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Twenty First Century Renaissance is an independent publisher supporting the arts in Ireland by focusing on history, medicine, science, art, education, illustration and poetry — in high quality publications. Inter-disciplinary, iconoclastic, open-minded 21CR books speak to the everyman and everywoman. Books for life.
Events/Readings 13 Feb, Chris Fitzpatrick in conversation with Jennifer O'Connell, Why Arts — Well festival, Waterford Duelling Banjo Poets Arnie Yasinski & Alison Hackett read from their latest collections 16 Feb, Thur, 6pm Hodges Figgis, Dublin 2 2 Mar, Thur, 7pm Woodbine Books, Kilcullen, Kildare. 27 Apr Thur, 6.30pm, Poetry Day Ireland, Arnie & Alison with Chris Fitzpatrick + OPEN MIC. Walters Pub, Dun Laoghaire, George’s St Upper, (near park). Hosted by ArtNetDLR SHOP directly from the publisher Trade discount enquiries 
cover design, Garrett Bennis, Be Creative
I'TS OKAY. HE'S AMERICAN. €16 + P&P NEW
Third collection. Arnie Yasinski knows his difference is noticed when he opens his mouth to speak in Ireland; sees how the stasis of Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’ is everywhere, knows how darkness can be camouflaged, how the Irish avoid pain by averting their eyes from the abyss. Only after years do I learn that under the thin skin of her civility are murky depths of Athlone, Cork. 
Cover design, Garrett Bennis, Be Creative
SENTIENT €16 + P&P NEW
Poems of remembrance, of love, of still-life; language, people, place and religion pepper this second collection which sets out from West Cork and takes in Dublin, India, Germany, Beirut, France and England on the way. Second collection by Alison Hackett. List of contents. It blooms inside, in mother-father bud, in sister-brother-sister leaf, my leitmotif of love. READINGS: Alison Hackett & Arnie Yasinski POSTPONED: Woodbine Books, Kilcullen, Kildare NEW DATE TBA Thursday 16 Feb 6pm Hodges Figgis, Dublin 
cover design Garrett Bennis
Poetic Licence in a Time of Corona €16 + p&p
A medic, Chris Fitzpatrick, finds healing for himself by writing poems on his phone as the pandemic grips – rhythm, rhyme, haiku, a list-poem of what to do when someone can’t breathe (and why you wouldn't kneel on their neck), why Lionel Richie keeps sending him emails, reading a letter from Jürgen Klopp written to his brother who is dying. Podcast of RTE interview with Chris Fitzpatrick Poster A3 A4 
cover design Nick Geoghegan
God Lives in Norway and Goes by Christie €16 + P&P
Anchored in his present life in Ireland, swimming at the Forty Foot in the opening poem, Arnie Yasinski reflects on his peripatetic past, including being one of the young men in the US draft lottery for Vietnam. He sees these as his "post" poems. Post America. Post longing. Post ambition. Post middle age. Listen to Arnie reading from the collection — starting with the opening poem "Changing": 
cover design Nick Geoghegan
Knot of Toads €12 +P&P
illustrated by Nick Geoghegan with haikus Have you ever heard of a conspiracy of lemurs? A band of gorillas? Find out more about this educational-but-fun picture book for kids that adults will also enjoy. 
The Visual Time Traveller from €70 +P&P — an award winning lavishly illustrated history told in 5-year time jumps
The Visual Time Traveller was selected by international jury for the Global Irish Design Challenge exhibitions held in Dublin Castle (2016) and the National Design and Craft Gallery (2017). Collectors edition available. 
Yours etc Letters printed in Irish and British papers 2010-2017 €24 + P&P
One 1960's born Cork woman's opinions on anything and everything from Brexit, corporation tax and morality to science, sex and education. First featured in print as letters from Alison Hackett to the editors of various newspapers including the Irish Independent, Irish Times, Irish Examiner, The Guardian, Financial Times, Belfast Telegraph and more. Politicising women, feminising men — this is the perfect surprise gift for your partner. 
cover design nick Geoghegan
Crabbing €20 + P&P
Poetry. A memoir of love and loss experienced by a 12-year-old expressed through the lens of a 52-year-old. Collectors edition also available. Limited edition Hardback of 100 (numbered) also available. "Poetry at its finest...stirred my soul." Deirdre O'Kane, comedian and actor, Dublin. 
16 Postcards from The Visual Time Traveller €18 + P&P A set of cards from the book — Included in pack with details on reverse: 1513-1520 Dürer’s Rhino; 1520-1525 Nuns smuggled out of a convent; 1535-1540 Henry VIII injured in jousting accident; 1540-1545 Copernicus and Vesalius; 1605-1610 Hamlet performed on the Red Dragon; 1690-1695 The Salem witch trials; 1715-1720 The Water Music; 1720-1725 A feral child found in Germany; 1825-1830 A giraffe walks to Paris; 1835-1840 The Trail of Tears in the US; 1865-1870 War and Peace & the Marquess of Queensbury rules for boxing; 1870-1875 animals escape from the zoo in New York; 1900-1905 Bloomsday: James Joyce and Nora Barnacle have their first outing; 1915-1920 Dadaism and 1916; 1930 First soccer world cup and first comic book in the US; 1965-1970 Man on the Moon.
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