Print Cultures IV: The Poet and the Publisher in Twentieth-century Ireland

UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland is holding a seminar on Print Cultures IV: The Poet and the Publisher in Twentieth-century Ireland.
Surprisingly little research has been done on the publishing of poetry in Ireland from days of the Yeats sisters’ Cuala Press to the world of the internet – though several thousand volumes and pamphlets have appeared during this period. UCD is now particularly well placed to host research on this material as the Poetry Ireland library of books and pamphlets, much of it originally collected by Austin Clarke, is on long-term loan in the UCD Library.
This event, the fourth in a series of UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland symposia on print cultures and the history of the book, concentrates on English-language material printed by Ireland’s poetry publishers in the twentieth century and will include an assessment of the Poetry Ireland collection. The seminar as a whole is designed to interest poets, publishers (and poet/publishers) as well as critics, bibliographers and those who would like to learn more about poetry publishing in Ireland. Though this seminar will be concerned with poetry published in the English language, it is planned to hold a seminar on Irish-language publishing in the not-too-distant future.
The event will start on the evening of 5 March with a plenary lecture by Professor Tom Dillon Redshaw, University of St Thomas, Minnesota who will speak on Liam Miller and The Dolmen Press, chaired by Professor Declan Kiberd, and will continue will a full day of lectures and interviews on 6 March. The full programme of events is now available.
Venue: Room H204, Humanities Institute Seminar Room.
Organisers: Professor Andrew Carpenter, Dr Lucy Collins and Dr Marc Caball.