is co–organiser of Over The Edge literary events in Galway. He has published four collections of poems: The Boy With No Face (2005), Time Gentlemen, Please (2008), Frightening New Furniture (2010), and The Ghost In The Lobby (2014). His poems also feature in Identity Parade — New British and Irish Poets (Bloodaxe, 2010) and in The Hundred Years’ War: modern war poems (Ed Neil Astley, Bloodaxe May 2014). Kevin is satirist–in–residence with the alternative literature website The Bogman’s Cannon. 2016 — The Selected Satires of Kevin Higgins is just published by Nuascealta.

lives in Galway and works as a writer and a physician. Her debut collection of poetry, Hands Moving at the Speed of Falling Snow, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2010. Her second poetry collection, Slow Bruise, (Salmon Poetry) was launched as part of the Cúirt International Literary Festival in April 2015. Her debut collection of short stories, Hugging Thistles, was published by Arlen House in 2013. Her poems have been published in a number of literary journals and magazines including West 47, Crannog, Stony Thursday Book, Revival, The Shop, Ropes, Southword, Cúirt Annual, The Sunday Tribune, Ourobouros Review, Ulla’s Nib, Molloch, The Interpreter’s House, and Ambit. She is a recipient of a writing bursary award from the Irish Arts Council.

has published two novels, three collections of stories, and the odd poem. His plays, Language of the Mute and Down in History, are playing in Dublin this year. He founded the Irish Writers Centre. More on: www.jackharte.com.

has published four collections of poetry, Airborne (Salmon Poetry, 2001), The Sky Road (Salmon, 2007), Fade Street (Salt, 2010), and Haunt (Salmon, 2015). Awards include the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize and a Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship. He currently teaches Creative Writing for UCD’s Adult Education programme and at The Irish Writers’ Centre.