Announcing the Banshee Press list for 2026
Tim MacGabhann by Quinnie Tan
Billy Ramsell by David Creedon
We are thrilled to announce the next two books from Banshee Press, forthcoming in 2026: Found in a Context of Destruction, the debut collection of poetry by novelist and memoirist Tim MacGabhann; and Render, the third collection by renowned poet Billy Ramsell. Read the official announcement in The Bookseller. Many thanks to the Arts Council and Cork City Council, whose support makes it possible for us to bring these superb books to readers.
Found in a Context of Destruction by Tim MacGabhann
February 2026, poetry
The clock digits and sky are the same dull rust tint.
5.30 a.m. Time to turn on phones, check damages.
Found in a Context of Destruction demonstrates a rare confidence and coherence. These formally assured and blackly funny poems chart the course of addiction and recovery, contemplating the injuries a body and mind can sustain, and what joys we find in these darker spaces in the shape of friendship, music, and community. These spare, stark poems of love and survival open windows on rarely-seen vistas, bringing us on a delirious but vividly captured journey from Ireland to Mexico.
Tim MacGabhann’s first two novels, Call Him Mine (2019) and How to Be Nowhere (2020), are published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. His chapbook Rory Gallagher — Live! — from the Hotel of the Dead was published by Rough Trade Books in 2023. This year saw the publication of The Black Pool (Sceptre), a memoir of addiction and recovery, and Saints (Scratch Books), a collection of short stories.
Render by Billy Ramsell
June 2026, poetry
Put your finger to the pinstripes.
They burn. Veins of smouldering bourbon.
Breathe in. Pause. Do up the wolf-bone buttons.
Render plunges the reader into the vibrant setting of Barcelona in the second half of the 20th century. A compelling character study, the book is presented as the collected works of a fictional poet: Alberto Cenas, the lonely scion of a wealthy Catalan family. Taken individually, Render’s poems offer piercing insights into the exuberance of youth, the disillusionment of early adulthood, inherited trauma, creativity, ageing and finality. Collectively, the book delivers the immersive experience of a concept album or an existentialist film, creating a complex portrait of a strange and sympathetic figure.
Billy Ramsell’s first two poetry collections are Complicated Pleasures (Dedalus Press, 2007) and The Architect's Dream of Winter (Dedalus Press, 2013), which was shortlisted for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award and recently appeared in Italian translation. He was awarded the Chair of Ireland Bursary for 2013 and has been shortlisted for several other prizes. His recent work has appeared in Poetry, Poetry London, The Poetry Review and elsewhere.
