is a poet, playwright, and essayist with two books published. His critically acclaimed debut collection, Silent Music was Highly Commended by the Forward Poetry Prize. His second book, The Hidden World of Poetry: Unravelling Celtic Mythology in Contemporary Irish Poetry contains poems from Ireland’s leading poets followed by essays that explore each poems Celtic mythological references. He has had several plays produced in Ireland and Germany including Hang Up, which was adapted for the screen in 2014.

a poet, editor, and translator, he was born in Dublin in 1942 and has published a number of collections including his Selected Poems, The Nightingale Water, and Knowledge in the Blood (2002). His work has been translated into 12 languages. He is a member of Aosdána, the Irish Arts Council’s affiliation which recognises outstanding contributions to the arts in Ireland. He is also one of the founder editors of the long–running literary journal Cyphers. He has read his poems on both sides of the equator, from Buenos Aires to San Francisco to Moscow. His latest collections of poems are, The Cotard Dimension (2011) and Collected Poems (Dedalus, 2012). He is married to the poet, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin.

is from County Cork, in the south of Ireland, but has been living and working in France for six years now. His debut collection, Accurate Measurements, was published in April 2013 by Doire Press and shortlisted for the Forward prize for best first collection. A second book of poems, Restlessness Blues, will be published in 2016.

is a poet and fiction writer with three poetry collections and one short fiction under his belt. Originally from Derry, he has lived in Connemara for over 27 years now, where he runs the indie Doire Press with his partner, Lisa Frank. Get all the low–down on John and his books at www.johnwalshpoet.com and www.doirepress.com.