“IMAGINES is an edition from New Dublin Press that gives one faith in the ability of artists from different genres to meet with a common cause to deliver a certain enlightenment on a subject that might at first seem obscure, but in fact touches upon contemporary reality. Every little detail on every page is astonishingly beautiful and out of the ordinary. One cannot fail to sense the ultimate care and love which has gone into this production.

We are very privileged to have had the official launch of this book at our Barrow River Arts Festival, and it was wonderful to witness how everybody involved in the production of this very special book was very moved and full of joy that their intense labour of love which lasted for over two years has finally become a touchable reality. We congratulate Kimberley Campanello, Ben Dwyer, Jonathan Creasy and Rossi Mc Auley!”

““Imagines is a collaboration in the finest tradition. I had the sense of each artist – poet, composer, musician – embarking on an archaeological dig within self and symbol and then surfacing and coming together with their primal finds, their offerings. There is something almost alchemical about this fusion, this union, something mysterious and beyond words.

The performance itself is intense, electric, disturbing. It is as if the finely-tuned ears – and souls – of these artists heard the cries of ancient females stored in old stone and drew them out, bore witness to the buried memory and collective pain, and then transmuted them into this work of art.

The book itself is exquisite. The poet’s text, the composer’s score, the violist’s notes hovering over the pages – along with the editor’s notes and the elegant design – make this a thing of rare beauty.””