Enda Wyley’s six collections include Eating Baby Jesus, New and Selected Poems, and The Painter on his Bike, Dedalus Press. A seventh collection is due Autumn 2025. She co-hosts the podcast Books for Breakfast and is a member of Aosdána.
Enda Wyley has published six collections of poetry with Dedalus Press: The Painter on his Bike, (2019) Borrowed Space, New and Selected Poems, (2014), To Wake to This, (2009), Poems for Breakfast, (2004), Socrates in the Garden, (1998) and Eating Baby Jesus (1993). A seventh collection is due in Autumn 2025. Awards include the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize, Melbourne University and a Reading Association of Ireland Award. Her books for children from O’Brien Press, are Boo and Bear, I Won’t Go to China! and The Silver Notebook.
Enda is a highly experienced teacher of poetry and has been a judge for several competitions, including the International Dublin Literary Award and Strokestown International Poetry Festival. She is currently the editor of the Kilkenny Poetry Broadsheet 2025. Enda’s work has frequently been broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 and she he co-hosts the popular podcast Books for Breakfast, about books and writing. She is a member of Aosdána, the Irish academy of artists.
‘Enda Wyley is a true poet,’ The Irish Times.
