Peppercanister Press



Peppercanister Press was a small press in Dublin founded by Thomas Kinsella to publish his own poetry. In later years, the series began to be published by Dedalus Press.

First series

 * Peppercanister 1, Butcher's Dozen (1972)
 * printed shortly after the Widgery Tribunal


 * Peppercanister 2, A Selected Life (1972)
 * in memoriam Seán Ó Riada


 * Peppercanister 3, Vertical Man (1973)
 * a sequel to Peppercanister 2


 * Peppercanister 4, The Good Fight (1973)
 * noting the anniversary of John F. Kennedy assassination

The first series was collected into the book Fifteen Dead (Dolmen/Oxford, 1979)

Second series

 * Peppercanister 5, One (1974)
 * continuing themes from his book Notes from the Land of the Dead; includes illustrations by Anne Yeats


 * Peppercanister 6, A Technical Supplement (1976)
 * includes details of illustrations from Diderot's Encyclopédie

The second series was collected into the book One and Other Poems (Dolmen/Oxford, 1979) The first and second series were collected into the book Peppercanister Poems 1972-1978 (Wake Forest University Press, 1979)
 * Peppercanister 7, Song of the Night and Other Poems (1976)

Third series

 * Peppercanister 8, The Messenger (1985)
 * Peppercanister 9, Songs of the Psyche (1985)
 * Peppercanister 10, Her Vertical Smile (1985)
 * These three were published simultaneously.


 * Peppercanister 11, Out of Ireland
 * Peppercanister 12, St. Catherine's Clock
 * These two were later collected as Blood and Family (Oxford University Press, 1988)

Later publications

 * Peppercanister 13,
 * Peppercanister 14,
 * Peppercanister 15,
 * Peppercanister 16, "Madonna" and Other Poems (1995)
 * Peppercanister 17, "Open Court" (1991)
 * Peppercanister 18, The Pen Shop
 * Peppercanister 19,
 * Peppercanister 20, The Familiar (1999)
 * Peppercanister 21, Godhead (1999)
 * Peppercanister 22, Citizen of the World
 * Peppercanister 23, Littlebody
 * Peppercanister 24, Marginal Economy
 * Peppercanister 25, Readings in Poetry
 * Kinsella discusses works by William Shakespeare, W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot


 * Peppercanister 26, Man of War
 * Peppercanister 27, Belief and Unbelief (2007)
 * Peppercanister 28, Fat Master (2011)
 * Peppercanister 29, Love Joy Peace (2011)
 * 24, 26-29 collected as Late Poems (Carcanet Press, 2013)

Other collections

 * Thomas Kinsella: The Peppercanister Poems (University College Dublin Press, 2001)