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About Philip Casey

My main publications are the novels The Fisher Child (London, Picador, 2001), The Water Star (Picador, 1999), and The Fabulists (Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1994/ London, Serif Books, 1995). New The Water Star is now on Kindle amazon.co.uk Also on amazon.com New The Fisher Child is now on Kindle at …

The Fisher Child

The Fisher Child

An ordinary, almost staid, couple are overwhelmed by crisis when their third child is born. The book starts off fairly ordinary and …

The Water Star

The Water Star

The tale that unfolds in this thick, satisfying volume is not particularly complex – any more than the circumstances of any of …

The Fabulists

The Fabulists

The Fabulists is a love story set in Contemporary Dublin. After a brief encounter on the Ha’Penny Bridge over the Liffey, Tess …

Dialogue in Fading Light

Dialogue in Fading Light

Before he was known to readers as a world class fictionist, Philip Casey gave us poems. On the evidence of Dialogue in …

Long After I'm Gone

Long After I’m Gone

Long After I’m Gone Screenplay adapted from the novel The Fisher Child Rights available Long After I’m Gone Synopsis In a minor …

The Tins

The Tins

Photo owned by Boocal (cc) The Tins and The Pale Lady Rights available. They looked up to see Miolmór, with his peaceful …

Those Distant Summers

Those Distant Summers

Those Distant Summers Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1980 (No ISBN given) Cover illustration Liam O’Connor author photo Paddy Doyle with praise and …

The Year of the Knife

The Year of the Knife

The Year of the Knife Poems 1980-1990 was published by Raven Arts Press, 1991. ISBN 1 85186 086 X The Raven Collection …

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The Plays

Cardinal A one-acter, it was first performed in the Internationale Schule in Hamburg, and was thereafter transferred to the west end, otherwise …

The Planets and Stars Become Friends

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THE PLANETS AND STARS BECOME FRIENDS This was published by Paul Funge’s Art Centre, later The Gorey Arts Centre, in July 1974, …

after thunder

after thunder

after thunder Raven Arts Press ISBN 0 906897 85 8 (Softback) 0 906897 86 6 (Hardback) Originated in Ireland by Raven Arts …

The Year of the Knife

The Year of the Knife Poems

Cover Endorsements Things that please me in poetry are precision, compassion and images that surpass the common run of language; also that …

Work-in-Progress

Reef Bay Sugar Mill photo credit: Jami Dwyer Attribution Share Alike : : some rights reserved. Non-fiction The story of Ireland and …

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The Fabulists Screenplay

The Fabulists is set in 1987-88. TESS is separated but looking after her son ARTHUR, who lives with his father in Fairview, …

The Year of the Knife

The Year of the Knife Reviews

This proportioning of the book reflects a growth in Casey’s work, a development of themes which, in the early work, are not …

The Fabulists

Reviews of The Fabulists

Thank you for sending me ‘The Fabulists’. It’s a very strange and impressive book. Mr Casey has managed to make two lost …

The Fisher Child

Reviews of The Fisher Child

An ordinary, almost staid, couple are overwhelmed by crisis when their third child is born. The book starts off fairly ordinary and …

The Water Star

Reviews of The Water Star

Casey is a poet and a playwright; he has a poet’s delicate ear and a playwright’s eye for direction . The tale …

Poems from after thunder

Here is a selection of poems from my second collection After Thunder. Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative …