News and Events

Paudrig’s poetry has been:
 Shortlisted for the Knocklyon Literary Festival 2025
 Nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2025
 Poetry Film Under Chestnut Trees featured in Indie Cork Film Festival 2025

Forthcoming launch in Berlin:
Four of Paudrig’s poems,

• Unearthing Potatoes
• Farting Jacket Envy
• Trappings
• Under Chestnut Trees’

have been translated into German by poet and novelist Matthias Nawrat and published by Box of Rain Press [‘Kartoffeln aus der Erde ziehen’, ‘Furzpellen-Neid’, ‘Fallenstellen’, ‘Unter Kastanien’].

It will be launched on 16 April in the Club der Polnischen Versager, Ackerstrasse, Mitte- Berlin.

Chance Meeting: a new book of poetry from
Paudrig Lee

Paudrig recently launched his second chapbook, Chance Meeting, in Midleton Books
[2026].

Like Smoking Bees, his first chapbook [2024], this collection also reflects his
interests as a local historian and photographer, with poems presenting contrasting
snapshots of intergenerational family dynamics, encounters with the natural world,
and a focus on historical injustice.
Both collections are available in local bookshops in Kinsale, Carrigaline, Midleton
and Youghal, as well as in Dublin and online at www.paudriglee.com.
Published by Badhbh Press, 2026.

Click Here to buy the book

Paudrig’s poetry has been:

Shortlisted for Knocklyon Literary Festival 2025

Nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2025

Chance Meeting, a second poetry chapbook of thirty two poems, edited by Matthew Geden and Sarah Nolan, continues the themes in Smoking Bees

Both form part of a trilogy, with the third book forthcoming.

Chance Meeting will be launched in Spring, 2026. You can pre-order the book by clicking on this link.

A short video of Paudrig reading ‘Under Chestnut Trees’

Be sure to catch Paudrig in Mallow.

More information at the link below:

Poetry Reading with Paudrig Lee

Please feel welcome to join Paudrig at the following events:

• Poetry reading May Sunday Arts Festival, Killeagh, May 2024
• Poetry reading Youghal Storytelling Festival 13th July 2024
• Poetry reading Mallow Arts Festival 25th July 2024

Paudrig will launch ‘Smoking Bees’ in Midleton Books on Sunday 7th April at 2 PM.

Don’t miss your chance to meet the author and get a copy of his poetry!

Watch out for poetry readings at arts festivals across the Summer of 2024, and book launches for Smoking Bees.

Paudrig’s book, “Smoking Bees” is due out soon!