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We are very proud of our latest publication, The Gospel of Gargoyle by poet and member of Aos Dána, James Harpur.
A poet residing at the Irish College in Paris has a series of dreams in which he flies to the rooftop of Notre-Dame cathedral and encounters a gargoyle. But not any old gargoyle: this one can speak, and he claims to be a lost spirit seeking salvation through a series of incarnations. Gargoyle and Poet become unlikely companions, bound by a pact: in return for the poet’s visits and conversations on the great questions of life (conversations he hopes will free him from his stone incarceration), Gargoyle promises to reveal the answer to the question obsessing Poet: who or what caused the great fire of Notre-Dame in 2019.
James Harpur, poet
The Gospel of Gargoyle
The Gospel of Gargoyle
We are delighted to be publishing James Harpur’s latest book, The Gospel of Gargoyle.
James Harpur has published eight poetry collections, including The Examined Life (2021), winner of the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize, and The White Silhouette (2018), an Irish Times Book of the Year.
Angels and Harvesters (2012) was a PBS Recommendation an
We are delighted to be publishing James Harpur’s latest book, The Gospel of Gargoyle.
James Harpur has published eight poetry collections, including The Examined Life (2021), winner of the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize, and The White Silhouette (2018), an Irish Times Book of the Year.
Angels and Harvesters (2012) was a PBS Recommendation and shortlisted for the 2013 Irish Times Award; and The Dark Age (2007) won the Michael Hartnett Poetry Prize.
His work has won many awards and bursaries, including the 1995 British National Poetry Competition, a Patrick and Katharine Kavanagh Fellowship, and the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize.
The Gospel of Gargoyle
The Gospel of Gargoyle
The Gospel of Gargoyle
Our latest book is
The Gospel of Gargoyle
by James Harpur
Art by Paul Ó Colmáin.
It is a numbered limited edition production and bound with stitched signatures.
It is signed by the author and the artist.
Paul Ó Colmáin, artist
The Gospel of Gargoyle
Paul Ó Colmáin, artist
Paul is an artist, musician and poet.
He has illustrated other works, including, Tírdhreacha by Colm Breathnach, and The Oratory of Light, by James Harpur.
A book of his haiku, The Silence Unravelling, was published by Eblana Press in 2017.
He has seven music albums and co-runs Working Artist Studios in Ballydehob.
His animated short, Port
Paul is an artist, musician and poet.
He has illustrated other works, including, Tírdhreacha by Colm Breathnach, and The Oratory of Light, by James Harpur.
A book of his haiku, The Silence Unravelling, was published by Eblana Press in 2017.
He has seven music albums and co-runs Working Artist Studios in Ballydehob.
His animated short, Port Béil:Mouth Music, won the 2024 Paris Independent Film Festival.
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The Eblana Press
Eblana Press is a small and personal publishing house based in West Cork which specialises in producing the finest poetry books in the finest manner. We believe that the arts can inspire audiences, readers and communities through song, art and the written word.