Paul Perry is the author and editor of a number of critically acclaimed books including The Drowning of the Saints, Goldsmith’s Ghost, The Orchid Keeper, and The Last Falcon and Small Ordinance, The Dedalus Press, 2010.

His translations include 108 Moons; The Selected Poems of Jurga Ivanauskaite. He teaches creative writing for Kingston University, London, and University College Dublin and is Curator for the largest and longest running international poetry festival in Ireland, dlr Poety Now.

The Last Falcon

"Each poem bristles with life and longing, intelligence and wit. These are lines and stanzas and poems that signal wisdom beyond his youth. In this sense he is a prodigiously gifted poet".
Fred D'Aguiar

Beyond the Workshop

Beyond the Workshop, edited by Paul Perry appears from Kingston University Press, 2012.

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