
Every night during a year spent in lockdown, Dermot Bolger set out on long walks through deserted streets, armed only with a pen and paper. Bolger follows in the footsteps of the great Portuguese poet, Fernando Pessoa, using walks through his native city to allow his imagination...

Dermot Bolger's last new collection of poetry was The Venice Suite, a heart-breaking voyage through loss that touched the nation with its raw honesty. With this new book, Other People's Lives, Bolger's gaze ranges outwards to take in the often untold stories of...