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Laura Cassidy
Editor & Publisher
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Eimear Ryan
Editor & Designer
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Jessica Traynor
Poetry Editor
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John Patrick McHugh
Fiction Editor
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Marie Gethins
Flash Fiction Editor
About
Banshee Press is a small independent Irish publisher that produces a twice-yearly literary journal, Banshee, as well as a select list of books. Banshee Press was founded in 2014 by three writers: Laura Cassidy, Claire Hennessy and Eimear Ryan.
In 2024, Banshee Press was selected as the island of Ireland winner in the Small Press of the Year Award at the Nibbies, The Bookseller’s annual publishing awards.
The Journal
Banshee is a print literary journal published twice a year – in spring and autumn – and features short stories, flash fiction, poetry and personal essays. Our first issue launched in September 2015, and our most recent is #18, the autumn/winter 2024 issue.
If you would like to send your work to Banshee, please view our submission guidelines. To get a sense of the kind of writing we publish, read work from our previous issues.
The Press
The Banshee Press list launched in September 2019 to publish the very best in Irish fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Our authors include Bebe Ashley, Dylan Brennan, Lucy Sweeney Byrne, Gustav Parker Hibbett, Claire-Lise Kieffer, Mary Morrissy, Deirdre Sullivan, Rosamund Taylor and David Toms.
We are not currently open for unsolicited submissions.
Stockists
Banshee is stocked in the following fine bookshops and libraries:
Banner Books, Ennistymon, Co. Clare
Books Upstairs, Dublin
Charlie Byrne’s, Galway
Dubray Books, Cork
Hodges Figgis, Dublin
Kenny’s Bookshop, Galway
Kildare Library Services, Co. Kildare
The Library Project, Dublin
National Poetry Library, London
No Alibis, Belfast
Raven Books, Dublin
Void, Derry
Waterstones, Cork
The Winding Stair, Dublin
Woodbine Books, Kilcullen
If you’d like to stock Banshee, please contact us.
Banshee in the media
The revolution in Irish literary journals | RTE Culture | 27 October 2024
‘We all read like hell!’ How Ireland became the world’s literary powerhouse | The Guardian | 20 August 2024
Ten Small Press of the Year winners revealed | The Bookseller | 11 March 2024
Words of wonder: a look behind the scenes of Ireland’s thriving literary magazines | Irish Examiner | 13 March 2023
Surprises, collisions and juxtapositions in Ireland’s thriving literary magazine scene | Irish Times | 17 December 2022
Why Ireland’s literary journals are brilliant stepping stones for emerging writers | Sunday Independent | 11 July 2021
Rising Stars 2021 | The Bookseller | 9 July 2021
Culture Guide 2021: Books | Irish Independent | 2 January 2021
Books to look out for in 2021 | Irish Times | 2 January 2021
Strong words | Cara magazine | February/March 2020
Irish literature is having a resurgence – and women are at the forefront | Stylist | 4 April 2019
How A New Wave Of Irish Women Writers Are Making Their Mark | Vogue | 2 March 2019
Ireland’s thriving literary magazine scene: space for tradition and experimentation | Irish Times | 19 May 2018
Review | The Irish Arts Review | Spring 2018
Winter Papers 3: a deluxe but adventurous anthology | Irish Times | 9 December 2017
Diary: Call Yourself George | London Review of Books | 21 September 2017
The rise of the Irish literary magazine | Sunday Independent | 19 March 2017
The New Wave of Irish Literary Journals | RTE.ie | 19 December 2016
Banshee Literary Journal: Interviewed by Adam Trodd | Bath Flash Fiction Award | 8 November 2016
The Irish Writing Boom: Publishers in Conversation | The Granta podcast | 6 July 2016
Journals reimagined: Ireland’s alternative media | Irish Times | 28 May 2016