John F Deane

John F. Deane is the author of eleven books of poems, most recently Snow Falling on Chestnut Hill: New and Selected Poems (2012)and Semibreve (2015), both from Carcanet Press. He is also the author of two novels and a memoir, Give Dust a Tongue (Columba, 2015). In 1979, he founded Poetry Ireland, the national poetry organisation, and Poetry Ireland Review.

Irish Pages is the island’s premier literary journal, combining outstanding writing from Ireland and overseas. Its annual lecture alternates between an Irish and an international writer, and is published in the subsequent issue of the journal.