Published to mark twenty-five years of the Hennessy Literary Awards, this landmark anthology charts the emergence of this latest generation of young Irish writers whose voices will continue to enrich Irish literature well into the next century. Ciaran Carty, the editor of New Irish Writing and Dermot Bolger, the novelist, collaborated on this edition which has an introduction by Joseph O'Connor.

The Hennessy Literary Awards focus exclusively on new talent, constantly alerting readers to the emergence of major new authors.