21st Century Renaissance is an independent publisher supporting the arts in Ireland by focusing on history, medicine, art, education, illustration and poetry — in high quality print publications. Inter-disciplinary, iconoclastic, open-minded, 21CR books speak to the everyman and everywoman.  Books for life.

The Visual Time Traveller from €70 +P&P — 500 years of History, Art and Science interpreted in 100 Unique Designs and is a breathtaking journey for the reader. Collectors edition available too. Dedicated website. 

IT'S OKAY. HE'S AMERICAN. €16 + P&P  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.
Poem inside — It's Okay. He's American.
Index of first lines
Arnie reading from the collection

Cover design, Garrett Bennis, Be Creative

SENTIENT €16 + P&P
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.
Poem inside — Train Ride, India
List of contents 
Alison reading from the collection

Poetic Licence in a Time of Corona €16 + p&pPeppered with lightness, moments of deep grief, and quirky side-steps, Poetic Licence In A Time Of Corona shows us how one man (who happened to be a doctor) made sense of the strangest of times. Listen to RTE interview 

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.

Knot of Toads €16 +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.

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 to the editors of various Irish & British newspapers.

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.  Limited edition Hardback of 100 (numbered) also available.

16 Postcards from The Visual Time Traveller €18 + P&P  

NEWS

• Justin Geoghegan, transplant surgeon, author of the 2nd in The Visual Time Traveller series: Medicine — From Dark Art To Enlightened Science
• Poetic Licence in a Time of Corona: launch speech published in Australian journal, Rochford Street Review​
• On the intersection between creativity/art and technology Guest post by Alison Hackett on Irish Tech News
• Alison Hackett Me and my Money in the Irish Times  "Good will travels a lot further than lower price."  
• How to run a business with commercial chops — article in DECISION, Ireland's Business Review. 
• Quick-fire questions in the C Word — interview by Claire Mason.
• Alison Hackett's Business Life article published in Bank of Ireland's Think Business magazine
• AWARD 2022 Dublin’s Best Independent History Publishing Company 
• RTE's poem of the day 28 April 2020 
• YouTube channel launched The Visual Time Traveller project
• Poems: Of Roaring Water Bay published by University of Chicago literary journal, Euphony, Spring 2022; A Decade of Pilates (5 poems) published by A Thin Slice of Anxiety; Nineteen, Driven Home published by The Rail.
• 21st Century Renaissance titles have been added to the Library of Congress' collection and numerous university libraries in the U.S.