Sean O’Brien’s twelfth collection of poems, The Bonfire Party, was published in January by Picador. In 2025 Eye the Island: Selected Poems of Corsino Fortes, translations with Daniel Hahn (Poetry Translation Centre) appeared, as did O’Brien’s third collection of short stories, The Long Glass (Red Squirrel) and a pamphlet, À La Carte (New Walk). He is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Newcastle and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Sean O'Brien's work featured in Stand Magazine comprises eight contributions of poetry, two articles, and one review, over a period of 27 years.