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Kevin McManus is a poet-writer from Carrigallen in county Leitrim. He has published six novels, a short story collection, and several novellas. Lapwing Publications have recently published a new collection of Kevin’s poetry entitled: “The Hawthorn Tree”. A Winter’s Tale … Continue reading →

Louise Renwick is an unknown female poet in her 30’s who lives in Blessington, County Wicklow with her husband and three young sons. She has been writing creatively since she was a child, and pens both short poems, lyrics and … Continue reading →

Ciarán O’Rourke lives in Galway. He has won the Lena Maguire/Cúirt New Irish Writing Award, the Westport Poetry Prize, and the Fish Poetry Prize. His first collection, The Buried Breath, was published by The Irish Pages Press in 2018. His … Continue reading →

Francis O’Hare was born in Newry, Co. Down, in 1970. His first full collection, Falling into an O, was published by Lagan Press, Belfast, in 2007. A further pamphlet collection was published by Lagan Press in 2009, entitled Alphaville. He … Continue reading →

James Mulhern’s writing has appeared in literary journals over one hundred and fifty times and has been recognized with many awards. In 2015, Mr. Mulhern was granted a writing fellowship at Oxford University. That same year, a story was longlisted … Continue reading →

Bernadette Ni Riada is a native of –and lives- in Co. Kerry. Some of the journals and magazines that have published her work: Poetry Ireland Review, Still In The Dreaming (anthology), The Haibun Journal, Poetry Breakfast, Ireland’s Eye, Seashores, Drifting … Continue reading →

After a novel, co-founding a small poetry press, and a professional career, Richard Simonds has turned from private, personal poetry to public poetry. He was an English major at Columbia a long time ago. Richard Simonds experiences of life are … Continue reading →