Drunk Muse Press

Wildly good poetry books 

About us

Drunk Muse Press was founded in late 2020 by Neil Young and Hugh McMillan, based in Scotland, and Jessamine O' Connor in Ireland. Our purpose is to champion poetry that insists on wider attention  . . . by poets with a compelling way of expressing it.  The first Drunk Muse books were published  in spring/summer of 2021. Watch this space for details of more to come.

In the Press

Dareen Tatour
MY THREATENING POEM - THE MEMOIR OF A POET IN OCCUPATION PRISONS

Passionate, direct and rich with humanity in the face of brute force and dehumanisation, Dareen Tatour recalls her experience from arrest through imprisonment for the 'crime' of writing defiant poetry. This book, published in translation from Arabic to English for the first time, is a testimony of the power of language, poetry and the human spirit to overcome violent authority.