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John Challis

The Green Parcel

Publication Date: 25 Jun 2026


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Longlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2026 The rural terrain of John Challis’s second collection provides a new lens for exploring history, class and work, our relationship to the natural world, and cycles of growth and decay. Much of his debut collection The Resurrectionists concerned working lives in the city: his father a London cabbie, his grandfather a market...


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Frank Ormsby

The Tumbling Paddy

Publication Date: 25 Jun 2026

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Lawrence Sail

Double Takes

Publication Date: 25 Jun 2026

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Tishani Doshi

Egrets, While War

Publication Date: 21 May 2026

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Jennifer Lee Tsai

Melete

Publication Date: 21 May 2026

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

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

Rita Ann Higgins interviews on RTE Radio 1's Brendan O'Connor Show & Poetry People, and in the Connacht Tribune; reviews on Books for Breakfast & in Irish Catholic;...

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Maura Dooley's Five Fifty-Five reviewed in The Irish Times

Maura Dooley's Five Fifty-Five reviewed in The Irish Times

Five Fifty-Five reviewed in London Grip, Publishers' Weekly, The Irish Times & Poetry Ireland Review. Poem features in Irish Times & Observer; Poems on the Underground...

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Poetry Events


Clare Pollard Readings

Clare Pollard Readings

Clare Pollard will be reading at Bermondsey & Beyond Lit Fest on 28 June and will be The Poet on the Sofa in Dorking on 29 June; she hosts a poetry salon at Idler Fest...

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Frank Ormsby Launch Readings

Frank Ormsby Launch Readings

Bloodaxe's joint online launch event for our June 2026 titles, including Frank Ormsby's The Tumbling Paddy, is now on YouTube.

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