An Afternoon with Turas Press

Join us for an afternoon of poetry with three Turas Press writers at 2pm on Sunday 19th January. All are welcome to this event, admission is free but please do reserve a place using the booking form below.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

 

Damien B. Donnelly is the award-winning author of the poetry pamphlet Eat the Storms, a Stickleback micro-collection, and the conversational pamphlet In the Jitterfritz of Neon, co-written by Eilín de Paor, all published by Hedgehog Poetry Press. He’s the host and producer of the poetry podcast Eat the Storms, and editor-in-chief of The Storms, a printed journal of poetry, prose and visual art. Back from Away (Turas Press 2024) is his second collection.

 

Eithne Lannon is a poet living in North County Dublin. She has published poems in a wide variety of journals and anthologies in Ireland and internationally. Her poetry has won and been placed in numerous poetry competitions. Her first collection Earth Music (Turas Press, 2019) was shortlisted for the Shine/Strong Award in 2020. Her second collection, Everything Gathers Light (Turas Press, 2022)

 

Ross Hattaway is a New Zealand-born writer, born in Wellington, and has been living in Ireland since 1990. He has published four collections of poetry, the first two with Seven Towers Press, the two most recent with Turas Press: How to Sleep with Strangers (2017) and Plain (2021) His poems have been published widely and he has performed his poetry in Ireland, the UK, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Lithuania. His work has been translated into Russian. He is a facilitator of the Sunflower Session, a monthly open mic event held in Dublin.