A Christmas Round-up of 2023 Bookshelf Goodies

Highlights that made their way to The Storm Shelter bookshelf in 2023, not all published in 2023 but discovered, or rediscovered this year …

Step into the Dark, by Julie Stevens, published by Hedgehog Poetry Press

HOWL, New Irish Writing, an anthology of stories and poem, 2023

Glisk and Glimmer, poems about Light, an anthology published by Sidhe Press

A Coyote in the Basket of my Ribs, by Karen Pierce Gonzalez, published by Kelsay Books

Christmas & Winter Anthology Volume 4, published by Back Bough Poetry

The Fish Inside, by Andy Breckenridge, published by Flight of the Dragonflies

Brother Poem, by Will Harris, published Granta Press

Some of these Stories are True, by Maurice Devitt, published by Doire Press

The Sun is Open, by Gail McConnell, published by Penned in the Margins

Real Words, by Marie Studer, published by Revival Press

The Last Spring of the World, by Maureen Boyle, published by Arlen House

Street Sailing, by Matt Gilbert, published by Black Bough Poetry

The Keeper of Aeons, by Matthew MC Smith, published by The Broken Spine

Har Drive, by Paul Stephenson, published by Carcanet Press

Because we Could not Dance at the Wedding, by Michael McKimm, published by Worple Press

Moon Jellyfish Can Barely Swim, by Ness Owen, published by Parthian Books

TRAUM/A, by JP Seabright, published by Fifth Wheel Press

Othernesses, by Paul Brookes, published by Jane’s Studio Press

Our Own Coordinates, Poems about Dementia, an anthology from Sidhe Press

A Window of Passing Light, by Kerry Darbishire, published by Dempsey and Windle

The Crow Gods, by Sarah Connor, published by Sidhe Press

For the Birds, by Victoria Melkovska, published by Dedalus Press

May Twenty-Second, by Frank McGinness, published by The Gallery Press

Phantom Gang, by Ciarán O;Rourke, published by Irish Pages

Tongues of Fire, by Seán Hewitt, published by Jonathan Cape

Possible Worlds & Other Stories by Rachel Handley, published by Ellipsis Imprints

Blotters’ Jotters, anthology edited by Fin Hall, available on Amazon

Flirting with Tigers, by Amy Abdullah Barry, published by Dedalus Press

The Poet Spells her Name, by Sarah Connor, published by Black Bough Press

And just arrived in the poetry post today, featuring one of my own poems…

Dreich Planet #2, Isle of Man, published by Dreich

Merry Christmas to one and all and here’s to new treats for the 2024 bookshelf.

With love and light, Dami