Finding Joy by Dearbhla Mescal

Finding Joy by Dearbhla MescalA poetry lover, a curator of joy and a wise woman with a deep sense of compassion, Dearbhla Mescal has inspired thousands online to slow down, savour the small moments and rediscover the beauty in everyday life. Now, in her first book, she invites you to join her on a journey of reflection and renewal through a tender and uplifting collection of poems and heartfelt musings.

Patrick Bateman has it all: good looks

but their tiny community has found its shape

Kaag thinks about the world today and the practice of hiking in relation to the controversial thinker's enduringly relevant ideas

singing along all day with Fred the busker

up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean

Pygmalion - here presented in its definitive 1941 version

curiosity-to the impossible yet crucial work of arriving at what he calls 'a just memory' of this war

nuclear war and UFOs

The deep time of the bog is both mystical and sinister

and who ended up at the heart of the IRA's bomb-making operation during its deadly final spasms in the 1990s

or reinvented characters

and more - can be traced back to the decision to invade Iraq