Dennis O'Driscoll and Penelope Shuttle

In our second podcast from the vibrant StAnza 2010 festival we talk to two outstanding poets- Dennis O'Driscoll and Penelope Shuttle - who tell us about their experience of StAnza and poetry festivals, how poetry has reacted to the increased popularity of readings, Cornish ice-cream and what it's like to publish a first collection.

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First published 8 April, 2010

About Dennis O'Driscoll

Dennis O'Driscoll was born in Tipperary. His eight books of poetry include New and Selected Poems (Anvil Press, 2004), a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation, and Reality Check (Anvil Press, 2007), which was shortlisted for the
Irish Times /Poetry Now Prize 2008. A selection of his essays and reviews, Troubled Thoughts, Majestic Dreams (Gallery Press), was published in 2001, and he is the editor of the Bloodaxe Book of Poetry Quotations (2006).  His book, Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney, was published by Faber and Faber in 2008.  

• Dennis O'Driscoll's website

About Penelope Shuttle

Penelope Shuttle was born in 1947 in Middlesex, and has lived in Falmouth, Cornwall since 1970, a place which often inspires her current work. Her husband, Peter Redgrove, died in 2003, and her latest poetry collection, Redgrove's Wife (2006), is a book of lament and celebration about his life and death, and the loss of her father. Redgrove's Wife was shortlisted for the 2007 T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Poetry Prize (Best Poetry Collection of the Year). She has written many other collections of poetry and earlier novels.

• More about Penelope Shuttle on Contemporary Writers
• Penelope on the Poetry Archive

We recommend...

	Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney by Dennis O'Driscoll London : Faber, 2008. The first book-length portrait of Seamus Heaney, providing an original, diverting and absorbing store of reflections, opinions and recollections. SPL shelfmark: 3.Hea.Odr.
	Redgrove's Wife by Penelope Shuttle Tarset : Bloodaxe, 2006. Penelope Shuttle's latest collection, Redgrove's Wife, is a book of lament and celebration. Its focus is the life and death of her husband, the poet Peter Redgrove, coupled with the loss of her father. SPL shelfmark: 3.Shu
	The Bloodaxe Book of Poetry Quotations: contemporary quotations on poets and poetry edited by Dennis O'Driscoll Tarset : Bloodaxe, 2006. What is a poem? What can it do? How does a poet know when a poem is finished? Can poetry be taught? How can we tell if a poem is any good? What is it like to share the breakfast table with a poet? Hundreds of poetry readers, poetry practitioners and poetry sceptics have their say in this rumbustious and instructive book. SPL shelfmark: 1.Quo

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• StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival
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Image: Dennis O'Driscoll, StAnza 2010 © aataylor88