‘Frank Dullaghan’s quietly spoken poems move between tenderness and terror with a humane warmth’

George Szirtes.

Irish poet, Frank Dullaghan was featured in the society’s 2007 annual and has been widely published in quality UK and Irish poetry and literary journals such as Poetry Ireland Review, The Honest Ulsterman, Poetry Wales, London Magazine, Poetry London and Poetry Review. His first full collection of poems, On the Back of the Wind, is now being published at the end of the month by Cinnamon Press in Wales. Frank is the only known Irish poet of substance currently living in the UAE and would welcome the support of the Irish community here. Copies of his collection can be pre-ordered from his publisher.

Commenting on his success Frank said “Being published by a serious poetry press is a significant step. Poetry does not earn much money for publishers so very few new collections, relative to novels or other writing, get published. This collection has been five years in the making and it’s very exciting and satisfying that it is now coming out.

Frank will be launching his collection in Dublin on 3rd June, in Limerick on 4th June and in London on 12th June.

Frank was born in Dundalk, Ireland but lived in Essex for more than 20 years before moving to Dubai in 2006. He was awarded an MA (Distinction) Creative Writing from Glamorgan University. He also edited Seam for many years and was one of the founding members of the Essex Poetry Festival and lead the panel of judges for the Young Essex Poet of the Year.

1st Collection On The Back of the Wind published by Cinnamon Press 2008.