Deirdre Brady is a lecturer at Mary Immaculate College, Ireland.

‘The book is a triumph of archival detective work… Brady’s history chronicles a space laboriously carved out by twenty-five years of wit, courage and cunning… It is a finely drawn, rich and illuminating history, and offers significant insights into the relationship between women’s social networks, cultural activism, and sexual dissidence with implications far beyond mid-twentieth century Ireland.’ Gerardine Meaney, Irish University Review

• Introduction1. Intellectual Fraternities? Dublin United Arts Club, the Irish Academy of Letters, and the Irish PEN2. Coterie Culture and the Women Writers’ Club, 1933-19583. ‘A Wild Field to a Later Generation’: The ‘Book of the Year’ Award4. Women Writers in Irish Print Culture, 1930-19605. Coterie Culture and Modernist Presses: The Gayfield PressConclusion

Deirdre Brady is a lecturer at Mary Immaculate College, Ireland.

‘The book is a triumph of archival detective work… Brady’s history chronicles a space laboriously carved out by twenty-five years of wit, courage and cunning… It is a finely drawn, rich and illuminating history, and offers significant insights into the relationship between women’s social networks, cultural activism, and sexual dissidence with implications far beyond mid-twentieth century Ireland.’ Gerardine Meaney, Irish University Review

• Introduction1. Intellectual Fraternities? Dublin United Arts Club, the Irish Academy of Letters, and the Irish PEN2. Coterie Culture and the Women Writers’ Club, 1933-19583. ‘A Wild Field to a Later Generation’: The ‘Book of the Year’ Award4. Women Writers in Irish Print Culture, 1930-19605. Coterie Culture and Modernist Presses: The Gayfield PressConclusion

Deirdre Brady is a lecturer at Mary Immaculate College, Ireland.

‘The book is a triumph of archival detective work… Brady’s history chronicles a space laboriously carved out by twenty-five years of wit, courage and cunning… It is a finely drawn, rich and illuminating history, and offers significant insights into the relationship between women’s social networks, cultural activism, and sexual dissidence with implications far beyond mid-twentieth century Ireland.’ Gerardine Meaney, Irish University Review

• Introduction1. Intellectual Fraternities? Dublin United Arts Club, the Irish Academy of Letters, and the Irish PEN2. Coterie Culture and the Women Writers’ Club, 1933-19583. ‘A Wild Field to a Later Generation’: The ‘Book of the Year’ Award4. Women Writers in Irish Print Culture, 1930-19605. Coterie Culture and Modernist Presses: The Gayfield PressConclusion