Threshold

To celebrate the Lyric’s 75th anniversary year, join us for the launch of a special edition anthology of Threshold, the Lyric and Northern Ireland’s premier literary periodical which ran between 1957 – 1990.

Across four decades, Threshold was a launchpad for Ulster writers, including guest-editor Seamus Heaney (who published some of his first poems in the journal), Paul Muldoon, Gerald Dawe, John Montague, Brian Friel, John Hewitt (who served as poetry editor for more than 15 issues), Mary Beckett, Medbh McGuckian, John Boyd, Patrick Galvin and Sean O’Casey.

First published by founding editor Mary O’Malley, this beautiful new coffee table book bridges art book and literary anthology and includes works from all 39 editions of Threshold. Enclosed in stunning hard-back linen binding, it features more than 380 pages of poetry, fiction, essays, art criticism, theatre polemics, short stories and a curated selection of visual archival materials – some of which have never been seen – from the journal’s archive.

Across four decades, Threshold was a launchpad for Ulster writers, including guest-editor Seamus Heaney (who published some of his first poems in the journal), Paul Muldoon, Gerald Dawe, John Montague, Brian Friel, John Hewitt (who served as poetry editor for more than 15 issues), Mary Beckett, Medbh McGuckian, John Boyd, Patrick Galvin and Sean O’Casey.