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Rita Ann Higgins

Jiving with Wasps

New & Selected Poems

Publication Date: 26 Mar 2026

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Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Jiving with Wasps is a new retrospective from Ireland's Rita Ann Higgins drawing on a dozen books of poetry published over four decades, from Goddess on the Mervue Bus (1986) to The Long Weekend (2024), in addition to new poems appearing here for the first time. These are provocative and heart-warming poems of high jinks and telling social...

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John McCullough

Crowd Voltage

Publication Date: 26 Mar 2026

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Lily Blacksell

Life Immediately

Publication Date: 26 Mar 2026

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Peter Didsbury

Scenes from a Long Sleep

Publication Date: 01 Apr 2026

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Jessica Traynor

New Arcana

Publication Date: 25 Sep 2025

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News & Publicity

Rita Ann Higgins' retrospective Jiving with Wasps: interviews & reviews

Interviews with Rita Ann Higgins on RTE Radio 1's Brendan O'Connor Show, on Galway Bay FM & in the Connacht Tribune about her new retrospective Jiving with Wasps.

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Jessica Traynor's New Arcana shortlisted for the Pigott Poetry Prize 2026

Jessica Traynor's fourth collection New Arcana is on the three-book shortlist for the Pigott Poetry Prize 2026 in association with Listowel Writers' Week.

Poetry Events

Lily Blacksell launch events

Lily Blacksell will be reading from Life Immediately at Book Upstairs, Dublin on 14 June, introduced by Jessica Traynor. Her joint online launch reading is available...

Poetry Events

Launch reading by Tishani Doshi, Patricia Smith and Jennifer Lee Tsai

Tishani Doshi, Patricia Smith and Jennifer Lee Tsai will join us for our May online launch event on 19 May at 7pm BST. Watch live or later on YouTube.