Binding: Paperback
Date Published: 04 Jul 2026
“Waiting for the Mason, Tony O’Dwyer’s eagerly anticipated second collection, has much to say about life, love, mortality, landscape and memory. These supremely well-crafted poems, quietly understated on the page, reveal rare depth, vision and empathy. They are also a delight to read aloud. Waiting for the Mason confirms Tony O’Dwyer as one of our finest poets, whose deeply rewarding work deserves to be celebrated far ..
Tony O’Dwyer’s first collection, Off Guard, was published by Bradshaw Books. He was runner-up in the Patrick Kavanagh Award. He has won prizes at Boyle Arts Festival for poetry and Dromineer Literary Festival for poetry and flash fiction. His poetry has been published in Poetry Ireland Review, Books Ireland, The Irish Times,The Stony Thursday Book, Raintown Review and others. His plays have been staged by the Galway based collective The Theatre Room.
His next collection Waiting for the Mason is due from Salmon Poetry in 2025. His first collection Off Guard has recently been re-issued in jacketed hardback with preface by the author. He is currently engaged in translating Bryan Merriman’s Cúirt an Mheán Oíche to English.
He has long experience in printing and publishing and has completed courses in Indesign with Publishing Ireland. He has undertaken courses in book promotion and marketing at Pearse St. Library, Dublin.
Tony is one of our finest poets and longtime editor of the influential Crannog literature journal..
Waiting for the Mason, Tony O’Dwyer’s eagerly anticipated second collection, has much to say about life, love, mortality, landscape and memory. These supremely well-crafted poems, quietly understated on the page, reveal rare depth, vision and empathy. They are also a delight to read aloud. Waiting for the Mason confirms Tony O’Dwyer as one of our finest poets, whose deeply rewarding work deserves to be celebrated far and wide.” Patrick Chapman
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