About Bloodroot
“Ní Churreáin often captures a whole world of cultural and historical implications in a single, simple, but metaphorically rich image.” The Yale Review
“In this remarkable debut collection,Ní Churreáin bears witness to the lived experiences of women, including those Irish women who for too long have been overlooked and silenced; women like Ann Lovett, Joanne Hayes, and the many nameless, disregarded women who lived lives of imprisonment within Irish Institutions; women whose stories are haunted by the ever present spectre of the patriarchal Irish State. Ní Churreain’s poems both captivate and challenge.” Dr. Sinéad Kennedy, Department of English, Maynooth University.
“A work of muscle and grit, of vision and clarity, BlOODROOT is truly exceptional. Among the strongest debut collections of the decade” Doireann Ní Ghríofa.
About the Poet
Annemarie Ní Churreáin is a poet from the Donegal Gaeltacht, Ireland. Her debut collection Bloodroot (Doire Press, 2017) was shortlisted for the Shine Strong Award for best first collection in Ireland and for the 2018 Julie Suk Award in the U.S.A. She is also the author of Town (The Salvage Press, 2018). She is a recipient of a Next Generation Artist Award from the President of Ireland on behalf of the Arts Council of Ireland. Ní Churreáin has received literary fellowships from Jack Kerouac House Orlando, Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany and Hawthornden Castle Scotland. She is a 2019 co-recipient of the Markievcz Award Ireland. Ní Churreáin is the 2019-2020 Writer in Residence at National University of Ireland, Maynooth. In 2020, she was commissioned by Solstice Arts to write a long-length poem titled ‘The Foundling Crib’ which can now be read online here.
About Town
TOWN is a new fine press book project from Dublin based The Salvage Press. Poetry by Annemarie Ní Churreáin Photography by Rich Gilligan. Design, typography and letterpress printing by Jamie Murphy. Binding by Craig Jensen. Photographs hand-printed by Barb Wilson. Handmade paper by Velké Losiny Mill.
Sisters
A short video poem read by Annemarie Ní Churreáin.
2 May 2021 Deadline for The Mairtín Crawford Poetry Award
Annemarie is the Mairtin Crawford Poetry Judge this year, alongside Moyra Donaldson. Details here.
17 April 2021 Come, Let the Blazing Truth Blind
Register here for this Poetry Ireland reading, in collaboration with Maynooth University & supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. [...]
St Patrick’s Day Festival Reading. Trailer
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