Welcome to Turas Press, an independent, Dublin-based publisher dedicated to providing a platform for new and innovative writing.
In Irish and Scottish Gaelic, “turas” means “journey.” Turas Press was founded in May 2017 to support writers of poetry and fiction in launching their work into the world and finding an audience.
Turas Press is currently engaged in the publication of our 2020 list.
- A new collection from Chris Murray, “Gold Friend” was published on September 8th, 2020. This is Chris’s second collection with Turas Press – her readers will recall her beautiful ‘waking book’ “bind” which came out in 2018.
At a time when we are grappling with multiple, related challenges – living with climate change and pandemic – these poems remind us to celebrate, and care for, the natural world . Lucy Collins says this of “Gold Friend”
“As well as bearing witness to the strange beauty of the natural world, these innovative poems testify to the remarkable intensity of human perception. They deserve our closest attention.”
- Fiona Perry’s début collection,”Alchemy” will be released on October 7th.
Anne Casey describes “Alchemy” as a “richly-hued, alternative universe” that “abounds with magical transformations…a heady elixir of sublime poetry and captivating story-telling.”
- Nina Karacosta’s intriguing new book, “Quarantena” consists of 50 poems written during 50 days of the COVID 19 lock-down in Paris, where Nina lives.
David Butler describes this intriguing collection thus: “The poet’s fine perception is directed onto those things we generally take for granted – shopping trips, recipes, childhood memories, the tree outside the window, the words we use. Under such close scrutiny the everyday acquires a hallucinatory quality…”
“Quarantena” will be released in late October, date to be confirmed.
“Gold Friend” and “Alchemy” are now available in selected independent bookstores and from our online shop here. To request review copies, contact us here.
As we are, of course, not able to hold face-to-face book launches at this time, Turas Press, with the collaboration of friends of “Gold Friend,” created a multi-media digital montage to celebrate the release of “Gold Friend”. You can view this 30-minute video on our new YouTube channel
A similar montage to mark the release of “Alchemy” is currently in production and will be uploaded to YouTube on October 7th.
Introduction to D. S. Maolalai’s “Sad Havoc Among the Birds” : Launch Speech by Ross Hattaway
I am delighted to be able, on behalf of DS Maolalai and Turas Press, to play the smallest of parts in delivering this book into the world. And what a gorgeous book it... READ MORE
More Innovative Irish Poetry from Turas Press!
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Eamonn Lynskey (2017) “It’s Time.” Review by Liz McSkeane
The title of Eamonn Lynskey’s third collection poetry, “It’s Time,” evokes a sense of meditation – on life, on the urgency of tackling our life’s work, whatever that may be. The reader expecting... READ MORE
Launch introduction of Ross Hattaway’s “How to Sleep with Strangers” by Anne Tannam
When Ross asked me to launch his third poetry collection “How To Sleep with Strangers” I was faced with a dilemma. His two earlier self-help books, “The Gentle Art of Rotting” and “Pretending... READ MORE
Gabriel García Márquez and the Alchemy of Translation by Liz McSkeane
Fifty years after the first Spanish publication of “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” Liz McSkeane reflects on Gabo’s most famous work and the magic of its journey into English. In these days of... READ MORE
Bill Manhire (2017) “Some Things to Place in a Coffin,” Review by Anamaría Crowe Serrano
by Anamaría Crowe Serrano Bill Manhire, (2017) “Some Things to Place in a Coffin,” by Bill Manhire, Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2017. ISBN: 978 -1 -776561 -056. NZ $25.00 + $10 P &... READ MORE
Kate Camp (2017) “The Internet of Things,” Review by Liz McSkeane
Kate Camp (2017) “The Internet of Things,” Wellington: Victoria University Press, ISBN 978 -1-77656 -106. NZ$25.00 + $10 P& P from http://vup.victoria.ac.nz/the-internet-of-things/ Kate Camp is an award-winning New Zealand poet whose sixth collection,... READ MORE