Author Description

THE WORD ARK is a pocket-sized anthology of poems responding to our fellow creatures, great and small, published at a time when not only the animal kingdom but the world at large is beset by dangers on an unprecedented scale. It is, in the words of its editor Pat Boran, "An invitation to look more intently at the world beyond ourselves, an external balance to our inner turmoil." Featuring contributions from 45 poets - including Paula Meehan, Patrick Deeley, Paddy Bushe, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Francis Harvey, Mark Roper, Eva Bourke and Boran himself - and beautifully illustrated by Boran's father-in-law, Sicilian artist Gaetano Tranchino, The Word Ark is a highly personal and timely response to a crisis, and an opportunity in these troubling times to love, laud and celebrate.