#4 Lucky by Mairéad Byrne

Lucky by Mairéad Byrne (with illus­tra­tions by Abi­gail Lingford)

$8 (plus shipping)

Prepare yourself for a dotty, spotty lot of poems by Mairéad Byrne! Buy it now for only $8! We couldn’t be more delighted to publish this textile series chapbook.  Featuring playful illus­tra­tions by Abi­gail Lingford, Lucky zips between the everyday and the extraordinary with masterful ease.  The 27-page chapbook was printed on 32lb cotton paper with a vibrant fabric cover.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mairéad Byrne was born into her father’s library in Dublin, the fifth of eight chapbooks. For years she has tried to write the book of her mother, without success. She emigrated for the sake of four robust collections, Nelson & The Huruburu Bird (Wild Honey Press 2003), Talk Poetry (Miami University Press 2007), SOS Poetry (/ubu Editions 2007), and The Best of (What’s Left of) Heaven (Publishing Genius 2010), and a host of chapbooks, some dual citizens, while others reside on the Web. Now she has her own library in Providence and grows poems for and against the prevailing winds which indiscriminately blow cherry blossoms, flagrant leaves, foreclosures, under huge skies.

A trained scientific illustrator, Abigail Lingford spent several years working for the Greek environmental NGO Archipelagos. As the main illustrator, she observed and recorded the wealth of marine life she found while snorkelling in the eastern Aegean sea. Now London based, Abigail produces hand painted and hand printed tshirts with a natural history theme (www.anthropoidclothing.com), as well as commissioned work for scientific publications.

This little red leaves textile series chapbook was lovingly sewn using recycled textile remnants.