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Dedalus Press is an independent Irish poetry publisher, publishing the best in new poetry from Ireland and the world since 1985. Dedalus is a not-for-profit publisher, and poetry for us is one of life’s necessities. So every time you purchase a Dedalus Press book you help to support both new poetry and living poets. (As well as Dedalus Press titles, we also distribute Orange Crate Books, editor Pat Boran’s independent publications, and occasional works by others.) To keep up with the latest in Irish poetry and international poetry in translation, open calls for submissions, etc., sign up to our Mailing List and follow us on Facebook. To subscribe to a year’s new publications, at a discounted rate, see HERE. In these difficult times for so many, we’re putting our faith in the most intimate of art forms. Now more than ever Poetry Matters: Spread the Word.

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THE BOOK OF LIFE

poems to tide you over

The Book of Life: Poems to Tide You Over is a major new anthology of poetry, in an attractive highly portable format like our best-selling The Word Ark: A Pocket Book of Animal Poems, and charting the journey of life from birth to death in poems drawn from some 40 years of publications from one of Ireland’s most respected poetry imprints.

Edited by Grace Wells the anthology includes poems by Leland Bardwell, Pat Boran, Paddy Bushe, Catherine Ann Cullen, Patrick Deeley, Katherine Duffy, Erin Fornoff, Francis Harvey, Ann Joyce, John Kelly, Paula Meehan, Gerry Murphy, Ceaití Ní Bheildiúin, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Mary Noonan, Paul Perry, Mark Roper, Gerard Smyth, Mutsuo Takahashi, Ross Thompson, Grace Wells, Joseph Woods, Enda Wyley and many more.

One of the most outward-looking poetry presses in Ireland and the UK

Dedalus Press, poetry from Ireland and the World, is the website of Ireland’s Dedalus Press.
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