Lapwing Publications is a
publisher
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based in
Belfast
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and specialising in
poetry
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
.
History
The press was founded in 1988 by Dennis and Rene Greig. Since then it has published over a hundred and fifty poetry collections. Lapwing Publications publishes in a variety of formats: pamphlets, chapbooks, and soft back books. Lapwing Publications sells some of their pamphlets in E-Book format and plans to eventually have the entire back catalogue in electronic form.
Lapwing mainly publishes poets from Ireland, both north and south of the border. It has also published poets from other parts of Europe, as well as Canada and the US.
According to MEAS report providing statistics for Irish poetry publications, Lapwing Publications in 2018 was the joint-second most prolific poetry press on the Island of Ireland.
Dr Kenneth Keating and Dr Ailbhe McDaid. Gender in Poetry Publishing in Ireland. MEAS, Measuring Equality in the Arts Sector: Literature in Ireland, 2018
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Notable poets published by the press
*Tony Bailie
Tony Bailie is a novelist, and journalist from Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Works
Tony Bailie is an Irish writer and journalist who, as of 2018, has published three novels and two poetry collections.
His first novel, ''The Los ...
*Patrick Chapman
Patrick Chapman (born 1968) is an Irish poet, writer and screenwriter.
Chapman's first published work was ''Jazztown'', released in 1991 by Raven Arts Press. This was followed five years later by ''The New Pornography'', a collection of poems ...
* Fred Johnston
* Hugh McFadden
*Padraic Fiacc
Padraic Fiacc (born Patrick Joseph O'Connor; 15 April 1924 – 21 January 2019) was an Irish poet, and member of Aosdána, the exclusive Irish arts academy.
Early life and education
Born Patrick Joseph O'Connor in Belfast to Bernard and Annie ...
*Robert Greacen
Robert Greacen (1920–2008) was an Irish poet and member of Aosdána. Born in Derry, Ireland, on 24 October 1920, he was educated at Methodist College Belfast and Trinity College Dublin. He died on 13 April 2008 in Dublin, Ireland.
Greacen's ...
*Jean O'Brien
Jean Maria O'Brien (born February 2, 1958) is an American historian of White Earth Band of Ojibwe ancestry who specializes in northeastern Woodlands American Indian history.
Life
She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, where she s ...
*Desmond O'Grady Desmond O'Grady may refer to:
* Desmond O'Grady (journalist) (1929–2021), Australian journalist and author
* Desmond O'Grady (poet) (1935–2014), Irish poet
* Des O'Grady (born 1952), Irish former Gaelic footballer
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* Adam Rudden
* James Simmons
*Todd Swift
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.lapwingpoetry.com
Lapwing on the National Poetry Library of the UK website
Publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Publishing companies of Ireland
Irish poetry
Poetry publishers
Literary publishing companies
Book publishing companies of Ireland