Books & Poetry

Letterpressed poems printed on handmade Irish paper and watermarked with Seamus Heaney’s signature.

Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and one of Ireland’s greatest writers and satirists, was born in Dublin on the 30th of November 1667. To celebrate the 350th anniversary of his birth, Stoney Road Press will publish in 2017, a limited boxed and illustrated edition of his notorious and biting satire, ‘A Modest Proposal’.

A Place Without Walls is a collection of photographs by Eoin Moylan. Eoin Moylan is an Irish photographer working with analogue techniques, focusing on themes such as memory, imagination, and patterns of human behaviour derived thereof.

To celebrate the centenary of the 1916 Rising, Stoney Road Press, in association with An Post and Poetry Ireland, are pleased to announce the publication of ’16’, a limited-edition, fine-press collection of poetry and art. Various Poets & Artists, 2016.

The Dead is a limited edition handmade book, reproducing the original 1914 text of Joyce’s short story, together with hand-printed illustrations by the American graphic artist Robert Berry. It is co-published by Stoney Road Press and the James Joyce Centre, to mark the centenary of the publication of Dubliners. James Joyce & Robert Berry, 2014.

In re-publishing the Structural Plays the primary aim was to gather them together in one place, a sort of textbook from which they could be enjoyed, read together, or used as a blueprint to re-create the performances. Brian O’Doherty, edition of 20.

At Sixes and Sevens by Paul Muldoon with etchings by Rita Duffy is a limited edition book published by Stoney Road Press. Paul Muldoon & Rita Duffy, 2013.

Fighting Words is a short story collection published in collaboration with Roddy Doyle’s Dublin writing centre. The book is signed by all of the contributing authors and includes a signed etching by Sean Scully. Various Authors & Sean Scully, 2012.

This sumptuous fine art publication is a limited edition artist’s book, published by Stoney Road Press. The Peter O’Brien Workbook contains gicleé prints of pencil drawings, rough sketches, fashion illustrations, watercolours and theatre costume designs. Peter O’Brien, 2010.

Many Mansions was designed and published by Stoney Road Press for the Ireland Chair of Poetry in November 2009. John Montague, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Paul Durcan, Michael Longley, Ciarán Carson & Seamus Heaney, 2009.

Patrick Scott’s book by Aidan Dunne is now available through Stoney Road Press. This magnificent book is a beautifully illustrated collector’s item; a retrospective of the career of landmark visual artist Patrick Scott, featuring furniture, tapestry, sculpture and his famous abstract Gold Paintings. Aidan Dunne, 2008 (Liberties Press).

The text of Fragments Weavings Inscapes is from Unfinished Poems and Fragments by Gerard Manley Hopkins. It was hand-set in 14pt Plantin foundry type and hand-printed letterpress by Sean Sills on a Swiss proofing press. Ciarán Lennon & Gerard Manley Hopkins, 2004.