{"title":"Sheila O'Hagan","description":"Sheila O'Hagan began writing in 1984 while studying at Birkbeck College, London University. In 1988 she won the Goldsmith Award for Poetry, and in 1990 returned to her native Dublin. In 1991 she won the Patrick Kavanagh Award and in 1992 the Hennessy\/Sunday Tribune Award for New Irish Poet of the year. She has twice been awarded First Prize for Poetry at Listowel Writers' Week. She was the winner of the Strokestown International Prize for a single poem in 2000. Her short stories and poems have appeared in, among others, \u003cem\u003eThe Adirondack Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAtlanta Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSyracuse Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cem\u003eWorking Papers in Irish Studies\u003c\/em\u003e. She has conducted literary workshops in Wormwood Scrubs Prison, UK, in Inter-City Schools, and for three terms in The Writers' Centre, Dublin. She was writer-in-residence for Kildare County Council from 1994 to 1996. She was editor of the \u003cem\u003eCork Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e from 2005 to 2007. She also edited \u003cem\u003eUnder Brigid's Cloak\u003c\/em\u003e, an anthology of Kildare writers, in 1994.  Her three collections are \u003cem\u003eThe Peacock's Eye\u003c\/em\u003e (1992), \u003cem\u003eThe Troubled House\u003c\/em\u003e (1995) and \u003cem\u003eAlong The Liffey: Poems and Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) - all published by Salmon.","products":[{"product_id":"the-white-page-an-bhileog-bhan-twentieth-century-irish-women-poets-2007-edition","title":"The White Page \/ An Bhileog Bhan: Twentieth Century Irish Women Poets (2007 Edition)","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe White Page\/An Bhileog Bhán\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive study of Irish women's poetry published in book form in the twentieth century. It takes the form of an extended annotated directory, including biographical and bibliographical detail on each poet. Poems and photographs, generously donated by the poets themselves, are also included. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoets born in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as poets of Irish ancestry and non-nationals who have been resident and writing in Ireland for long periods are included. A reference book for students of Irish literature it is also a poetry anthology representing poets who have published at least one collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent anthology and critical, bibliographical and biographical directory. Salmon, who have contributed enormously to making poetry a popular and regular shopping commodity, have excelled themselves. For every shelf.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe White Page\/An Bhileog Bhán\u003c\/i\u003e is beautifully produced, and testifies to McBreen's dedication to and enthusiasm for Irish women writers. Every fan of poetry and women's writing will find their own surprises and pleasures in this collection, which marks a particular historic moment in Irish literature. This anthology offers a wealth of information about the publishing history of women poets since the 1970s, when only 13 of the contributors were in print... Of the 113 poets McBreen catalogues, more than half published their first collections in the 1990s. Salmon, which publishes this volume, has published more first collections by women than any single publisher during that decade.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This must-have for thorough poetry collections offers samples of more than a hundred Irish women poets who have published at least one volume of poetry. It's comprehensiveness alone would make it an invaluable introduction to an enormously creative community of poets... The first lady of Irish letters, Eavan Boland, joins Mary Dorcey, Medbh McGuckian, Iris Murdoch, and scores of others better known in their homeland than in America. Just one poem by each poet appears, which leaves the reader wanting more, but extensive biographic and bibliographic annotation compensate somewhat. A candy sampler of a book for poetry lovers.\"\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Monaghan, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor \u003cb\u003eJoan McBreen\u003c\/b\u003e's 2009 publications include a collection, \u003ci\u003eHeather Island\u003c\/i\u003e and the anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Watchful Heart - A New Generation of Irish Poets\u003c\/i\u003e. Together with her ongoing involvement with Irish literary festivals such as the Yeats Summer School, Clifden Arts Week, Listowel Writers' Week and The Cúirt International Festival of Literature, since 2007 she has been Literary Advisor and co-ordinator of the Oliver St. John Gogarty Literary Festival at Renvyle House Hotel, Connemara, Co. Galway.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Salmon Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041054504,"sku":"9781897648575","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_b8648160-1915-49ec-a682-e64178b249b8.jpeg?v=1752238028"},{"product_id":"honouring-the-word-celebrating-maurice-harmon","title":"Honouring the Word: Celebrating Maurice Harmon","description":"This special tribute book celebrates Maurice Harmon on his 80th birthday and features poems from some of Ireland's most famous modern poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a Foreword by Christopher Murray, Emeritus Professor, University College Dublin and Joseph Woods, director of \u003ci\u003ePoetry Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The critic and poet Maurice Harmon is one of the most gracious figures on the scene, so it wasn’t surprising to see the literati turn out in force for his 80th-birthday celebration in Dublin... What was surprising was that he now has eight decades behind him, because Harmon has the appearance of perennial youth. Fittingly, Christopher Murray, a colleague from UCD, where Harmon taught poetry for decades, reminded the throng that we were also celebrating the talents of a man still very much in harness. 'Maurice’s own work as a poet is an extension of his work as a life-long lover of and commentator on poetry, especially Irish poetry from earliest times to the present.'...\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to being a poet, \u003cb\u003eMaurice Harmon\u003c\/b\u003e is the leading scholar-critic of his generation in the field of Anglo-Irish Literature. He pioneered its development as an academic discipline and is the author of a number of significant works, from a basic bibliographical guide to headline studies of Seán O’Faoláin, Austin Clarke, Thomas Kinsella, and others. He edited the definitive anthology \u003ci\u003eIrish Poetry after Yeats\u003c\/i\u003e (1978, 1998) and published \u003ci\u003eThe Dialogue of the Ancients of Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), a new translation of Acallam na Senórach. His poetry collections are: \u003ci\u003eThe Last Regatta\u003c\/i\u003e (Salmon, 2001), \u003ci\u003eThe Doll with Two Backs\u003c\/i\u003e (Salmon, 2004), \u003ci\u003eThe Mischievous Boy and other poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Salmon, 2008), and \u003ci\u003eWhen Love Is Not Enough: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Salmon, 2010).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Salmon Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041055672,"sku":"9781907056482","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_7e10eadf-e00a-4a93-ab63-9af8ce5ca2b2.jpeg?v=1752238028"},{"product_id":"along-the-liffey-poems-and-short-stories","title":"Along the Liffey: Poems and Short Stories","description":"\"\u003ci\u003eAlong the Liffey\u003c\/i\u003e, Sheila O'Hagan's first book in 14 years, has a curious 'coming of age' feel to it, poems and stories that reached a tipping point in the author's head; that needed to be told. The stories, five in all, are strategically placed throughout the book to offer a counterpoint, a different register to the loftier diction and more formal concern of the poems... O'Hagan seems to have deliberately orchestrated poetry and prose, the formal and the informal, high and low registers of language to manipulate our reaction to the controversial but urgent themes she raises. It's quietly subversive too in its evocation of the deeper reaches of the female psyche – 'sins of the flesh' are not exclusive to one gender. \u003ci\u003eAlong the Liffey\u003c\/i\u003e is unflinching but sympathetic – as one would expect from a writer of O'Hagan's standing – in its portrayal of the human condition.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheila O'Hagan\u003c\/b\u003e began writing in 1984 while studying at Birkbeck College, London University. In 1988 she won the Goldsmith Award for Poetry, and in 1990 returned to her native Dublin. In 1991 she won the Patrick Kavanagh Award and in 1992 the Hennessy\/Sunday Tribune Award for New Irish Poet of the year. She has twice been awarded First Prize for Poetry at Listowel Writers' Week. She was the winner of the Strokestown International Prize for a single poem in 2000. Her short stories and poems have appeared in, among others, \u003ci\u003eThe Adirondack Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorking Papers in Irish Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. Her three collections are \u003ci\u003eThe Peacock's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eThe Troubled House\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and \u003ci\u003eAlong The Liffey: Poems and Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) - all published by Salmon.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Salmon Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041059840,"sku":"9781907056093","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_2deecccc-435f-421d-b0a3-d18f76f3663c.jpeg?v=1752237839"},{"product_id":"the-troubled-house","title":"The Troubled House","description":"In reviewing Sheila O'Hagan's first collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Peacock's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, David McDuff (\u003ci\u003eStand Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) writes of her \"... striking vivid insights into the present moment, insights that are often underlaid by a sense of life's constant ability to extend beyond the present in the direction of its beginning and its end.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Troubled House\u003c\/i\u003e shows how O'Hagan has developed this insight with masterly touch. She unveils the many aspects, the many voices of human emotion, the difficulties of remaining oneself while, in the words of Ceslaw Milosz, \"Invisible guests come in and go out at will\". \u003ci\u003eThe Troubled House\u003c\/i\u003e presents us with a mature voice, a voice that echoes within the heart; calling us to ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheila O'Hagan\u003c\/b\u003e began writing in 1984 while studying at Birkbeck College, London University. In 1988 she won the Goldsmith Award for Poetry, and in 1990 returned to her native Dublin. In 1991 she won the Patrick Kavanagh Award and in 1992 the Hennessy\/Sunday Tribune Award for New Irish Poet of the year. She has twice been awarded First Prize for Poetry at Listowel Writers' Week. She was the winner of the Strokestown International Prize for a single poem in 2000. Her short stories and poems have appeared in, among others, \u003ci\u003eThe Adirondack Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSyracuse Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWorking Papers in Irish Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. She has conducted literary workshops in Wormwood Scrubs Prison, UK, in Inter-City Schools, and for three terms in The Writers' Centre, Dublin. She was writer-in-residence for Kildare County Council from 1994 to 1996. In 1990 she conducted radio workshops for prisoners on 98FM. She was editor of the \u003ci\u003eCork Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e from 2005 to 2007. She also edited \u003ci\u003eUnder Brigid's Cloak\u003c\/i\u003e, an anthology of Kildare writers, in 1994. Her three collections are - \u003ci\u003eThe Peacock's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eThe Troubled House\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and \u003ci\u003eAlong The Liffey: Poems and Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) - are all published by Salmon.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Salmon Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041063356,"sku":"9781897648162","price":7.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_ca0d2dc5-d7d3-4cb8-abb5-0019c344f369.jpeg?v=1752236830"},{"product_id":"the-peacocks-eye","title":"The Peacock's Eye","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Peacock's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e is the first collection of poetry from Sheila O'Hagan, the winner of the 1991 Patrick Kavanagh Award for \"an assured and memorable collection of imaginative range and lyrical intensity\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In line with Seamus Heaney's \u003ci\u003eSeeing Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Peacock's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e puts the faculty of vision back at the heart of 'the brighter fire' of the poetic venture. These mature and considered poems are bound together by a sophisticated aesthetic sense that goes well beyond what is usual in a first collection.\"\u003cbr\u003eMedbh McGuckian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheila O'Hagan\u003c\/b\u003e began writing in 1984 while studying at Birkbeck College, London University. In 1988 she won the Goldsmith Award for Poetry, and in 1990 returned to her native Dublin. In 1991 she won the Patrick Kavanagh Award and in 1992 the Hennessy\/Sunday Tribune Award for New Irish Poet of the year. She has twice been awarded First Prize for Poetry at Listowel Writers' Week. She was the winner of the Strokestown International Prize for a single poem in 2000. Her short stories and poems have appeared in, among others, \u003ci\u003eThe Adirondack Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSyracuse Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWorking Papers in Irish Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. 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