Climate change alarm bells prompt author into action with Irish anthology

Alice Kinsella has co-edited Empty House, featuring contributions from the likes of Paula Meehan, Rick O'Shea and Michael Viney

Alice Kinsella, co-editor of the Empty House anthology. 

Back when she was an idealistic teenager, Alice Kinsella wanted to study conservation. In the intervening years, the Dublin-born writer says she was "distracted by poetry", but now her environmental interests and literary pursuits have intersected in a new book she has co-edited with Nessa O'Mahony. 

Empty House is a multi-genre anthology of mostly Irish writing responding to the climate crisis. it combines celebrations of the natural world that is at risk of being lost, as well as prophecies of doom and also some constructive hope as to how we can prevent catastrophe. The contributors include Luka Bloom, Jan Carson,  Paula Meehan, Rick O'Shea and Michael Viney.