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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.  NEW YouTube channel for 21CR's authors. 
Events
27 Apr Thur 7pm  Poetry Day Ireland
Duelling Banjo Poets: Alison Hackett & Arnie Yasinski with
 Chris Fitzpatrick + OPEN MIC afterwards. Walter's Pub, 68 George's St Upper, Dun Laoghaire.  Hosted by ArtNetDLR.
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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

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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

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cover design Garrett Bennis
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 Ryan Tubridy interview  Launch speech by Alison Hackett — read here 
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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.
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.
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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. 
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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 to the editors of various Irish & British newspapers.
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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.  Limited edition Hardback of 100 (numbered) also available.
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16 Postcards from The Visual Time Traveller €18 + P&P  
NEWS
  • Poetic Licence in a Time of Corona: launch speech published in Australian journal, Rochford Street Review
  • NEW YOUTUBE channel for 21CR's authors
  • What's next?
    Transplant surgeon, Justin Geoghegan,  to write the 2nd book in The Visual Time Traveller series -- the evolution of medicine from its primitive beginnings to the modern scientific era.
  • 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.
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Reviews

The Visual Time Traveller
This is a labour of love, insanity, beauty and, perhaps, an attempt to reintegrate history, art and science together again.
  Simon Cocking Irish Tech News

Crabbing
Her range of language is both staccato and soft, in succinct verse, which encourages you to read this aloud, truly the best way to engage in the emotional depth of a poem. 
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Deirdre Conroy Sunday Independent

Poetic Licence in a Time of Corona

​Your poems tell us all we need to know Ryan Tubridy, RTE Radio podcast
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CONTACT

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21st Century Renaissance
The Glasshouse
Harbour Court, George's Place
Dun Laoghaire, A96 R8CT
Co. Dublin, Ireland

E alison.hackett@21cr.ie
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VAT number 3761911TH

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  • home
  • about
    • letters >
      • 2021 to 2022
      • 2019 to 2020
      • 2018
      • 2010 to 2017
    • Newsletter
    • Poetry
    • articles >
      • Cruise ships in Dun Laoghaire harbour a Titanic mistake
      • An Irishwoman's Diary
      • On Dun Laoghaire (and walking the pier)
      • Typos
      • The Institute of Psychics?
      • The Physics PR Minefield
      • When Design Matters
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Proposition
    • Yours etc
    • Crabbing
    • The Visual Time Traveller
    • Collectors editions
  • blog 2014-2020
  • shop
  • Blog