Born in Finglas, North Dublin, in 1959, DERMOT BOLGER is one of Ireland’s best-known writers across a range of genres. His fourteen novels include The Journey Home, A Second Life and The Lonely Sea and Sky. His most recent play, Last Orders At The Dockside, had a hugely successful sold-out run at the Abbey Theatre in 2019. His last new collection of poetry was The Venice Suite (2012), a book which resonated widely for its exploration of loss.

For me it is Bolger's finest work ... remarkable in its sensitivity and tragic in its accuracy.

Born in Finglas, North Dublin, in 1959, DERMOT BOLGER is one of Ireland’s best-known writers across a range of genres. His fourteen novels include The Journey Home, A Second Life and The Lonely Sea and Sky. His most recent play, Last Orders At The Dockside, had a hugely successful sold-out run at the Abbey Theatre in 2019. His last new collection of poetry was The Venice Suite (2012), a book which resonated widely for its exploration of loss.

For me it is Bolger's finest work ... remarkable in its sensitivity and tragic in its accuracy.

Born in Finglas, North Dublin, in 1959, DERMOT BOLGER is one of Ireland’s best-known writers across a range of genres. His fourteen novels include The Journey Home, A Second Life and The Lonely Sea and Sky. His most recent play, Last Orders At The Dockside, had a hugely successful sold-out run at the Abbey Theatre in 2019. His last new collection of poetry was The Venice Suite (2012), a book which resonated widely for its exploration of loss.

For me it is Bolger's finest work ... remarkable in its sensitivity and tragic in its accuracy.