Patrick Chapman
Patrick Chapman
Writing
Patrick Chapman has published sixteen books since 1991, across fiction, poetry and nonfiction. His recent books are Robert Forster's Danger in the Past (Bloomsbury, 2025) and The Following Year (Salmon Poetry, 2024), shortlisted for the 2025 Farmgate Café National Poetry Award. He has written for film, radio and television. A former editor of the poetry magazine The Pickled Body, he co-founded the Silver Locust Press in 2026. He lives in Dublin.
Patrick Chapman has published sixteen books since 1991, across fiction, poetry and nonfiction. His recent books are Robert Forster's Danger in the Past (Bloomsbury, 2025) and The Following Year (Salmon Poetry, 2024), shortlisted for the 2025 Farmgate Café National Poetry Award. He has written for film, radio and television. A former editor of the poetry magazine The Pickled Body, he co-founded the Silver Locust Press in 2026. He lives in Dublin.
STATEMENT
"It's a compulsion and a pleasure and it’s who I am. Without writing, I’m not quite myself."
"It's a compulsion and a pleasure and it’s who I am. Without writing, I’m not quite myself."
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