Irish poet Pat Boran is the author of poetry and short fiction for adults and children, as well as four non-fiction titles.

His latest publication is New and Selected Poems, originally published in 2005 and reissued with minor revisions in November 2007 by the Dedalus Press. Other recent books include the anthology Wingspan: A Dedalus Sampler and the expanded and updated edition of his popular writers' handbook, The Portable Creative Writing Workshop.

Listen to Pat Boran reading from New and Selected Poems on Rattlebag, RTÉ Radio 1 here (requires RealPlayer). Or visit the Audio Room at the Dedalus Press website for other audio samples.

Pat Boran was Programme Director of the Dublin Writers Festival for many years and recently stepped down as presenter of The Poetry Programme on RTÉ Radio 1 (visit the RTÉ website and follow the links to the archived shows) in order to concentrate on his own writing and his work as Editor of the Dedalus Press.

www.patboran.com contains extracts from his published writing, and also includes a selection of his newspaper reviews of the work of other poets and writers.

And See That No Potato Falls: Patrick Kavanagh's Vegetable Love, the text of Pat Boran's Keynote Address at the 2005 Annual Patrick Kavanagh Weekend, is included here by request.

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