Columba Books

John F. Deane is the founder of Poetry Ireland, the National Poetry Society, and of its journal The Poetry Ireland Review. He is also founder and first editor of The Dedalus Press. Translated in many languages, he has won many prestigious Irish and international awards for his poetry and in 1996 was elected Secretary General of the European Academy of Poetry. His recent work includes his memoir Give Dust a Tongue published by Columba Press in 2015 and Achill: The Island publishes by Columba Booksin 2018.