This life-affirming poetry collection reflects on the authors growth since the ending of her marriage and what it means to unearth ones true sexual orientation, in mid-life. Anne Walsh Donnellys intimate exploration of sexuality and identity is both brave and touching, marking this debut collection as a triumph.Anne Walsh Donnelly is by far the most daring poet to emerge in Ireland of late. The starkly honest and overt sexuality which pervades Annes poetry make the work of pretty much all her contemporaries appear repressed and backward-looking in comparison. This publication would certainly have been banned in the Ireland of the past. Indeed, she is one of the few poets around whose work has the glorious ability to get moralistic, supposedly liberal eyebrows twitching. Annes poems are pretty perfectly formed hand grenades which she tosses about the place with abandon while maintaining a deadpan face. I think this publication is the beginning of something great. Kevin Higgins, author of Song of Songs 2.0: New & Selected Poems (Salmon Poetry, 2017)."Anne Walsh Donnelly is a brave poet who writes with integrity. To my mind she is among the strongest of the new voices to emerge in Irish poetry in the past decade. On first reading her work, you are left with the impression that ideas come to the poet fully formed. Her style is simple, often writing in the colloquial, but when examined closely, the true craft of the work emerges. In this volume Anne documents her own journey of self discovery in a frank, open and glorious fashion. It may bruise the sensibilities of some but will be a joy to most." Dave Kavanagh: Editor. The Blue Nib.
P>Review Anne Walsh Donnelly is a brave poet who writes with integrity. To my mind she is among the strongest of the new voices to emerge in Irish poetry in the past decade. On first reading her work, you are left with the impression that ideas come to the poet fully formed. Her style is simple, often writing in the colloquial, but when examined closely, the true craft of the work emerges. In this volume Anne documents her own journey of self discovery in a frank, open and glorious fashion. It may bruise the sensibilities of some but will be a joy to most. - Dave Kavanagh: Editor. The Blue Nib. About the Author: Anne Walsh Donnelly is a single mother of two teenage children and lives in the west of Ireland. Her work has been published in several literary outlets including The Irish Times, Crannog, Boyne Berries, The Blue Nib, Cold Coffee Stand, Ariel, Heart and Humanity, Inside the Bell Jar, Please Hear What Im Not Saying and Star82 Review. Her short stories have been shortlisted in competitions such as the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year Award (2014 & 2016), Fish International Prize (2015) and the RTE Radio One Frances Mac Manus competition (2014 & 2015). Her poems were highly commended in the Over the Edge New Writer of the Year Award (2017 & 2018). She won the Winter/Spring 2017/2018 Blue Nib poetry chapbook competition and also the 2018 Over the Edge Fiction Slam. She was also nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2018. Her debut short story collection will be published in September 2019. Social Media: Facebook: AnneWalshDonnelly Twitter:@AnneWDonnelly Instagram: annewalshdonnellypoetry- We ship across Australia, including major cities like: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Newcastle and the Gold Coast