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Cathy Galvin

Ethnology

a love song for Connemara

Publication Date: 26 Feb 2026

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Ethnology draws on the mystical cry for the dead of Cathy Galvin's Irish-speaking ancestors. Within an epic narrative she reclaims place, people and language, creating a bridge between our own times and a Connemara community on the margins of Europe. Drawing on classic forms within literary and oral traditions, Ethnology becomes a love song for Connemara, witness to vivid...

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Polly Clark

Afterlife

Publication Date: 26 Feb 2026

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Penelope Shuttle

History of the Child

Publication Date: 26 Feb 2026

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Tomas Venclova

The Grove of the Eumenides

Publication Date: 20 Nov 2025

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Gillian Allnutt

Lode

Publication Date: 22 May 2025

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Pia Tafdrup

Ivan V. Lalić

Rachael Boast

Jessica Traynor

Vidyan Ravinthiran

Clare Pollard

Anne Stevenson

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