in both Irish and English, in the island of Ireland. It is a private nonprofit organisation that receives support from The Arts Council of Ireland and The Arts Council of Northern Ireland .
Born in Portlaoise, [1] Boran has lived in Dublin for a number of years. He is the publisher of the Dedalus Press [2] which specialises in contemporary poetry from Ireland, and international poetry in English-language translation, and was until 2007 Programme Director of the annual Dublin Writers Festival. [3]
In 1982, Raven Arts closed and was re-founded as New Island Books by Bolger with Edwin Higel and Fergal Stanley. It is a member of Publishing Ireland (Clé), [ 5 ] the support organisation of Irish publishing, sharing information, expertise and resources.
According to Poetry Ireland Review, Salmon Poetry "broadens the parameter of Irish literature by opening up to other cultures and by urging new perspectives on established traditions. That enviable balance of focus and ranginess is a rare and instructive achievement". [2] American poet Tess Gallagher, quoted on the Inpress Books website, wrote ...
In addition to John Hewitt, mentioned above, other important poets from Northern Ireland include Robert Greacen (1920–2008) who, with Valentin Iremonger, edited an important anthology, Contemporary Irish Poetry in 1949. Greacen was born in Derry, lived in Belfast in his youth and then in London during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.