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Poetry Ireland Introduction Series |9| James Conor Patterson
James Conor Patterson is 26 and from Newry, Co. Down. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Abridged, The Bohemyth, Cyphers, Irish Left Review, Magma, The Moth, New Welsh Review, New Statesman, The Open Ear, The Penny Dreadful, Poetry…
Poetry Ireland Introduction Series |8| Michael Naghten Shanks
Michael Naghten Shanks is the editor of online literary journal The Bohemyth. His own writing has featured or is forthcoming in various publications, including gorse, The Penny Dreadful, New Irish Writing, Southword, 3:AM and The Quietus.…
Poetry Ireland Introduction Series |7| Rosamund Taylor
Rosamund Taylor is from Dublin, but lived and worked in Edinburgh for five years. In 2015 she was chosen to take part in the Poetry Introductions series run by Poetry Ireland, and gave a reading as part of the Dublin International…
Poetry Ireland Introduction Series |6| Elaine Cosgrave
Elaine Cosgrove was selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series 2015. Recently, she read at the New Writers's Salon as part of Listowel Writers' Week. Her work was 'highly commended' in the 2014 Gregory O'Donoghue International…
Poetry Ireland Introduction Series |5| Julie Morrissy
Julie Morrissy is a poet from Dublin currently living in her home city after spending a number of years living in Canada and the USA. Her manuscript The Foehn Wind is shortlisted for the Melita Hume Poetry Prize 2015 in the UK. She has been…
Poetry Ireland Introduction Series |4| Rob Buchanan
Rob Buchanan is a 33 year old drinker, with a poetry and journalism problem, looking to publish his first collection of poems. By day, he works in an insurance company but by night he reads in open mic nights across Dublin, trying out my…
Poetry Ireland Introduction Series |3| Éamon Mag Uidhir
Éamon Mag Uidhir is a Dubliner living in County Kildare. He has had poems published recently in Cyphers, The Moth, Crannóg, Revival, The SHOp, The Caterpillar, and Skylight47, and online in Misty Mountain Review and Burning Bush II. He…
Poetry Ireland Introduction Series |2| Jennifer Matthews
Jennifer Matthews writes poetry and is editor of the Long Story, Short Journal. Her poetry has been published in, or is forthcoming from Poetry International -- Ireland, The Stinging Fly, Mslexia, The Pickled Body, Burning Bush 2, Abridged,…
Brave New Voices |2| Poet Profile: Neasa McCormack
Ireland is sending a team to compete on the world stage at Brave New Voices. The team led by Stephen Murray features four teenagers who will be Ireland's first International Slam Poetry Squad. Last week we featured Iobhar, now it's time to…
Poetry Ireland Introduction Series |1| Simon Lewis
Simon Lewis is a primary school principal in Carlow Town. He is a member of the Carlow Writers Group. He was the winner of the 2015 Hennessey Prize for Emerging Poetry and featured in Poetry Ireland's Poetry Introductions Series recently.…