Banshee Press

Banshee is a journal and small independent press (est. 2014) championing new literary writing that is fresh, exciting and accessible. Banshee publishes fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry, and the team consists of four published authors: Eimear Ryan, Laura Cassidy, Jessica Traynor and John Patrick McHugh. Work published by Banshee has been awarded and shortlisted for multiple prizes, including the An Post Irish Book Awards Short Story of the Year and the Edge Hill Prize. In 2021, the Banshee Press co-founders were named as Bookseller Rising Stars and in 2024 the press won Irish Small Press of the Year at the British Book Awards. Banshee Press is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and the press also receives funding from Cork City Council.