Berkeley, Sara

Sara Berkeley was born in Dublin in 1967.

Her collections are Penn (Dublin, Raven Arts Press/Canada, Thistledown Press, 1986); Home Movie Nights (Raven Arts Press/Thistledown Press, 1989); Facts About Water, New and Selected Poems (Dublin, New Island Books/Canada, Thistledown Press/Newcastle Upon Tyne, Bloodaxe Books, 1994); Strawberry Thief (Oldcastle, Co Meath, The Gallery Press, 2005); and The View from Here (The Gallery Press, 2010), which was shortlisted for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award, 2011.

She has also published a volume of short stories, The Swimmer in the Deep Blue Dream (Raven Arts Press, 1991), and a novel, Shadowing Hannah (Dublin, New Island Books, 1999).

She lives in a rural community just north of San Francisco with her husband and daughter.

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Sara Berkeley at The Gallery Press
Sara Berkeley at Web de Sol
(*includes poems and pictures but biographical details may be out of date)
Penn, Sara’s first book, is available for free download in digital form from Irish Literary Revival
Sara Berkeley at The National Library of Ireland

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